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but I'm right!

NateEag 5y ago
> I'd like to put my hand in the disposal and turn it on You are not right (see the detailed sibling comment to your claim to rightness), and either you didn't understand what the original poster actually wrote or you decided to reply to them but say something that's at best tangentially related to their comment and at worst is a pedantic assault on a strawman. Hence, peak HN. ... actually, "but I'm right!" with no evidence supplied for the assertion might be peak HN.
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- buescher 5y ago
  The good news is that most people have the good sense not to stick their hands in disposals when they're running.
- IncRnd 5y ago
  Apple and Oranges... It is safe to put your hand in a garbage disposal when the power is off! This comment clearly is talking about the safety of your hand from the dangers of a powered-on garbage disposal. The other comment about dropping a garbage dispoal on your foot? no, that does not apply...
  - NateEag 5y ago
    The original comment says: > The overwhelming majority of these injuries involve fishing broken glass out by hand. That is injuring the hand by sticking it in a powered-off garbage disposal.
    - IncRnd 5y ago
      No. That was absolutely not the original comment... The comment which was being replied to talked about the garbage disposal eating the hand. It is possible in any situation to invent other branching scenarios based upon word play off the original intent. Just look at what started it: > I'd like to put my hand in the disposal and turn it on so I can catch the lemon seed that's stuck down there and pull it out. I wouldn't do that, there isn't enough space in there for your hand, a lemon seed is really small, and you will probably lose one or more of your fingers. That has nothing to do with glass being in the sink, dropping things on your foot, or any other made up scenario.
      - NateEag 5y ago
        Sorry - by "original comment" I meant the sibling comment I was referencing. Wrong word choice on my part. The sibling comment refuted the idea that it's perfectly safe to stick your in a powered-off disposal, which was the made-up idea in response to the original post introducing the disposal metaphor.

but I'm right!

> I'd like to put my hand in the disposal and turn it on You are not right (see the detailed sibling comment to your claim to rightness), and either you didn't understand what the original poster actually wrote or you decided to reply to them but say something that's at best tangentially related to their comment and at worst is a pedantic assault on a strawman. Hence, peak HN. ... actually, "but I'm right!" with no evidence supplied for the assertion might be peak HN.

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buescher 5y ago
The good news is that most people have the good sense not to stick their hands in disposals when they're running.
IncRnd 5y ago
Apple and Oranges... It is safe to put your hand in a garbage disposal when the power is off! This comment clearly is talking about the safety of your hand from the dangers of a powered-on garbage disposal. The other comment about dropping a garbage dispoal on your foot? no, that does not apply...
- NateEag 5y ago
  The original comment says: > The overwhelming majority of these injuries involve fishing broken glass out by hand. That is injuring the hand by sticking it in a powered-off garbage disposal.
  - IncRnd 5y ago
    No. That was absolutely not the original comment... The comment which was being replied to talked about the garbage disposal eating the hand. It is possible in any situation to invent other branching scenarios based upon word play off the original intent. Just look at what started it: > I'd like to put my hand in the disposal and turn it on so I can catch the lemon seed that's stuck down there and pull it out. I wouldn't do that, there isn't enough space in there for your hand, a lemon seed is really small, and you will probably lose one or more of your fingers. That has nothing to do with glass being in the sink, dropping things on your foot, or any other made up scenario.
    - NateEag 5y ago
      Sorry - by "original comment" I meant the sibling comment I was referencing. Wrong word choice on my part. The sibling comment refuted the idea that it's perfectly safe to stick your in a powered-off disposal, which was the made-up idea in response to the original post introducing the disposal metaphor.