SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Don’t You Know Who I Am?@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBacking out of the room with no dignity left.feddit.ukexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1737arrow-down128
arrow-up1709arrow-down1external-linkBacking out of the room with no dignity left.feddit.ukSomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Don’t You Know Who I Am?@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoBut you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
minus-squareDefault_Defectlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoShow me where I said we can’t use it. “And it isn’t even true.” does not mean “stop using that metaphor”
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat exactly does it mean then?
minus-squareDefault_DefectlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat it isn’t literally fucking true.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoSo then we’re back to the original reply that you don’t understand metaphors. No one thinks it’s literally fucking true. That’s how metaphors work.
But you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
Show me where I said we can’t use it.
“And it isn’t even true.” does not mean “stop using that metaphor”
What exactly does it mean then?
That it isn’t literally fucking true.
So then we’re back to the original reply that you don’t understand metaphors. No one thinks it’s literally fucking true. That’s how metaphors work.