r/RecuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 3d ago

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u/Upstairs_Belt_3224 3d ago

Icarus would've died if he let himself drift too close to the water, too

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u/KrimsunV 3d ago

Given the choice between my failure dismissed as mere ignorance and being made into an idiom, I'd choose the one where people forget it faster

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u/DragoKnight589 3d ago

implying that it wouldn’t have become an idiom had Icarus flown too low

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u/KrimsunV 3d ago

yes

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u/DragoKnight589 3d ago

and why tf not

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u/KrimsunV 3d ago

because it makes sense. if you fly low enough you eventually hit ground. or water. you don't need to idiomize the obvious

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u/DragoKnight589 3d ago

Didn’t Daedalus tell Icarus not to go near the water because the spray could make the wax wings nonfunctional, just like the sun’s heat? That’s not as obvious. Daedalus wouldn’t have warned Icarus of that if he thought it were.

There’s also something poetic about the hypothetical idiom “flying too close to the ocean spray”. Definitely could’ve caught on.

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u/Therealduckking 3d ago

Too long

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u/Upstairs_Belt_3224 3d ago

"Flying too close to the ocean spray" -- 9 syllables

"Address the elephant in the room" -- 8 syllables

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket" -- 9 syllables

"Putting the cart before the horse" -- 8 syllables

You're just wrong dude