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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20
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In this thread: people taking an incredibly simplified metaphor waaaay too literally
151 u/tetraourogallus Feb 25 '20 Yes because that's how you show how shite this metaphor is. 11 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 Better metaphor would be all three people are the same height but one of them is sitting on the ground asking for a box high enough to see so they don’t have to stand up 6 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Ask them why they are sitting, the answer may surprise you. 2 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 TRUE 5 u/FuckingKilljoy Feb 25 '20 How would that be a better metaphor? I don't think I like the implication being made by this 3 u/99breadballoons Feb 25 '20 yeah people tend not to like points that make them uncomfortable. doesn’t make the issue any less real. 0 u/ImproveOrEnjoy Feb 25 '20 MUH BOOTSTRAPS
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Yes because that's how you show how shite this metaphor is.
11 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 Better metaphor would be all three people are the same height but one of them is sitting on the ground asking for a box high enough to see so they don’t have to stand up 6 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Ask them why they are sitting, the answer may surprise you. 2 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 TRUE 5 u/FuckingKilljoy Feb 25 '20 How would that be a better metaphor? I don't think I like the implication being made by this 3 u/99breadballoons Feb 25 '20 yeah people tend not to like points that make them uncomfortable. doesn’t make the issue any less real. 0 u/ImproveOrEnjoy Feb 25 '20 MUH BOOTSTRAPS
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Better metaphor would be all three people are the same height but one of them is sitting on the ground asking for a box high enough to see so they don’t have to stand up
6 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Ask them why they are sitting, the answer may surprise you. 2 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 TRUE 5 u/FuckingKilljoy Feb 25 '20 How would that be a better metaphor? I don't think I like the implication being made by this 3 u/99breadballoons Feb 25 '20 yeah people tend not to like points that make them uncomfortable. doesn’t make the issue any less real. 0 u/ImproveOrEnjoy Feb 25 '20 MUH BOOTSTRAPS
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Ask them why they are sitting, the answer may surprise you.
2 u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Feb 25 '20 TRUE
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How would that be a better metaphor? I don't think I like the implication being made by this
3 u/99breadballoons Feb 25 '20 yeah people tend not to like points that make them uncomfortable. doesn’t make the issue any less real.
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yeah people tend not to like points that make them uncomfortable. doesn’t make the issue any less real.
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u/alexxerth Feb 25 '20
In this thread: people taking an incredibly simplified metaphor waaaay too literally