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We're pretty off track given that ya'll are nitpicking the metaphor rather than the actual topic, but claiming that horses were never common doesn't really have
by akerl_ 14d ago
We're pretty off track given that ya'll are nitpicking the metaphor rather than the actual topic, but claiming that horses were never common doesn't really have any connection to the claim that per-mile-moved / per-human-carried, horses are also dangerous.
- queenkjuul 14d agoThey are nowhere close to cars
- akerl_ 14d agohttps://www.biamo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HorsesOnly-Horse-Riding-Accident-Statistics-in-2023-website-article.pdf https://www.biamo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HorsesOnly-...
- munksbeer 13d agoNever use analogies when arguing online. It only ever results in exactly this, people nitpicking the metaphor. You've essentially given them a way to "be correct", about something irrelevant.
- queenkjuul 12d agoI'm not nitpicking, it's just a bad metaphor, entirely, on its face. No nits about it
- akerl_ 12d agoDo you have something you want to discuss about the actual point I’m making, or are you acting strictly on behalf of the metaphor police?