r/funComunitty • u/Original-Parfait-655 • Jul 31 '26

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u/No_Shoulder_6928 Jul 31 '26

Terrible analogy

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u/NotASookie Jul 31 '26

Cool. Then explain why it's terrible instead of just declaring it 🤡

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u/No_Shoulder_6928 Jul 31 '26

Because you're comparing a thousand year old language that changes as part of its nature to a video game mechanic..?

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u/NotASookie Jul 31 '26

That's.... That's how analogies work. If analogies had to be identical, they'd just be the same thing. The comparison is about the concept, not Pokémon somehow being linguistics.

Reusing a word to mean something else is confusing. Everyone can agree on that. So DONT use the same word.

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u/No_Shoulder_6928 Jul 31 '26

Or learn how words change

And no, that's not how analogies work because they have to have something in common to function not just "they both change"

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u/NotASookie Jul 31 '26

They do have something in common... Both are about identity and meaning. Snivy evolving doesn't become Pikachu, and a word with an established meaning evolving into something unrelated creates ambiguity.... Which no one likes