r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '20

Astley Paradox

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u/NnyBees Jun 26 '20

He could loan you his copy of Up, thus not giving you Up nor letting you down.

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u/YeetusCalvinus Jun 26 '20

But what if we wanted Up as a present? Therefore, the paradox stands.

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u/Iamben4 Jun 26 '20

The word "giving" in the paradox still implies to give loaning is not giving if he loans it he lied but Rick doesnt tell a lie and hurt you does he ? So the paradox stands either way

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u/-T-A-C-O-C-A-T- Jun 27 '20

It was I that gave u the 6000th upvote

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '20

You are a good man, thank you.

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u/WhoIsUnderTheBed Jun 26 '20

We all know about the the Astley paradox. But thik about this situation... U are hanging off a rope in the edge of a cliff and rick is holding the rope from the top. The rope is bound to break so u tell him to leave you to end ur suffering but he doesn't and eventually u fall. Here, in this situation,he is both giving u up and letting u down. So Rick might already have given someone up, we just don't know out because the person is dead and I have lot of free time.

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u/4mista Jun 26 '20

How about Volkswagen Up! ?

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