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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014

    Analogy 101 http://aralbalkan.com/scribbles/analogy-101/ … A quick note on understanding an analogy.

    1:23 AM - 6 Mar 2014
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      2. Amy Everett‏ @amy_everett_ 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You messed up. Can you let it go now?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @amy_everett_

        @amywamy999 I don’t believe that I did. Can you tell me how I messed up by responding to the points I made instead of a general accusation?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Amy Everett‏ @amy_everett_ 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You used an inappropriate analogy to try & convey a point. Maybe this was for dramatic effect, I don't know, but it was inappropriate.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @amy_everett_

        @amywamy999 That is your opinion and I respect that. However, I do not agree that it was inappropriate.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Amy Everett‏ @amy_everett_ 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral don't understand your analogy. People get it, they just think it's out of order.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @amy_everett_

        @amywamy999 Again, fair enough. They are entitled to their opinion. I do not believe that it is out of order.

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      8. Amy Everett‏ @amy_everett_ 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Don't expect people to believe that having their information stolen is the same as being abused. Its clearly not.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @amy_everett_

        @amywamy999 That is exactly what the analogy does _not_ do and I expressly state that in my post. Did you actually read my post?

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      2. (o_O)‏ @foomandoonian 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral (And please don't block me. I happen to agree with you. I am, as they say, just sayin')

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @foomandoonian

        @foomandoonian You’re more than welcome to disagree with me (& thanks for your feedback) :) Why would I block you for that?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. (o_O)‏ @foomandoonian 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I've been blocked by a few folk for no worse. I kinda miss Dave Winer, but I'm sure I was only blocked for making a great point. ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @foomandoonian

        @foomandoonian I tend to block people I don’t need to interact with. e.g, recent examples have been people who use salutations like jizzrag.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. (o_O)‏ @foomandoonian 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Haha! I may be an argumentative type but I stay away from the insults. Still, some people don't react well to simple contradiction.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Rick Truell‏ @Rick_Truell 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral It seems to me that you have a typo in this blog entry. In the paragraph before the "And (cont) http://tl.gd/n8ipn0 

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Rick_Truell

        @Rick_Truell Thanks for the heads up, Rick. Will fix :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. M. Lissandrini‏ @Kuzeko 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        M. Lissandrini Retweeted Louise Corrigan

        @aral In your post you're linking https://twitter.com/LouiseEditor/status/440850371372531712 … instead of https://twitter.com/LouiseEditor/status/440849501276741633 … Maybe a mistake?

        M. Lissandrini added,

        Louise Corrigan @LouiseEditor
        Replying to @voodoo6000
        @voodoo6000 @aral @MikeRogers0 @_ewp I went to Catholic school where boys were abused, and I feel that it's poor to use that analogy. Fin.
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @Kuzeko

        @Kuzeko Yep, sorry, will fix. Thanks for the heads up :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. M. Lissandrini‏ @Kuzeko 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        M. Lissandrini Retweeted Louise Corrigan

        @aral No problem. @LouiseEditor was first noticing ithttps://twitter.com/LouiseEditor/status/441558290246680576 …

        M. Lissandrini added,

        Louise Corrigan @LouiseEditor
        Replying to @aral
        @aral I'm not sure you're linking to the right Tweet from me in that last part, fyi + @voodoo6000 @MikeRogers0 @_ewp
        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. (o_O)‏ @foomandoonian 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Analogy protip 2: Analogies suck. The thing that is most like the thing you are trying to describe is the thing itself. Focus on that.

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      1. (o_O)‏ @foomandoonian 6 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Analogy protip: Don't use inflammatory subjects like child abuse, nazism, rape etc. in an analogy unless it genuinely warrants it.

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