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minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAnd it isn’t even true.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA frog will jump out of a pot of water before its hot enough to kill it.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI think maybe you’re not understanding the concept of a metaphor.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoBut you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat exactly does it mean then?
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat it isn’t literally fucking true.
And it isn’t even true.
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.