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I know its a common phrase like "hair on fire", but seriously, "jumping on live grenades" is super gross. That probably happened last week in Syria. I get it,

I know its a common phrase like "hair on fire", but seriously, "jumping on live grenades" is super gross. That probably happened last week in Syria. I get it, its just an expression we use in the industry. Its all good to hear it, but lets maybe stop using it.

rachelbythebay 10y ago
Yeah, I don't need it to make my point.
- microcolonel 10y ago
  Though on the other hand, hair on fire is just as likely to have happened in a warzone. How will you run away from all the analogies which make random strangers on the internet queasy? Perhaps somebody doesn't like hcf opcodes because they remind them of when their house burned down. Is the concept of running into a blaze owned solely by firefighters? Do soldiers own the concept of battle?
  - eltoozero 10y ago
    Where's the trigger warning? I thought HN was a safe-space where the inherent unfairness of existence was suspended. And since when was jumping on a grenade anything but a valiant, selfless act worthy of extreme praise? Sheesh, I'd probably do it given no practical alternative.
  - rachelbythebay 10y ago
    True, at some point you just stick to it and that's that. That said, the grenade thing happened because, well, that's what some of us (internally) actually call that sort of outage situation sometimes -- you didn't make it happen, but you're there and are able to do something to fix it, so you do. It doesn't work nearly as well on the outside, so I changed it and admitted my error. That's about the best you can do in a world where we're all speaking slightly different languages.
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  - throwanem 10y ago
    I mean, I inadvertently set my hair on fire at a party one time. (It was a good party.) Despite not having actually run around that way, I'd be ready to argue that it's not as specific or uncomfortable a metaphor as that of jumping on a grenade.
throwaway21888 10y ago
And what do you do about Syria? Politically correct language on an Internet message board achieves exactly nothing.
paulddraper 10y ago
hang out to dry beat a dead horse bang for your buck pull X out of your a-- cut off at the knees sweat bullets squeeze blood from a turnip

rachelbythebay 10y ago

Yeah, I don't need it to make my point.

microcolonel 10y ago
Though on the other hand, hair on fire is just as likely to have happened in a warzone. How will you run away from all the analogies which make random strangers on the internet queasy? Perhaps somebody doesn't like hcf opcodes because they remind them of when their house burned down. Is the concept of running into a blaze owned solely by firefighters? Do soldiers own the concept of battle?
- eltoozero 10y ago
  Where's the trigger warning? I thought HN was a safe-space where the inherent unfairness of existence was suspended. And since when was jumping on a grenade anything but a valiant, selfless act worthy of extreme praise? Sheesh, I'd probably do it given no practical alternative.
- rachelbythebay 10y ago
  True, at some point you just stick to it and that's that. That said, the grenade thing happened because, well, that's what some of us (internally) actually call that sort of outage situation sometimes -- you didn't make it happen, but you're there and are able to do something to fix it, so you do. It doesn't work nearly as well on the outside, so I changed it and admitted my error. That's about the best you can do in a world where we're all speaking slightly different languages.
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- throwanem 10y ago
  I mean, I inadvertently set my hair on fire at a party one time. (It was a good party.) Despite not having actually run around that way, I'd be ready to argue that it's not as specific or uncomfortable a metaphor as that of jumping on a grenade.

throwaway21888 10y ago

And what do you do about Syria? Politically correct language on an Internet message board achieves exactly nothing.

paulddraper 10y ago

hang out to dry beat a dead horse bang for your buck pull X out of your a-- cut off at the knees sweat bullets squeeze blood from a turnip