FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 22 days agoDefensive much?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1597file-text
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minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 days agoBoth can be true at the same time.
minus-squarewheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-222 days agoYes. It can be true that it’s raining outside; and at the same time my house is burning down. When someone suggests my priority should be to “find my rain coat before leaving the house” I tell them they’re a fucking idiot.
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 days agoNo one is telling you to forget one over the other.
minus-squarewheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-222 days agoI am! I’m saying it’s fucking irrelevant and idiotic to talk about grabbing a raincoat when your house is burning down.
minus-squareIceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 days ago“Solely” implies that it’s the only thing. So it literaly can not be true as long as one other thing is true.
Both can be true at the same time.
Yes. It can be true that it’s raining outside; and at the same time my house is burning down.
When someone suggests my priority should be to “find my rain coat before leaving the house” I tell them they’re a fucking idiot.
No one is telling you to forget one over the other.
I am! I’m saying it’s fucking irrelevant and idiotic to talk about grabbing a raincoat when your house is burning down.
I love this analogy. May I steal it?
Thanks. Absolutely.
“Solely” implies that it’s the only thing. So it literaly can not be true as long as one other thing is true.