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Joel_Mckaytoday at 7:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

Indeed, giving a definite answer to an ambiguous nonsense question is still incorrect.

A fish can play with as many strings as it finds, but only one when on a hook. Yet this too is an incorrect answer, as it again ignores the ambiguity in the phrasing. =3


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aesthesiatoday at 8:35 PM

This feels like an xkcd 169 situation, to be honest.

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ChrisClarktoday at 7:49 PM

How do you know the fish is playing? Is he happy, enjoying it? =3

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