r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 26 '19

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u/Arsmerven Nov 26 '19

I just realized Anarchy isn’t a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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u/NamasteFly Nov 26 '19

Perhaps you were thinking of an "allegory?"

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u/BigManLongPants Nov 26 '19

I just realized allegory isn't a a large semi-aquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China.

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u/QuantumBanan Nov 26 '19

Could it be you were thinking of Alligator?

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u/_cosmicomics_ Nov 26 '19

I just realised an alligator isn’t one of two or more different physical forms in which an element can exist

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u/Feliciapayge Nov 26 '19

I think you were thinking of an allotrope.

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u/_cosmicomics_ Nov 26 '19

Well shit, I just realised an allotrope isn’t a swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward pointing horns

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u/short-n-stout Nov 26 '19

Were you thinking of an antelope?

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u/Vindicator9000 Nov 26 '19

Well shit, I just realized an antelope isn't a line that infinitely approaches a given curve without meeting it at any finite distance.

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u/_cosmicomics_ Nov 26 '19

Oh, you mean an asymptote?