I really like to use "the computer" as a general term for anything that happens on the internet. Like getting into a fight on Discord and saying "Fascinating decisions being made on the computer today

What's the opposite of synecdoche

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@amy i think the opposite of synecdoche is also synecdoche

@amy in that it can be used for using either the whole to represent the part or the part the whole

@amy @alyssa *Russell’s paradox voice* does the set of all things that are their own opposites contain itself?

@aescling @alyssa Ummmmmm true. I'm going with true. Not really fair, though, I think I've hard this one before

@amy @aescling i've heard it's a good game. and based on the first one it probably is

@aescling @amy i'm sorry cat but that doesn't work.

supposing the set of all things that are their own opposites is its own opposite, then it contains itself, easy, simple, no paradox.

supposing the set of all things that are their own opposites is not its own opposite, then it doesn't contain itself. easy, simple, no paradox.

@alyssa @amy i didn’t think so, but i do think whatever the actual answer to the question is, is interesting enough to try to figure out

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