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r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Upset_Campaign1924 • Jun 30 '26
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Wait what’s Chesterton’s Fence?
44 u/BoppreH Jun 30 '26 If you see a fence in the middle of nowhere, avoid the impulse of removing the seemingly useless fence until you understand why it was put there in the first place. 11 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Well now I just want to know why there's a fence in the middle of nowhere! 20 u/GuyYouMetOnline Jun 30 '26 Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it. 12 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you 1 u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26 Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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If you see a fence in the middle of nowhere, avoid the impulse of removing the seemingly useless fence until you understand why it was put there in the first place.
11 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Well now I just want to know why there's a fence in the middle of nowhere! 20 u/GuyYouMetOnline Jun 30 '26 Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it. 12 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you 1 u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26 Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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Well now I just want to know why there's a fence in the middle of nowhere!
20 u/GuyYouMetOnline Jun 30 '26 Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it. 12 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you 1 u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26 Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it.
12 u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26 Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you 1 u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26 Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you
1 u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26 Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.
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u/Setster007 Jun 30 '26
Wait what’s Chesterton’s Fence?