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by gofreddygo 33 days ago
Its valid but useless.

Think someone says i'm thirsty all the time because there's little clean water available, what's available is expensive but it could be better if we did so-and-so.

and someone replies I'm not thirsty.

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It’s impossible for a lizard to convince a sheepdog to turn up the thermostat. It’s impossible for a sheepdog to convince a lizard to turn down the thermostat.

Which one is right?

The two things you have commented on are not equivalent.

One person offers insight and the other reacts. Such a reaction is inherently on a different plane than a original statement, because you chose to make it about yourself, in the presence of another persons slice of their reality.

To give a crass example:

  A: I had a shitty day, they took my dog and killed it  
  
  B: Well, *my* dog is still alive  
  
To which I would say: Congrats on telegraphing to the world you are a self-centered asshole that wouldn't recognize the concept of empathy if it jumped into their face.