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binaryturtleyesterday at 5:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

No, "grass always looks greener on the other side" is a perspective thing. If you stand on your own grass then you look down onto it and see the dirt, but if you look over to the other side you see the gras from the side which makes it look more dense and hides the dirt. But it's the same boring grass everywhere. :)


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em-beeyesterday at 8:28 PM

hah, i have been arguing this for years. first time to see someone else making the same argument. nice!

nothrabannosiryesterday at 5:33 PM

I preferred GPs poop joke version but to each their own.

CobrastanJorjiyesterday at 8:09 PM

At first, I thought "this is missing the point of the phrase" and moved on, but now I'm back to say it's stuck in my head and an intuitive, pretty neat way to think about it.