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Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:36 am to Rex
quote:
Consider this:
"You're all going to win a box of free chocolates, but take that with a bit of chocolate".
When you come to comprehend the validity of my illustration you will admit that you're wrong.
Holy frick. I know we quit executing people in this country by raping them to death decades ago, but I kinda wish we would bring back the practice just to punish this kind of stupid thinking.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:37 am to LucasP
OK. Now I'm really confused!
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:39 am to Aux Arc
quote:
It would make more sense to be applied only to bad news - the salt making the thing more palatable.
Sorry, but no.
You're contradicting, by the way, previous posters here who say the expression is used to warn that a bit of news should be taken with a bit of skepticism. Trying to make something more palatable to a listener is the opposite of urging them to reserve skepticism.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:41 am to LucasP
quote:
I know we quit executing people in this country by raping them to death decades ago
Soccer board
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:43 am to Rex
quote:
Take my Downvote with a grain of salt.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:43 am to Aux Arc
quote:
Maybe Rex can explain to us what this obvious metaphor doesn't mean.
"Pouring salt on a wound" is not a metaphor; it's an idiom.
And that idiom, by the way, supports my OP about the use of "salt" in idioms and other expressions.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:45 am to Rex
Other expressions people commonly get wrong:
"for all intensive purposes"
That one makes me laugh.
"for all intensive purposes"
That one makes me laugh.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:45 am to Rex
Edit, I may have overreacted. But you're still a fricking idiot.
This post was edited on 11/18/15 at 11:48 am
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:50 am to Rex
quote:
"for all intensive purposes"
That one makes me laugh.
This is entirely different than your initial submission about your logical take on the metaphorical use of grain of salt.
This is entirely grammar.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:50 am to LucasP
I'm actually quite brilliant by every human measure.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:51 am to Pectus
quote:
This is entirely different than your initial submission
You should have used "different from" there.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:52 am to Pectus
quote:
This is entirely grammar.
I am not sure using the wrong word in this instance is grammar.
I think LucasP is scared of Rex.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:53 am to Rex
quote:
Rex
Seems like the kind of dude who'd refer to this whole thing as a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion, it really doesn't matter. Except he seems to care, so maybe not.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:53 am to Rex
quote:
I'm actually quite brilliant by every human measure.
Said no brilliant person ever. This statement is the intellectual equivalent of "this never happened to me before, I swear". Yeah smart people rarely have to say they're smart and guys who are good at sex rarely have to make excuses for a soft dick. Your thoughts are a soft dick, in this analogy.
This post was edited on 11/18/15 at 11:54 am
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:54 am to LucasP
quote:
Your thoughts are a soft dick,
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:55 am to LCA131
quote:
think LucasP is scared of Rex.
I'm scared of most things, but a man child who believed his parents' lies about how smart he was, isn't one of those things.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:56 am to LucasP
Your envy is palpable.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:57 am to Rex
I know right
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:58 am to LCA131
Have you ever previously witnessed someone get so worked up over a grain of salt? 
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