Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice.

• squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ok, let’s try this a different way:

  “I’m gonna get a drink.” - “I’m gonna do the same.”

  Is the second person going to immitate every single motion of the first person?

  Or will the second person just also get a drink, maybe not even the same drink?

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  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Every time I go to the park, I’m able to knock balls right out the park with my favorite bat. Am I more likely to get a career in major league baseball or arrested for animal cruelty?
    Your argument is on par with arguing that because you saw an article about people playing base that you think we should arrest everyone in the stadium for animal cruelty.

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s a saying in German: “Nicht alles was hinkt ist ein Vergleich”.

      Roughly translated: “Not everything which is flawed is an analogy.”

      People do say “I’m going to do the same” when doing something that has the same kind of outcome without being an identical copy of an action.

      People do not use a bat (animal) as a replacement for a bat (sports equipment) because usually people understand the concept of homonyms.

      That’s really not the comeback that you think it is.

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