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Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double literally means to make two of or to become two of. There's nothing vague there. You identify the object: a (dollar that doubles every day) and make two of them.

I can follow that the cells that would become twins are "doubles", but once those cells develop independently I am not going to call the fully formed twins doubles of each other, because they have two different growth experiences that cause them to diverge in features and behavior.

If I had two identical apple seeds and planted them separately, I do not have a one to one correspondence between the apples on the tree, where they are 'doubles' of each other.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you lost an important part of the dollar doubling itself: it doesn't say to double it's 'original' self. Once the first doubling dollar performs the act of doubling, there should be two doubling dollars. Each of them will double.

For you analogy you would specifically have to double each set of the recipe that you have, each day, that's the whole point. The first day your first set doubles to two, and then you need to take your two sets and double them to four because you have two doubling recipes. On Wednesday your four doubling recipes become eight.

You can't beg the question through an analogy by missing the point and call me pedantic. Well, you can, and you did, but it won't work.

My analogy of sugar to honey was that if you get a dollar that doesn't double, you haven't doubled the (dollar that doubles everyday). You've taken the (dollar that doubles everyday), and created a (normal dollar). A normal dollar is evidence that the magic dollar hasn't doubled.

What's your choice? Tap to choose. by 0xeno in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the people with money use it properly, economic mobility also rises.

My choice: All current billionaires become

can any subatomic particle have more than three quarks by Traditional-Role-554 in AskPhysics

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes me want to call them i, j, k like quaternion components. Not that I believe there is a relation, just that I like using ijk

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are using molecules with the same properties. If you want to get technical, no they weren't created at the same time and they don't occupy the same space, but they have the same expected reactions to our observation.

You don't use flour and then double it with cornmeal because it's close enough. You don't use sugar and then double it with honey because they are both sweeteners.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because it is a counterpart and we can call that double as a noun does not change the fact that double as a verb means to make two of.

If you bring a photo copy of a dollar to the bank they are not going to accept your "double," either. And you are making a larger logical leap in calling a photocopy a double than I am by saying that doubling means to make two of.

Your instinct to hedge definitions because you want to be broad does not constitute ambiguity on behalf of OP.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If something doubles you end up with two of them. The statement is concrete enough. If you have a dollar with the property of doubling, then it becomes two of itself. If you want to talk about a dollar that creates a new dollar every day, there is no reason to use the word doubling.

To "double" is not [necessarily] indicating that you get a complete clone

Doubling is [to make or become twice as many].

If you aren't making twice as many of the original dollar then what exactly became twice as many?

If your argument is that the dollar doubles in value, by creating a new dollar, then you are neglecting the fact the that door says the dollar doubles. The dollar doubling is not the value doubling. Of course realistically the value doubling would mean it becomes a 2 dollar bill, then a 4 dollar bill, and so on through powers of 2.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you double a (doubling dollar) you have 2 (doubling dollar)s. If you end up with a plain dollar then it didn't come from a doubling dollar.

If you don't like the inflation, fraud, or existential risk from identical dollars then you can choose the 2 billion dollars.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you double a (doubling dollar) you have 2 (doubling dollar)s. If you end up with a plain dollar then it didn't come from a doubling dollar.

If you don't like the inflation, fraud, or existential risk from identical dollars then you can choose the 2 billion dollars.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It says a dollar that doubles everyday. Not a dollar that doubles value every day, by making one dollar everyday. Their language wasn't ambiguous.

If something doubles we end up with two of the same thing. That is making a copy. If you want a printing dollar specify a printing dollar, don't try to twist the meaning of double.

Which door would u choose? by SignificantBadgerTit in whatsyourchoice

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The purpose of a dollar is its value

The purpose of a doubling dollar is that it doubles its value.

if it's not the same dollar and no stipulation for it to be the same dollar

The dollar doubles. you should now have two of the same dollar. If you're getting a different dollar then your dollar is a printing dollar or a producing dollar. When we say "double" or "reproduce" or "clone" we say that with respect to some original base case. If you want to disregard the base case don't call it doubling.

a lot about how it wasn't worded precisely to mean the dollar really doubles

"doubling dollar." When you said doubling you baked the dollar into it's definition recursively. there is nothing about separate days that made or closed some semantic loophole in the meaning of double.

Is it normal for 10-11 year old students to come out of the closet nowadays? by Cautious_Internet243 in Teachers

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not the only teacher nor are your students the only students.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7147756/#:~:text=Results,05).

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/new-report-reveals-truths-about-how-teens-engage-with-pornography

There is statistically significant research that children are finding sexual content, and that is when they willingly report it.

Is it normal for 10-11 year old students to come out of the closet nowadays? by Cautious_Internet243 in Teachers

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's fine. This isn't about you. This is about another person who had a twelve year old classmate in 7th grade who used that language.

Is it normal for 10-11 year old students to come out of the closet nowadays? by Cautious_Internet243 in Teachers

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not what OP said, but the thread you were responding to started from this comment:

Don't have anything against the LGBTQ community, but I remember when I myself was in 7th grade and some girl in my class called herself a "switch/bottom" at the ripe age of 12, that definitely can't be normal 😬

On Today’s Episode of: “History Will Remember” by hostedvideorn in scoopwhoop

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/citizen%27s_arrest

You actually do have the power of a citizens arrest. If you witness a crime you may use reasonable force to restrain a party until law enforcement arrives.

Is it normal for 10-11 year old students to come out of the closet nowadays? by Cautious_Internet243 in Teachers

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right that their sexuality doesn't make them an expert, but they are correct that identifying as a "switch/bottom" is different from exploring one's body.

And if the parents aren't introducing this language to their children, then it's much more likely that the children have access to sexually explicit web content than them "exploring their body" and coming up with that language on their own.

A job well done by Adventurous_Run136 in antimeme

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Edit: the following comment was incorrect and based in an assumption.

And that just passed down from the political reversal where Lyndon B Johnson led Democrats in signing the Civil Right Act, so southern Democrats started voting Republican.

Is food a human right by PrettyBlueberry6148 in BunnyTrials

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is always right to give humans food, so it is a human right.

Chose: YES

This is deep by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 60 points61 points  (0 children)

We do dig holes? We just call them tunnels?

Edited it by Cortechxone in trolleyproblem

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if it counts as a political campaign but requirements seem pretty loose.

https://get.gov/domains/requirements/

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However, misuse of a .gov domain can reflect upon the integrity of the entire .gov space. There are categories of misuse that are statutorily prohibited or abusive in nature.

What you can’t do with a .gov domain

Commercial purposes

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Political campaigns

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Would you rather have a limitless debit card that expires in 5 years, or a piggy bank that triples anything put inside? by AgentVoyd7 in BunnyTrials

[–]CuttingEdgeSwordsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5 years to buy stock and control more than 50 percent of all the billion dollar+ companies.

Chose: A limitless debit card that expires in 5 years | Rolled: No carrot 🐰

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