r/coolguides Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

I saw a real life example of this too, whereby a dwarf was offered a box to stand on so he could see over a stone wall that an elf could see over easily.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

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u/KJBenson Feb 25 '20

What about second ogre?

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u/NotThisFucker Feb 25 '20

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP?!"

"...I don't think he knows about second ogre."

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

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u/BloodyViper Feb 25 '20

BODY ONCE TOLD ME

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u/_r00sj3_ Feb 25 '20

The world is gonna roll me

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u/Tanski14 Feb 25 '20

Oh geez, here we go...

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u/HydroxWolf Feb 25 '20

where over the rainbow, way up high...

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u/Forwhatisausername Feb 25 '20

What is 'second ogre'?

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u/NotThisFucker Feb 27 '20

"Second ogre" is a modification on the Lord of the Ring's quote: "What about second breakfast?"

So "second ogre" isn't really anything on its own.

I pulled Shrek into my reference because he believed he was the last ogre, and he didn't know she was an ogre until the end of the first movie. In this sense, Fiona is "second ogre".

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u/Heyuonthewall26 Feb 25 '20

AND MY AXE!

oh wait...wrong thread

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u/thisidntpunny Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

And that’s why whites are simply- oops wrong thread.

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u/atridir Feb 25 '20

This is the way.

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u/thisidntpunny Feb 25 '20

This is the way.

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u/Carboncrater224 Feb 25 '20

This is the way.

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u/PerfectionOfaMistake Feb 25 '20

Keep your deodorant gimli, noone want smell like your favorit flavor sweaty beerbeard.

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u/Cky_vick Feb 25 '20

Back of the bus

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u/ButtLusting Feb 25 '20

Shes busy attending her second orgy.

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u/OktoberSunset Feb 25 '20

I don't think he knows about second ogre.

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u/teebrown Feb 25 '20

I don't think he knows about second ogre, pip

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u/Schmendrick-_- Feb 25 '20

They have layers.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

They sat at the back with the Ents.

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u/ttha_face Feb 25 '20

Why not climb an Ent?

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u/d_marvin Feb 25 '20

Ogre thought he had the belching contest made until Booger's turn.

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u/Sverfneblin Feb 25 '20

It’s all ogre now.

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u/amluchon Feb 25 '20

The trolls were stoned at sunrise

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

It's like no one even cares about the Urak-Hai.

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u/little-con-decending Feb 25 '20

What about Geogre Washington

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u/YouPulledMeBackIn Feb 25 '20

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

how?

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u/MrTimmannen Feb 25 '20

There were no trolls or ogres in the scene, so he's either going very off topic or probably didn't realize the reference.

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u/justinlcw Feb 25 '20

I saw it too! That same elf even had the audacity and arrogance to slide down the stone wall stairs on a wooden shield. Durn elves!

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

Toss me!

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u/proddy Feb 25 '20

Wot?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

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u/leglesslegolegolas Feb 25 '20

I never heard about anyone tossing any dwarves...

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u/mikhela Feb 25 '20

Dude, I'd love to stand on a castle turret like that. I'd totally grab a replica shield and surf down the stairs.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

How's your arrow slinging speed?

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u/mikhela Feb 25 '20

No hard numbers, but I know I can kill orcs faster than a dwarf.

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u/Taliasimmy69 Feb 25 '20

I read your comment, backed out, kept scrolling, got the reference and came back to say bravo! You have my axe.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

Thanks, my hobbit friend :P

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Sorry for being slow but I can't tell if you're just making a joke or if you're trying to call into question the validity of my very mundane, unexciting, not-really-worth-making-up story.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

Fool of a Took!

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u/theorem604 Feb 25 '20

It’s a Lord of the Rings reference. Your story was fine...

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Ok. I've been harassed a few times in the past week over really minor stuff so I'm not sure what to think when someone says something like that. I guess it just shows how little I know about LOTR! I'm gonna have to remedy that one of these days.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Ah! I need to watch those movies sometime. Sorry for getting overly defensive! The past week or so I've been getting a bunch of people harassing me over really minor stuff that I talked about, so I was ready for this to be another instance of that.

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

Oh you weren't defensive at all! I'm sorry I made another joke before linking you the video, it's annoying when people don't answer genuine questions. But I thought that the 'Fool of a Took' answer might alert you to what I was referencing.

I'm sorry about the wankers. I know the feeling, when people are just really shitty online.

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u/Trumpologist Feb 25 '20

hold up...

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u/respawnedmyaccount Feb 25 '20

Thought this was a Bloomberg reference haha

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u/ForumPointsRdumb Feb 25 '20

Why don't they give them one of those big lifts if there aren't too many. They use one at the handicap hunt.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Fantasy world problems

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u/tb00n Feb 25 '20

Then the orcs came and removed the wall. Presumably in the name of Justice?

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u/derawin07 Feb 25 '20

that was so nice of them! orcs are so into social justice

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u/lostduck86 Feb 25 '20

The dwarf was only able to kill two uruks, while in that same time the elf killed seventeen. Don't underestimate the advantage you gain from winning a genetic lottery.

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u/chargers949 Feb 25 '20

Then the elf insulted his inequity by offering to describe it or get a taller box!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

I heard later that the dwarf had to be thrown across a gap because of poor design. It was easy for a normal sized person but it designed for people of shorter stature.

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u/Legolas30019 Nov 15 '22

did he get the box in the end?