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Only dead fish go with the flow

RegularGuy December 06, 2018 at 21:45 6275 views 15 comments
A celebrity tweeted this. Should it be taken as a normative statement or an ontological one?

Comments (15)

andrewk December 06, 2018 at 21:51 #234159
Let's answer one slogan with another:

If your worldview fits in a tweet, think harder!

[from a placard at an anti-hate rally several years ago, only 'in a tweet' was actually 'on a placard']
ssu December 06, 2018 at 21:57 #234161
Quoting andrewk
If your worldview fits in a tweet, think harder!

That's a nice tweet. :up:
Nils Loc December 06, 2018 at 22:01 #234163
Fish traveling upstream are going with the flow, just not the flow of water.
BC December 07, 2018 at 01:45 #234249
Reply to Noah Te Stroete The dead fish should be grateful that there is still enough water in the river for there to be a flow worth going with.

The tedious tweet smelling of dead fish was, no doubt, twatted by some twee twit who thinks he or she is one of the few, the brave, the independent, the unique... who are in a position to judge everybody else as subservient sheeple.

Off with their head! Then throw it in the muck with the dead fish.
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 01:46 #234250
Reply to Bitter Crank You’re awesome
BC December 07, 2018 at 01:47 #234252
Reply to Noah Te Stroete So true, so true.
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 01:47 #234253
Jamesk December 07, 2018 at 07:35 #234292
It is a refutation of Taoism.
Dagny December 07, 2018 at 17:00 #234441
Reply to Noah Te Stroete IIRC, it's a scandinavian proverb. So the celebrity stole it.
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 17:01 #234445
Reply to Dagny What does “IIRC” mean?
Dagny December 07, 2018 at 17:02 #234446
Reply to Noah Te Stroete IIRC = If I remember correctly.
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 17:04 #234447
Reply to Dagny Ah. And is the proverb meant to be a normative claim or a metaphysical one?
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 17:17 #234456
Reply to Dagny In other words, is it describing something that ought to be done or how we should behave, or is it describing the way things really are?
Dagny December 07, 2018 at 17:22 #234461
Reply to Noah Te Stroete I always thought it was a proverb that speaks against conformity - it is one of the biggest battles we must fight in order to be successful.
RegularGuy December 07, 2018 at 17:26 #234463
Reply to Dagny I suspected that’s what the tweeter meant, too. However, a case could be made that it is also a metaphysical claim, i.e. no one actually goes completely with the flow in life. We all have our individual aims/goals/desires.