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A man was walking along a river bank when he saw another man on the opposite side. "Hello!" he called out, "how do you get to the other side of the river?" The

A man was walking along a river bank when he saw another man on the opposite side. "Hello!" he called out, "how do you get to the other side of the river?" The man called out in response, "you are on the other side of the river!"

kranner 10y ago
A similar joke I've heard has the opposite moral, so to speak: The man on the other side responds: "Don't ask me. I was born here."
- dzhiurgis 10y ago
  I call this "there must be a name for this type of paradox" paradox.
  - dmux 10y ago
    Any more examples?
amelius 10y ago
Perhaps this is helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U
dokument 10y ago
Want to know the reason that grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Because, it is fertilized with bullshit.
- wiredfool 10y ago
  In Ireland, the grass is greener because it's always raining.
  - fishnchips 10y ago
    It gets yellow after five consecutive days of sunshine. Not that it happens very often, ofc.
jonalmeida 10y ago
OP specifically said it was a serious question, so this comes off as patronising..
- coldpizza 10y ago
  I didn't think it was patronising; I think it was just pointing out a semantic flaw in the post: OP forgot to say where he lives, so we don't know what "abroad" is in his case.
  - jonalmeida 10y ago
    Fair point. I inferred OP was in the US, considering the US election that just ended and people were jokingly talking about leaving the country[1] to other places. [1]: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-immigration-website-crashes-on-election-night-1.3152231 http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-immigration-website-cr...
ascotan 10y ago
Did the man have a wolf a, a sheep and a cabbage?
dcposch 10y ago
Appreciate the sentiment, but I think it's a false equivalence. I was in Amsterdam for a week in June and I'm in SF today. I love both cities, but the difference is palpable. The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now. I totally understand not wanting to be part of it. -- Amsterdam is beautiful. It has more bikes than cars, transit that makes the Bay look embarrassing, and in my subjective experience, super nice people. It's also a real city with a lot of interesting projects happening. I'm very tempted
- et-al 10y ago
  > The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now. Were there actually any reported hate crimes, or is this just rumors and confirmation bias? People are definitely on edge today, but I felt it more from the Clinton supporters. (I know of the swastika graffiti in Philly, but that could have been from either side.)
  - groundshop 10y ago
    My wife is an instructor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Yesterday all faculty/staff/students got an email about a girl who was assaulted. She was walking down a street close to the university. Two white men (one in a Trump hat) pulled up next to her in a car, hopped out, hit her over the head with something then stole her hijab and wallet. http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/09/ul-student-robbed-wallet-hijab-near-campus/93572808/ http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/09/ul-...
    - et-al 10y ago
      Apparently the link now shows the story to be fabricated by the victim. :\

kranner 10y ago

A similar joke I've heard has the opposite moral, so to speak: The man on the other side responds: "Don't ask me. I was born here."

dzhiurgis 10y ago
I call this "there must be a name for this type of paradox" paradox.
- dmux 10y ago
  Any more examples?

amelius 10y ago

Perhaps this is helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U

dokument 10y ago

Want to know the reason that grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Because, it is fertilized with bullshit.

wiredfool 10y ago
In Ireland, the grass is greener because it's always raining.
- fishnchips 10y ago
  It gets yellow after five consecutive days of sunshine. Not that it happens very often, ofc.

jonalmeida 10y ago

OP specifically said it was a serious question, so this comes off as patronising..

coldpizza 10y ago
I didn't think it was patronising; I think it was just pointing out a semantic flaw in the post: OP forgot to say where he lives, so we don't know what "abroad" is in his case.
- jonalmeida 10y ago
  Fair point. I inferred OP was in the US, considering the US election that just ended and people were jokingly talking about leaving the country[1] to other places. [1]: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-immigration-website-crashes-on-election-night-1.3152231 http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-immigration-website-cr...

ascotan 10y ago

Did the man have a wolf a, a sheep and a cabbage?

dcposch 10y ago

Appreciate the sentiment, but I think it's a false equivalence. I was in Amsterdam for a week in June and I'm in SF today. I love both cities, but the difference is palpable. The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now. I totally understand not wanting to be part of it. -- Amsterdam is beautiful. It has more bikes than cars, transit that makes the Bay look embarrassing, and in my subjective experience, super nice people. It's also a real city with a lot of interesting projects happening. I'm very tempted

et-al 10y ago
> The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now. Were there actually any reported hate crimes, or is this just rumors and confirmation bias? People are definitely on edge today, but I felt it more from the Clinton supporters. (I know of the swastika graffiti in Philly, but that could have been from either side.)
- groundshop 10y ago
  My wife is an instructor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Yesterday all faculty/staff/students got an email about a girl who was assaulted. She was walking down a street close to the university. Two white men (one in a Trump hat) pulled up next to her in a car, hopped out, hit her over the head with something then stole her hijab and wallet. http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/09/ul-student-robbed-wallet-hijab-near-campus/93572808/ http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/09/ul-...
  - et-al 10y ago
    Apparently the link now shows the story to be fabricated by the victim. :\