Metaphors are less effort to bike-shed than the underlying concept. Witness the undying car analogy, or the "C is a hammer" nonsense from a couple of days ago.

Metaphors are less effort to bike-shed than the underlying concept. Witness the undying car analogy, or the "C is a hammer" nonsense from a couple of days ago. Yes, it's boring; yes, it's intellectually lazy and useless. No, it's not going away.