• @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    -82 months ago

    I don’t agree that the idiom implies “worse”. In trying to escape being burnt in the frying pan, you’re getting burnt in the fire. Either way, you’re getting burnt.

    • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      92 months ago

      You don’t get to decide how language works.

      It implies going from a bad situation to a worse one, and has from the moment it existed.

      • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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        2 months ago

        Fine. It’s not the right idiom to express the point.

        Point is still valid, even if I initially expressed it poorly.

        • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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          12 months ago

          I think you, and a large number of people on this site, need to accept that the vast majority of people don’t give a shit about FOSS, and many actively view it as a bad thing.

          Especially a government agency.