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RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
January 14, 2016 at 12:38 am
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(January 14, 2016 at 12:09 am)*Deidre* Wrote: (January 13, 2016 at 2:17 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Just a joke. Though here's one for you, something of a riddle, I have no idea what it means:
The water is wettest when it rains.
Maybe it means obvious things are obvious. 
I think it actually went more like, "The water is wetter when rains"
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RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
January 14, 2016 at 1:13 am
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(January 14, 2016 at 12:56 am)*Deidre* Wrote: (January 14, 2016 at 12:38 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: I think it actually went more like, "The water is wetter when rains"
Okay, now what does that mean? lol
"The water is wetter when
it rains" I mean to say. Please call off your Grammar Gestapo officers.
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RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
January 14, 2016 at 4:43 am
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(January 14, 2016 at 12:56 am)*Deidre* Wrote: (January 14, 2016 at 12:38 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: I think it actually went more like, "The water is wetter when rains"
Okay, now what does that mean? lol
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RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
January 14, 2016 at 12:12 pm
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The water is wetter when it rains because when there's more rain there's more water, and both water and rain are wet.
Rain is the cause. Water is the effect. Wetness is the common quality that both share. C=Cause E=Effect Q=common quality. Water is wetter when it rains: the Q (wetness) of the E (water) is increased when the C (rain) is happening.
It's a visual metaphor for saying that the cause of something is important because it is where the common quality that both the cause and the effect share comes from.
Rain is important because if you want the wetness of water (or don't want the wetness of water), both wetness and water can be found when it rains.
I hope I didn't get this completely wrong myself or I really am fucking stupid lol.
I tend to over-analyse very simple metaphors.
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January 14, 2016 at 12:14 pm
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January 14, 2016 at 12:16 pm
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RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
January 14, 2016 at 12:19 pm
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