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id entity's cake-based explanation of conditional statements has finally tipped the balance from "quiet admiration" toward full-on Barbecrush. Excellent poster, that id entity:
I think I see a major part of the problem here. It's an IF-THEN statement. IF you are made of cake, THEN it's possible that you may be eaten. Assuming that the IF part of that statement is not true, the THEN part of that statement is not assumed to be true.
If I say IF you are made of cake, THEN you may be eaten, and you angrily respond "How DARE you say it's okay to eat me! I'm NOT made of cake!" you have misinterpreted the IF-THEN nature of the statement. All you had to do was say "I'm not made of cake." In the absence of proof to the contrary, I think so far as this message board goes, people will take you at your word.
The analogy is especially beautiful in the fairly loaded and volatile context of the thread.
The closing disclaimer is only, to stretch the metaphor, frosting:
(No offense is intended to persons made of cake. I hope I have not offended by using your situation as an example.) |
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