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I think the point of the fence is to move the impulse from yourself (If I can't see the reason there must not be one) to the greater context (Someone had a reas
by miniatureape 5y ago
I think the point of the fence is to move the impulse from yourself (If I can't see the reason there must not be one) to the greater context (Someone had a reason for this at some point, let me see if I can try to understand).
Related to Chesterton's fence is Levi's Onion:
https://www.joeydevilla.com/2001/12/03/4419/ https://www.joeydevilla.com/2001/12/03/4419/
Which is sort of a Chesterton's fence situation where someone took those required steps.
- dccoolgai 5y agoThank you! I collect these kind of metaphors and I didn't have Levi's Onion. I just added it to my list. I had a similar one called "chicken chopping" that I heard from an Australian once, but I like this one better.
- mistermann 5y agoIf you posted your collection on Pastebin I'd be forever in your debt!
- dccoolgai 5y agoI had to fill some of these in, but here you go: https://pastebin.com/ukGdAWbW https://pastebin.com/ukGdAWbW
- dsclough 5y agoI have my own collection of these and would also like to see a pastebin of yours!
- dccoolgai 5y agohttps://pastebin.com/ukGdAWbW https://pastebin.com/ukGdAWbW Share yours, please!
- dsclough 5y agoA bit disorganized and apparently pastebin thinks there is something so offensive in here they won't let me share it but here you go, a collection aphorisms and various other adjacent things https://controlc.com/db66d6e4 https://controlc.com/db66d6e4
- dccoolgai 5y agoThat's amazing! Thank you so much! I've always had a little back-burner dream of making a little blog that does like one of these allegories per week.