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minus-squareHackworth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoEqually fake and equally real are equal?
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoBeg to differ. The Queen gives birth to twin boys. It’s a stormy night and the midwife isn’t sure which is older. They are equally the ‘real’ king. Two counterfeit dollar bills are equally fake.
minus-squareHackworth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIf one counterfeit dollar buys a soda, does it matter who’s king?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 months agoThis is a semantics argument. The way the person you’re talking to means it, two things being equally fake also means that they’re equally real, because they are both just as real as the other (that is, not).
Equally fake and equally real are equal?
Beg to differ.
The Queen gives birth to twin boys. It’s a stormy night and the midwife isn’t sure which is older. They are equally the ‘real’ king.
Two counterfeit dollar bills are equally fake.
If one counterfeit dollar buys a soda, does it matter who’s king?
This is a semantics argument. The way the person you’re talking to means it, two things being equally fake also means that they’re equally real, because they are both just as real as the other (that is, not).