I used it the other day when a kid on my bus buckled the extra 5th point harness on himself that can’t be taken off without assistance, which he doesn’t require, and I warned him if he puts it on I won’t take it off until the destination. He tried bargaining, but I told him I’ll die on this hill. He’s only 5, but he got that it wasn’t going to do anything other than what I said. Also, I know for a fact all he’s going to do if I take it off is immediately put it back on. And it can’t harm him, it’s just an extra strap on a harness.
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MagicShel@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
You know it’s a figure of speech, right? Sometimes you have to figure out when you can retreat from a position and when it’s too important to cede ground.
A hill I’m willing to die on is a position you can’t or won’t surrender regardless of what you must face to hold it.
As metaphors go, it’s one of the better ones.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 days ago
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I just had to look up what a 5th point harness was, we didn’t have seatbelts on school buses most of the time. If we did, they were usually one strap that covered the entire bench for multiple people.
How are you guys supposed to hit your head on the roof going over a speed bump with harnesses like that?
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
How are you guys supposed to hit your head on the roof going over a speed bump with harnesses like that?
I remember when I was in high school a bit ago, when in the bus (which was pretty much just a public transport one with a privately employed driver and a limit for only students to be on it,) we were going over a bridge in our route, and it had an abrupt drop off at the end, and a lot of the time, the drivers would speed up a tiny bit, look into the dome mirror and see the students at the back (who were the loudest assholes imaginable) would get launched directly into the roof, and the drivers would quietly giggle to themselves.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah bus drivers are fun, I had one that got suspended when they found out he got 3 speeding tickets driving us to school one year. I guess it isn’t a direct cops report it to the school, an elementary school student has to tell their parents and the parents have to say something to the school before they realized lol
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Those school buses can generate a lot of g-forces when doing high speed cornering.
fizzle@quokk.au 3 days ago
Indeed. Similar to “picking ones battles” or so.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’re on Lemmy. Check the size of the autism related communities and tell me: do you think figures of speech are a strong spot here?