[throwaway675309]

You're not entirely wrong, a catchy or pithy enough saying tends to gain traction among pseudo-intellectuals just by virtue of a clever turn of phrase. It's like all of the stupid analogies that they make in episodes of TNG whenever they're trying to explain a difficult technological concept.

Eg "Adversity is a good thing. Kites rise against, not with, the wind". Congratulations you managed to find a physical world corollary that ultimately has no relationship to what it's being compared to.