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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:08:38 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-06-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:59:42 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>
>> I hate analogies.  They are almost always done badly.  People draw an
>> analogy, then nitpick every detail.  Almost always derails things.
>
> Analogies are useful for clarifying points, not for trying to back up 
> arguments. The foundation for the argument must come from somewhere else.

Indeed.  Elsewhere in this thread a car analogy was brought up to
support an argument and the discussion spilled over into talk about car
transmissions and differences between cars in different countries.