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The_jackalope

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11. "The earth sheds species as a tree sheds its leaves."

Reply to hunter (Reply #10)

Mon Aug 19, 2019, 03:07 PM

Aug 2019

I haven't heard that metaphor before. It's brilliant - concise, evocative and meaningful - and it triggers the unexpected shift in perspective that is the hallmark of such phrases.

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Do what you do [View all] The_jackalope Aug 2019 OP

That was an excllent observation and summation. Newest Reality Aug 2019 #1

FWIW I stopped writing about the problems in 2013, after coming to much the same conclusion. The_jackalope Aug 2019 #2

Reluctantly, I agree with you. Mickju Aug 2019 #3

So true. Delphinus Aug 2019 #7

Spare any more lives ending horribly, prematurely. Duppers Aug 2019 #4

Absolutely. The_jackalope Aug 2019 #5

That was Delphinus Aug 2019 #6

My ancestors all survived by being where the worst shit wasn't. hunter Aug 2019 #8

Great post. "In a crisis they do it more" Mike 03 Aug 2019 #9

One thing my wife and I didn't do is have lots of children as our parent's generation did. hunter Aug 2019 #10

"The earth sheds species as a tree sheds its leaves." The_jackalope Aug 2019 #11