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My least favorite Hacker News trope is pretending not to understand what a metaphor is to nitpick an inaccuracy in the literal interpretation.
by DoctorOW 4y ago
My least favorite Hacker News trope is pretending not to understand what a metaphor is to nitpick an inaccuracy in the literal interpretation.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI would bet that latexr knows what a metaphor is. They are simply pointing out that the usage of that specific metaphor makes no sense. And the incorrect usage of the metaphor may give people, such as superkuh, an incorrect model of the world where frogs do not jump out of water that is gradually made more and more uncomfortable. I like when others make my model of the world more accurate by notifying me of errors.
- latexr 4y agoThat is absolutely correct.
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- latexr 4y agoI don’t understand how you can see someone specifically call something a metaphor and think they are pretending not to understand what one is. My least favourite Hacker News trope is when someone assumes ill-intent instead of understanding a comment for what it says. I did not make a comment on the OP’s larger point, nor do I think their use of the metaphor invalidates their comment.