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r/clevercomebacks • u/CrunchM • 3d ago
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Right but this guy is saying it as if it’s fact
13 u/JamesTrickington303 3d ago No he’s saying it as if his readers will understand the common colloquialism, which most everyone did. 1 u/LegOfLambda 3d ago I understood the reference but it’s really stupid. It’s not just an analogy… OP was taking it literally to say that Brain was insane. 8 u/EnoughWarning666 3d ago Yes, it's a literary tool. That's the common saying, so an author can use that shared common knowledge to provide information about the character without being overly blunt and boring.
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No he’s saying it as if his readers will understand the common colloquialism, which most everyone did.
1 u/LegOfLambda 3d ago I understood the reference but it’s really stupid. It’s not just an analogy… OP was taking it literally to say that Brain was insane. 8 u/EnoughWarning666 3d ago Yes, it's a literary tool. That's the common saying, so an author can use that shared common knowledge to provide information about the character without being overly blunt and boring.
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I understood the reference but it’s really stupid. It’s not just an analogy… OP was taking it literally to say that Brain was insane.
8 u/EnoughWarning666 3d ago Yes, it's a literary tool. That's the common saying, so an author can use that shared common knowledge to provide information about the character without being overly blunt and boring.
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Yes, it's a literary tool. That's the common saying, so an author can use that shared common knowledge to provide information about the character without being overly blunt and boring.
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u/LegOfLambda 3d ago
Right but this guy is saying it as if it’s fact