Deadpool tosses himself from building. A passerby sees him and comments:
Passerby: I can't believe he's still alive.
What does it mean by "left the house in that shirt"?
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14This looks like an English Language Learners question.– OrangeDogMar 17, 2019 at 13:01
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9I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it belongs on English Language Learners.– Daniel RosemanMar 17, 2019 at 13:14
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9Reopened: our policy is that questions about the meaning of quotes from works of sci-fi and fantasy are on-topic here. On-topicness on other sites is irrelevant to deciding our site scope (otherwise we'd send nearly everything to either Movies & TV or Literature). cc @DanielRoseman– Rand al'Thor ♦Mar 17, 2019 at 20:20
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If you're still wondering what it means, it means "I can't believe you left the house while (still) wearing that shirt"– somebodyMar 18, 2019 at 0:37
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@Randal'Thor what then stops asking a question for every single line of every SciFi work asking what it means?– OrangeDogMar 18, 2019 at 13:47
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It means that Deadpool finds the shirt so ugly or unfashionable or unflattering that he can't believe that someone would actually leave their home and be seen in public wearing it.
answered Mar 17, 2019 at 13:29
It's his brand of humor combined with him trivializing his fall. First, he's dismissing the fall as anything worthy of comment. Second, he's displaying his attitude - insulting pretty much anyone, especially anyone he doesn't like.
answered Mar 17, 2019 at 23:50
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I don't think this counts as an example of "insulting pretty much anyone"; it's an example of counter-insulting someone who targeted a comment at him. "I can't believe you survived that fall." "Shut up, I can't believe your mum survived that fall." Though it is of course completely in character. Mar 18, 2019 at 1:48