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[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 months ago

Isn’t the message that people will betray you in _un_surprising ways?

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I never took it as bleakly as don't trust anyone.

Frog knows the scorpion is untrustworthy but ignores his intuition and gets burnt for it. I take it as don't get involved with someone that would drag you down with them.

For anyone trying to prove anything with it, it's a parable, so it's advice, not a research paper! 🐸

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Speaking of frog parables pretending to be research papers: the whole “a scientist did an experiment and if you boil water slowly enough the frog won’t jump out and just sits there until it dies”. It turns out that’s bullshit. The scientist was trying to figure out brain stuff, so he removed the brains from the frogs and they didn’t jump out when he boiled them. The frogs that still had their brains jumped out of the water around the same temperature as a person would step out of a too-hot shower (25°C).

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 3 months ago

Scorpions would never sting my back

[-] Aganim@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Said the person who just voted for the "Scorpions stinging backs" party.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I guess it's both. You wouldn't expect someone to sabotage themselves

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