Timmy and the Unnecessary Quotation Marks

I’ve been obsessed with random unnecessary quotation marks since I was a kid. This is easily the most terrifying example. 8042 15¢ PENN STATE PRESS TIMMY TAKES A ROAD TRIP WITH "OFFICER" SANDUSKY RAND MCNALLY JUNIOR ELF BOOK

A screenshot of a tweet shows a vintage children’s book cover featuring a boy riding in a car with a police officer named “Officer” Sandusky. The quotation marks imply that Sandusky is not really an officer, making the cheerful children’s book disturbing because of the reference to Jerry Sandusky and his sexual abuse scandal. It is shared as a dark reaction to strangely ominous or unnecessary quotation marks. EN: A screenshot of a tweet shows a vintage children’s book cover featuring a boy riding in a car with a police officer named “Officer” Sandusky. The quotation marks imply that Sandusky is not really an officer, making the cheerful children’s book disturbing because of the reference to Jerry Sandusky and his sexual abuse scandal. It is shared as a dark reaction to strangely ominous or unnecessary quotation marks.

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