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Sure, and everyone knows that their favourite person in the world could just run them over in a car and kill them in seconds, but if your best friend says to yo
by phphphphp 4y ago
Sure, and everyone knows that their favourite person in the world could just run them over in a car and kill them in seconds, but if your best friend says to you, “you know, I could drive my car into you and you would die… your life could be snuffed out with a moments notice” you may start to question your friendship.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoSounds like a normal conversation with my friends.
- phphphphp 4y agoSounds like you have a ready-made customer base for a bank in crisis.
- burnished 4y agoThis situation isnt like that at all.
- ncallaway 4y agoThe relevant similarity is the *act of making* the statement is what’s problematic. In both cases the statement is true, but the act of making the true statement raises concerns. Obviously there are important differences between the scenarios, but that critical aspect is what‘a relevant in this context.
- dylan604 4y agowaiter, i'd like what they're having
- tshaddox 4y agoWell, the big difference is that the bank CEO's statement doesn't suggest that he will or could do something awful himself. It is indeed quite common to hear aphorisms like "live every day like it's your last" which make the same point as your analogy, but remove the suggestion that the speaker could be a murderer and are thus much more analogous to the bank CEO's statement.
- selimthegrim 4y agoThis was basically why Saadat Hasan Manto packed up and left India for Pakistan after partition.