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well why not extend the analogy further? it's worth noting that in this arrangement, the natural is order is the parent eventually dies after a long and possib
by flachsechs 9y ago
well why not extend the analogy further? it's worth noting that in this arrangement, the natural is order is the parent eventually dies after a long and possibly painful period of decline, while the child rapidly develops into an adult within 18 years, with the expectation of outperforming the parent by the time it reaches middle-age (35 or so). at which point the cycle repeats and continues.
this is HN, you have to think through your snark or it will snark you back.
- oblio 9y ago> This is HN, you have to think through your snark or it will snark you back. Mind if I borrow this? "to snark" would be a nice addition to the English vocabulary, in my opinion :)
- flachsechs 9y agosure, but i'm going to have to charge you a royalty of $5 per use.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoI think you've been beaten to it by prior art, already in the public domain: Origin Mid 19th century: originally in the dialect senses ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/snark https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/snark