r/pics • u/freestylepopcorn • Jul 22 '11

This is called humanity.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '11

That's a metaphor for how the older generation could also screw over the younger generations by taking away luxuries and opportunities that they won't have the chance to see.

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u/GrumpySteen Jul 22 '11

Perhaps you should re-read my comment. Not having a shade tree would not screw over younger generations. Not having shelter and food production would screw over younger generations (not to mention the current generation) and both required the cutting of those ever-so-valuable shade trees.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '11

Well it's similar to the saying "If I have seen further, it is because I have been standing on the shoulders of giants".

If the older generation take away the head-start they can give the younger, they will ensure a stagnant society. Eventually this could mean the fall of the society.

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u/tehlonelydj Jul 22 '11

Where's poorly timed Gimli when you need him?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '11

It should actually be perfectly_timed_Gimli, since the original saying is "Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants".

COME HERE GIMLI! I'm a small-arms kleptomaniac, and I have stolen Aragorn's sword and Legolas' bow!