• RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
    132·
    2 months ago

    Yeah, but a potato is hard before. An egg is soft, inside. Like the idea of a saying like that though, doesn’t invalidate it.

    • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
      40·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, but a potato is hard before. An egg is soft, inside.

      would that not be the very point of the aphorism, though? an egg may think boiling water is all that’s needed without it accounting for the circumstances of the potato. and vice versa.

      at least the potato doesn’t stay up nights wondering which came first!

    • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      Just means we are all different and the same thing may have different effect. Still fully applies I think

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      That reminds me of the song lyric, “you can’t always get what you want; but if you try sometime, you’ll find you get what you need.” (Rolling Stones)