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Originally Posted by baddog
Misery loves company . . . .
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-- no rebuttal to that, my friend!
But the literal is
so boring -- especially at 3:50AM.
I really
like metaphor -- it gives layers to our meanings and exposes our experiences to multiple interpretations.
For some, metaphor is a language through which they give embodiment to things that don't embody easily.
For others, metaphor is a language through which they understand things that don't embody easily, by finding those things
concealed in other things that do.
I have the misfortune of belonging to both categories. As such, I suffer and enjoy the presence of metaphor in pretty much all I see.
I do concede, though, that
sometimes a blender is just a blender and a fan is just a fan...
... if only to agree --
j-