Are you going to tell me next that a turtle doesn’t hide in its shell from disconcerting ideas?
An 'ostrich with its head in the sand' isn't avoiding uncomfortable truths. It's taking care of its offspring.https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1126563264945696768 …
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A turtle hides in its shell from ugly shoes. http://www.advicegoddess.com/ag-column-archives/2018/06/the-shoo-maker.html …
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Yes of course. But the metaphor is sufficiently well understood that I shall stick to my Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome!
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If you listen to the entire Adam Conover interview on Rogan, it's pure OPS. I mean, to the point where he's literally accusing others of the same thing (he's making a show about idea pathogens! It's really quite similar to your arguments--mind-blowing given his condition).
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Wouldn’t that be fun if our idioms were wrong in the same context as our biological understanding lol. People aren’t turning a blind eye, they’re trying to care for others.
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Actually it's digging holes for lemmings to jump into.
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I mean, they still can't see what's going on around them when their head is in the sand, though.
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Poor maligned ostriches... (I'm still going to want to use this comparison in the future.)
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Scariest “bird” on the planet?
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You need to learn about ducks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k01DIVDJlY …
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