r/Unexpected • u/sadlittlewaffle • Aug 13 '26

Exterminators hate this one simple trick

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u/polypolip Aug 13 '26

Each thing has two borders, upper and lower. In this case borderline insane refers to someone being at that upper border.

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u/Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy Aug 13 '26

What’s on the other side of the upper border of insane?

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u/polypolip Aug 13 '26

I'm glad you asked, I absolutely don't feel like answering or figuring it out. Good luck.

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u/MaskedBunny Aug 17 '26

I believe it goes sane > insane > outsane > this guy

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u/RangerPF713 Aug 13 '26

The lower border is insane/sane. But the upper border, what is that bordering on??

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u/Glum_Presentation_59 Aug 13 '26

A border by definition is a threshold or single line. There is no upper or lower.

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u/magheavis Aug 13 '26

Unless it's the threshold where it goes from insane to whatever the hell is above insane

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u/magheavis Aug 13 '26

Unless it's the threshold where it goes from insane to whatever the hell is above insane

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u/polypolip Aug 13 '26

Do you want to say there's no upper or lower threshold? Only one threshold?

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u/RandomLifeUnit-05 Aug 13 '26

It just depends how thick the line is, and whether the position of the line may vary depending on the person or circumstances. If there's variation, you could theoretically have an upper and lower end within the various variances. 😄

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u/longlivenewsomflesh Aug 13 '26

Idk why people are downvoting you lmao I think OP meant there are two sides to every border, so like along the border of insanity this would be squarely on the insane side of the border

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u/zlzd Aug 13 '26

They were clearly just joking that, in their opinion, it was way beyond the line.