▲ 339 ▼ Does a 'Welcome' mat give vampires permission to enter your house? (piefed.world) submitted 1 week ago by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 184 points 1 week ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) Even if she'd said yes, it wouldn't have been permission. She was merely assenting that he was seemingly capable of the act, if nothing else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago (1 child) The homeowner's assertion of vampire's abilities gives an implicit permission. If the homeowner says yes he can, who would override that? Belief is a powerful thing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) In top of that, nobody defined where the vampire is capable of entering… or permitted to enter. Either way, the location wasn’t explicitly defined so who knows which place we’re talking about. Could I give the vampire the permission to enter your house? Would that still be valid? How does this even work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago If you have an entrance hall, and you say "you can get in the hall", can the vampire go past the hall? And what if the house's entrance is itself in a covered enclosed porch, where is the real "entrance"? Is the house defined solely by walls? Any kind of wall? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) Even if she'd said yes, it wouldn't have been permission. She was merely assenting that he was seemingly capable of the act, if nothing else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago (1 child) The homeowner's assertion of vampire's abilities gives an implicit permission. If the homeowner says yes he can, who would override that? Belief is a powerful thing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) In top of that, nobody defined where the vampire is capable of entering… or permitted to enter. Either way, the location wasn’t explicitly defined so who knows which place we’re talking about. Could I give the vampire the permission to enter your house? Would that still be valid? How does this even work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago If you have an entrance hall, and you say "you can get in the hall", can the vampire go past the hall? And what if the house's entrance is itself in a covered enclosed porch, where is the real "entrance"? Is the house defined solely by walls? Any kind of wall? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago (1 child) The homeowner's assertion of vampire's abilities gives an implicit permission. If the homeowner says yes he can, who would override that? Belief is a powerful thing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) In top of that, nobody defined where the vampire is capable of entering… or permitted to enter. Either way, the location wasn’t explicitly defined so who knows which place we’re talking about. Could I give the vampire the permission to enter your house? Would that still be valid? How does this even work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago If you have an entrance hall, and you say "you can get in the hall", can the vampire go past the hall? And what if the house's entrance is itself in a covered enclosed porch, where is the real "entrance"? Is the house defined solely by walls? Any kind of wall? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) In top of that, nobody defined where the vampire is capable of entering… or permitted to enter. Either way, the location wasn’t explicitly defined so who knows which place we’re talking about. Could I give the vampire the permission to enter your house? Would that still be valid? How does this even work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago If you have an entrance hall, and you say "you can get in the hall", can the vampire go past the hall? And what if the house's entrance is itself in a covered enclosed porch, where is the real "entrance"? Is the house defined solely by walls? Any kind of wall? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago If you have an entrance hall, and you say "you can get in the hall", can the vampire go past the hall? And what if the house's entrance is itself in a covered enclosed porch, where is the real "entrance"? Is the house defined solely by walls? Any kind of wall? permalink fedilink source parent
