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@aescling but you agree it does take one

@aescling you would be wrong since “X is a metaphor” takes a prepositional phrase, “for Y”, which makes no fucking sense with your definition

@aescling as opposed to “speaking metaphorically” meaning telling an invented story which is made to stand in for something real, which was the first option in the poll

@aescling when someone says “X is a metaphor” that means X is a figure of speech like “the mountains were a great maw rising towards the stars”

@aescling so when you think people are speaking metaphorically that means they are saying “her smile was a sunrise” a bunch

@coriander it's like punching only your fist is large and filled with compressed air

@aescling taking your phone in the shower will not give your pokémon walkies

@aescling get wet

@coriander these posts are extremely “trying to start a cult without actually starting a cult” vibes

@coriander you're being a curmudgeon but it's valid ✨

@aescling anyway i meant desktop distros not embedded/server

@aescling not sure i would describe alpine as “pretty ok”

@coriander counterpoint: golden retrievers

@noracodes i now know (since writing this blogpost) that this use of `stat` is not portable (i have BSD stat not GNU); it’s not hard to find the GNU instructions on the internet tho [ask me if you need something portable across systems]

@noracodes https://blog.ladys.computer/2023-05-06/touch_grass/