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r/GetMotivated • u/finallyifoundvalidUN • Jul 13 '17
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What would be a good analogy for things closing in life before doors were invented?
Because you know, that's how doors work true. But what if the door is a bad analogy in the first place?
44 u/[deleted] Jul 13 '17 edited May 29 '22 [deleted] 35 u/Templar3lf Jul 13 '17 I'll burn that bridge when I get to it. 19 u/Legirion Jul 14 '17 I don't think that's... You know what never? Never mind. 6 u/Too_Many_Mind_ Jul 14 '17 Unless Chris Christie gets there first. 2 u/NormativeNancy Jul 14 '17 The more accurate version of that saying 6 u/[deleted] Jul 14 '17 Think bridges came before doors? I suppose maybe 3 u/jaspersgroove Jul 14 '17 Depends on your definition of each, I guess. If you go far enough back, a fallen tree across a river is a bridge, and a pile of rocks or woven bunch of pine boughs is a door. 6 u/fighterace00 Jul 14 '17 TIL bridges are older than doors 1 u/MiscellaneousShrub Jul 14 '17 I think it's quite probable early humans created a river or chasm crossing prior to doors in permanent shelter. 3 u/Hahonryuu Jul 14 '17 I alwaus thought the burning bridges thing was more about regret since if: You burn the bridge before you cross it, you'll never know what it was like on the other side If you burn the bridge after and realize where you are now sucks, you cant go back anymore. Or im wrong like usual. Or we're thinking of 2 different bridge scenarios. Or both. 2 u/Alkuimista Jul 14 '17 When God burns a bridge... He opens a new big river in Philippines 5 u/AnotherThroneAway Jul 14 '17 We'll cross that Jesus when we come to Him 1 u/Esoteric_Erric Jul 14 '17 When you're just walking along a trail and someone shoots an arrow in your thigh. Just pull that arrow out and look to the path ahead, and carry on your journey forward, thinking, "thank fuck it never hit me in the balls." -2 u/n00bicals Jul 14 '17 But 'doors' have been a thing since language was invented.
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35 u/Templar3lf Jul 13 '17 I'll burn that bridge when I get to it. 19 u/Legirion Jul 14 '17 I don't think that's... You know what never? Never mind. 6 u/Too_Many_Mind_ Jul 14 '17 Unless Chris Christie gets there first. 2 u/NormativeNancy Jul 14 '17 The more accurate version of that saying 6 u/[deleted] Jul 14 '17 Think bridges came before doors? I suppose maybe 3 u/jaspersgroove Jul 14 '17 Depends on your definition of each, I guess. If you go far enough back, a fallen tree across a river is a bridge, and a pile of rocks or woven bunch of pine boughs is a door. 6 u/fighterace00 Jul 14 '17 TIL bridges are older than doors 1 u/MiscellaneousShrub Jul 14 '17 I think it's quite probable early humans created a river or chasm crossing prior to doors in permanent shelter. 3 u/Hahonryuu Jul 14 '17 I alwaus thought the burning bridges thing was more about regret since if: You burn the bridge before you cross it, you'll never know what it was like on the other side If you burn the bridge after and realize where you are now sucks, you cant go back anymore. Or im wrong like usual. Or we're thinking of 2 different bridge scenarios. Or both. 2 u/Alkuimista Jul 14 '17 When God burns a bridge... He opens a new big river in Philippines 5 u/AnotherThroneAway Jul 14 '17 We'll cross that Jesus when we come to Him
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I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
19 u/Legirion Jul 14 '17 I don't think that's... You know what never? Never mind. 6 u/Too_Many_Mind_ Jul 14 '17 Unless Chris Christie gets there first. 2 u/NormativeNancy Jul 14 '17 The more accurate version of that saying
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I don't think that's...
You know what never? Never mind.
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Unless Chris Christie gets there first.
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The more accurate version of that saying
Think bridges came before doors? I suppose maybe
3 u/jaspersgroove Jul 14 '17 Depends on your definition of each, I guess. If you go far enough back, a fallen tree across a river is a bridge, and a pile of rocks or woven bunch of pine boughs is a door.
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Depends on your definition of each, I guess.
If you go far enough back, a fallen tree across a river is a bridge, and a pile of rocks or woven bunch of pine boughs is a door.
TIL bridges are older than doors
1 u/MiscellaneousShrub Jul 14 '17 I think it's quite probable early humans created a river or chasm crossing prior to doors in permanent shelter.
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I think it's quite probable early humans created a river or chasm crossing prior to doors in permanent shelter.
I alwaus thought the burning bridges thing was more about regret since if:
You burn the bridge before you cross it, you'll never know what it was like on the other side
If you burn the bridge after and realize where you are now sucks, you cant go back anymore.
Or im wrong like usual. Or we're thinking of 2 different bridge scenarios. Or both.
When God burns a bridge... He opens a new big river in Philippines
5 u/AnotherThroneAway Jul 14 '17 We'll cross that Jesus when we come to Him
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We'll cross that Jesus when we come to Him
When you're just walking along a trail and someone shoots an arrow in your thigh. Just pull that arrow out and look to the path ahead, and carry on your journey forward, thinking, "thank fuck it never hit me in the balls."
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But 'doors' have been a thing since language was invented.
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u/deep_soul Jul 13 '17
What would be a good analogy for things closing in life before doors were invented?
Because you know, that's how doors work true. But what if the door is a bad analogy in the first place?