• Cyrus Draegur@lemmy.zip
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      7 hours ago

      the discussion here managed to convince me that the pan has not, in fact, managed just yet to become more uncomfortable than the fire.

      but for a little while there, that’s actually where my mind was at. sitting in the pan, submerged in boiling oil, thinking “hm… would the fire be less awful just this once?” - but I’m straight up admitting that I was wrong to think that. It’s the effect of another metaphor blending in: the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The point of which, is: the grass isn’t actually any greener over there, it just seems to look greener subjectively due to lack of closer direct personal experience.

      • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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        5 hours ago

        Thanks for you reply! It’s good to hear that.

        As I said (maybe here or elsewhere), I can understand that China can feel like the better alternative considering where the USA are at (and going).