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@codl@chitter.xyzthe expression "have one's cake and eat it too" sucks. like if i read it it seems like a normal thing. you have cake. then you eat it. ok. if your expression requires someone to clarify that actually what they mean is still having the cake after having eaten it then the expression sucks
as a kid i was deeply confused by the french equivalent, lit. "wanting the butter and the money for the butter". i was like, yeah, i want butter and in order to get butter i need money for the butter. wanting the money is aligned with wanting the butter. and honestly i stand by kid me's reasoning. they're right
bro's looking at my todo list like
- take trash bags out
- collect trash into bags
and is like, aha! illogical! once you have taken the trash bags out, there will be no trash to collect nor bags to collect it into! bro i am drilling down into the task. i am using epic productivity strategies here
@codl Yeah, it took me ages to figure that one out.
@codl the unabomber fixes this!
@twi this seems interesting but it is 2 am so i aint reading all that right now
@codl tl;dr: the issue you're bringing up is part of how they caught the unabomber
@codl since people don't usually eat banknotes how about "you can't have your money and eat it too"
@codl you forgot the part about the butter lady’s ass or something
@eramdam nah i didnt forget
@codl sometimes "eat your cake and have it too" is labeled an uncommon inversion of the usual phrase, but it seems to be more clear in its meaning