: Re: What is the literary device/technique called where something familiar is presented so it seems foreign? The device or technique I'm looking for is used to describe something mundane or ordinary

I don't think it has a name. It's simply a minority or objective POV. It's a skill often used by comedians.

You get yourself into hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt to get a good college education so you can get a good job. In that job you work every hour God sends to buy a home make it beautiful. The moment you are given some respite from the grindstone to spend with your family, you abandon your million dollar home and everything you've sacrificed and slaved for to go live in the woods under a sheet.

Why do white people go camping?

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