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minus-squaredoggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIn this example a child would be a pickup truck.
minus-squarefestnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoi dont see how the adult pickup truck wouldn’t be a fully built one, since real children aren’t considered fully developed human beings plus the pickup truck could be called elderly when it’s parts aren’t working as well.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThis is where the metaphor breaks down. Cars don’t reproduce through sexual activity or experience a long period of maturity.
minus-squarefestnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agomy whole point was that it wasn’t a good metaphor
In this example a child would be a pickup truck.
i dont see how the adult pickup truck wouldn’t be a fully built one, since real children aren’t considered fully developed human beings
plus the pickup truck could be called elderly when it’s parts aren’t working as well.
This is where the metaphor breaks down. Cars don’t reproduce through sexual activity or experience a long period of maturity.
my whole point was that it wasn’t a good metaphor