Random Analogies
A Tale Of 2 Counties
a: Santa Clara County-Silicon Valley ~
b: A liberal version of Orange county
What: Both are wealthy. Both Transitioned from orchard cultures to modern suburbs very rapidly.
Both are suburban in the worst way.
Both are filled with status craving people who want the best of all. The people in Orange county happen to swing right, while many in Santa Clara happen to swing left. But take way the political veneer and you pretty much have the same people and the same culture. Even thought either place would be loath to admit the degree of commonality between the two. It is an example of the "narcissism of small differences"
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Writer: LucretiaGermanica
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Mar 23 2011 12:50 AM
# 836 Critique Analogy
I Need A Light Bulp Or A Direct Object
a: Transitive verb ~
b: a light socket
What: "A transitive verb is like a light socket.It is obviously incomplete. Something is missing."
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Writer: David Tuggy
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Date: Oct 10 2013 6:53 PM
# 3949 Critique Analogy
Chemistry That Anyone Can Understand
a: alkali earth metals ~
b: slutty men
What:
"The alkali earth metals are like slutty men. They're looking to give their electron to anyone willing to take it."
"The halogens are like slutty women. They're looking to get any electron they can."
"The noble gases are the prudes. They're happy the way they are and don't take shit from nobody."
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Writer: Darwynnia
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Date: Feb 28 2014 4:04 PM
# 5151 Critique Analogy
a: Uranium ~
b: a finicky child
What:
"Uranium is like a finicky child at a buffet: only the right combination of moderator, fuel, core design and materials will produce a sustained fission reaction."
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Writer: Richard Martin
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Date: May 13 2014 6:15 PM
# 5680 Critique Analogy
