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Bad analogy. The entire premise of that hypothetical situation with trying drugs is that the potential risk of trying the bad ones is high (potentially your hea
by filoleg 5y ago
Bad analogy. The entire premise of that hypothetical situation with trying drugs is that the potential risk of trying the bad ones is high (potentially your health or life).
In contrast, what’s the price of reading a book and realizing it is awful? Literally nothing except the time you spent reading it. Hardly life-ruining.
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 5y agoIf your problem is just the metaphor, just replace it with someone's momma's cooking that everyone raves about. You can taste a bit of it and you don't have to eat the whole thing, neither do you have to try it. The point stands. And honestly the concern is rather petty.
- dudeman13 5y agoIt's seriously annoying how people get pedantic with metaphors. It's a damn metaphor - if we wanted to be precise we'd roll with the whole damn explanation without metaphors.