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minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoA frog will jump out of a pot of water before its hot enough to kill it.
minus-squareHughJanuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI think maybe you’re not understanding the concept of a metaphor.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI understand metaphors just fine. “Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a metaphor that people think is true too, doesn’t mean we can’t use it.
minus-squareHughJanuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoBut you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoShow me where I said we can’t use it. “And it isn’t even true.” does not mean “stop using that metaphor”
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat it isn’t literally fucking true.
minus-squareHughJanuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoSo then we’re back to the original reply that you don’t understand metaphors. No one thinks it’s literally fucking true. That’s how metaphors work.
What’s not true, exactly?
A frog will jump out of a pot of water before its hot enough to kill it.
I think maybe you’re not understanding the concept of a metaphor.
I understand metaphors just fine.
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a metaphor that people think is true too, doesn’t mean we can’t use it.
But you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
Show me where I said we can’t use it.
“And it isn’t even true.” does not mean “stop using that metaphor”
What exactly does it mean then?
That it isn’t literally fucking true.
So then we’re back to the original reply that you don’t understand metaphors. No one thinks it’s literally fucking true. That’s how metaphors work.