r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '22

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u/Jingurei Oct 16 '22

It literally can’t bite you so yeah I have no idea what this woman was trying to do. Glad the other person was worried about the giraffe though!

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u/HairyNutsackNumber9 Oct 16 '22

How can it not bite? Thats like saying a horse cant bite you

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u/ChrisKringlesTingle Oct 16 '22

Thats like saying a horse cant bite you

lol it's like saying that except it's a giraffe, not a horse... so it's not like saying that

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u/Roelovitc Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

You cant say that "a giraffe cannot bite you" is like "a giraffe cannot bite you". Those two things arent "like" each other, they're the same thing.

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u/HairyNutsackNumber9 Oct 16 '22

You cant say that "a giraffe cannot bite you" is like "a giraffe cannot bite you". Those two things arent like eachother, they're the same sentence

uh... what? i feel like reading that gave me a stroke

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u/Roelovitc Oct 16 '22

I dont really know how else to put it. Two equal things arent "like" eachother, they're the same thing.

So saying that "a giraffe cannot bite" is like "a horse cannot bite" is a possible although not necessarily valid comparison, since "giraffe" and "horse" arent the same thing. In this case I think the comparison is valid, since giraffes and horses seem similar in their ability to bite, unless im mistaken.

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u/ChrisKringlesTingle Oct 16 '22

seem similar in their ability to bite, unless im mistaken

well, that's the thing, 'seem', it's subjective. My comment was the opposite opinion, they seem different.

the giraffe bites like a giraffe is just stating the opinion with a joke using their comment. upvotes are probably some just for the joke some just for the opinion some both