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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Do you not understand how metaphors work? Nothing is being "compared" here. Keep looking for things to be upset about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is actually a simile, not a metaphor. And a simile is a type of comparison .

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

A simile is a type of metaphor. All similes are metaphors, but not vice versa.