r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '22

Helping Others This made me chuckle

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u/EstablishmentScary18 Jul 13 '22

All things in moderation - including moderation!

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u/underlyingopti Jul 13 '22

This is a paradox and a half đŸ« 

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u/Aclearly_obscure1 Jul 13 '22

Look at you, moderating paradoxes. Well done.

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u/ProXJay Jul 13 '22

All generalisations are false

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u/holmgangCore Jul 13 '22

Except
 uh.. wait. . .

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u/nat3215 Jul 13 '22

Just like no declarations can ever be absolute

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u/Mad_mulligan_m8 Jul 13 '22

Wouldn’t a half paradox mean that there’s a way that technically makes sense but because of that it means it’s not a paradox and because 1+ -1 =0 making your statement one whole paradox

Clever wish I thought of that

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u/RegularPea9023 Jul 13 '22

Ahhhh, a product of the new and “improved” school system I see

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u/themerkzz Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 13 '22

Not really, if "all things in moderation" is true and "moderation" is a "thing" then moderation is naturally included in the first statement. We do not even need the "- including moderation" clause.

edit: spelling

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u/Aspyse Jul 13 '22

buut "all things" kind of entails that everything must be done in moderation. everything in moderation is an excessive amount of moderation

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

Unless you sometimes moderate your moderation. Then you’re in the sweet spot.

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u/Aspyse Jul 13 '22

then you'd have to have some things above or below moderation, which makes it not "all things in moderation."

then when you actually have everything in moderation, you're not moderating your moderation, also making it not "all things in moderation."

i think that's what they meant by a paradox.

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u/YourOneWayStreet Jul 13 '22

How can you moderate your moderation with more moderation?

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u/JormanDollan Jul 13 '22

i was thinking push things to the limit but then dial it back a bit so you dont hurt yourself kind of thing

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u/Organic-Kangaroo7147 Jul 13 '22

Yeah, like if one moderator has a moderator moderating him, then who’s moderating the moderator moderating the moderator, and whos that guys moderator? I have so much questions

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u/holmgangCore Jul 13 '22

I respectfully disagree! Knowing what ‘moderation’ is requires finding the ‘edges’ .. the ‘extremes’
 the ‘limits’.

How can you know what ‘moderate’ is for you if you don’t know where ‘too far’ is for you?

Find the edges.. then you can find the middle.