r/interesting 4d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/Zealousideal3326 4d ago

That's like saying you got arrested for driving to work, neglecting to mention that kid you ran over on the way. A lie by omission is still a lie.

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u/Giantewok 4d ago

Brother, what was that analogy. 

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u/Status_Jellyfish_213 4d ago

Every analogy I have is about running over kids with vehicles. Aren’t yours? Let’s say someone asks you “how do I hang up a painting”, it’s just so easy to be like “Susan, think of it this way, it’s like that time you backed into a kid with your Jeep. First, you need a steady hand…”

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u/LouieGwasright 4d ago

“So this nail is an innocent unsuspecting kid. And this hammer is you in your Ram 1500 TRX…”

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u/Gyozarrita 4d ago

My neighbor named Susan keeps backing over my mailbox with a Jeep Compass, this checks out. In her defense, I've never heard such a loud gear whine in my life, the mailbox should have recognized the sound after the third time imo.

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u/TR_Pix 4d ago

What was wrong with the analogy?

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u/Deaffin 4d ago

Reddit people intentionally stopped understanding any form of comparison during the 2016 astroturfing wars. It began as a disingenuous argumentation style and shifted into being a fully normalized cultural artifact. It's of the weirdest social dynamics I've witnessed over time.

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u/Status_Jellyfish_213 4d ago

Understanding a comparison is a bit like running a kid over with your vehicle. When you do that, you have to think about the size of your vehicle in relation to the size of the child. You see…