Poll of the Day > help me with a metaphor, what's sharper than samurai sword?

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Impavid54
12/22/18 12:03:44 PM
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help me with this personal essay y'all I need something that's sharper than a samurai sword
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minervo
12/22/18 12:07:06 PM
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Certainly not your wits :P
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Zeus
12/22/18 12:08:31 PM
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The Samurai pen?
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rogerskg1979
12/22/18 12:16:58 PM
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a diamond sword
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keyblader1985
12/22/18 12:19:26 PM
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A good cheddar?
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wwinterj25
12/22/18 12:22:36 PM
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A Samurai's word is sharper than his sword, ok?
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SunWuKung420
12/22/18 12:24:17 PM
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Laser sword.
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SusanGreenEyes
12/22/18 12:31:22 PM
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My sparkling wit
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HelIWithoutSin
12/22/18 12:35:46 PM
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The temper of a physically abusive boyfriend.
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shadowsword87
12/22/18 12:37:55 PM
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What the hell sort of paper are you writing.
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JOExHIGASHI
12/22/18 12:38:22 PM
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obsidian

scalpel
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GanonsSpirit
12/22/18 12:39:46 PM
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A samurai sword dressed in really nice clothes.
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jkdarlow
12/22/18 12:47:06 PM
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A gun obvs.
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Impavid54
12/22/18 1:01:35 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
What the hell sort of paper are you writing.


It's a really beautiful metaphor I got from this Marine officer

It's an essay about progression, it goes something like
you start off as a dull pocket knife, grow into a butter knife, then you become a sharp regular knife, then a bowie knife, and finally you graduate to a samurai sword. my english teacher said I should finish my essay on a note about growing into something that's sharper than a samurai sword.

I decided to just take the easy way out and write "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword" or something like that

thanks guys I guess or not cuz y'all neva help me
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wwinterj25
12/22/18 1:02:35 PM
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Wow you're going to fail, ok?
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Blorfenburger
12/22/18 1:05:41 PM
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If you went to usa public school then you should know that the #2 pencil is the sharpest object in the universe
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rogerskg1979
12/22/18 1:16:54 PM
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Impavid54 posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
What the hell sort of paper are you writing.


It's a really beautiful metaphor I got from this Marine officer

It's an essay about progression, it goes something like
you start off as a dull pocket knife, grow into a butter knife, then you become a sharp regular knife, then a bowie knife, and finally you graduate to a samurai sword. my english teacher said I should finish my essay on a note about growing into something that's sharper than a samurai sword.

I decided to just take the easy way out and write "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword" or something like that

thanks guys I guess or not cuz y'all neva help me


Not sure if serious....
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Impavid54
12/22/18 1:25:25 PM
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what? what's wrong
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JOExHIGASHI
12/22/18 1:30:47 PM
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Impavid54 posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
What the hell sort of paper are you writing.


It's a really beautiful metaphor I got from this Marine officer

It's an essay about progression, it goes something like
you start off as a dull pocket knife, grow into a butter knife, then you become a sharp regular knife, then a bowie knife, and finally you graduate to a samurai sword. my english teacher said I should finish my essay on a note about growing into something that's sharper than a samurai sword.

I decided to just take the easy way out and write "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword" or something like that

thanks guys I guess or not cuz y'all neva help me


Or you can say you graduate into a bayonet. So you could still say "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword"
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LaggnFragnLarry
12/22/18 1:38:54 PM
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he wanted you to evolve it into something that is not a weapon and have that be the metaphor for sharpest thing of all
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Smarkil
12/22/18 1:47:16 PM
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minervo posted...
Certainly not your wits :P


fpbp
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Bugmeat
12/22/18 1:50:21 PM
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Fricken lazer beams.
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joemodda
12/22/18 1:50:47 PM
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Tell then how you will grow into an M16A4
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Blighboy
12/22/18 2:40:32 PM
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A european longsword

Fight me you weeb shits
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_AdjI_
12/22/18 3:21:54 PM
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Impavid54 posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
What the hell sort of paper are you writing.


It's a really beautiful metaphor I got from this Marine officer

It's an essay about progression, it goes something like
you start off as a dull pocket knife, grow into a butter knife, then you become a sharp regular knife, then a bowie knife, and finally you graduate to a samurai sword. my english teacher said I should finish my essay on a note about growing into something that's sharper than a samurai sword.

I decided to just take the easy way out and write "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword" or something like that

thanks guys I guess or not cuz y'all neva help me


That's not really a good metaphor. Blades are made sharper by taking material away, and the only way to preserve that sharpness is to never use it. Neither trait is particularly applicable to personal growth, which is generally additive and develops into further growth when it's applied.
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SunWuKung420
12/22/18 3:28:00 PM
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I walk on the edge of the sharpest blade.
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Cacciato
12/22/18 3:29:03 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
I walk on the edge of the sharpest blade.

Perfect. This is equally terrible.
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SunWuKung420
12/22/18 3:31:08 PM
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Cacciato posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
I walk on the edge of the sharpest blade.

Perfect. This is equally terrible.


Whatever you say, Mr. Edge.
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Cacciato
12/22/18 3:36:24 PM
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Nice! You doubled down.
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SunWuKung420
12/22/18 3:43:53 PM
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Cacciato posted...
Nice! You doubled down.


Well, your posts are always so edgefilled, sharp enough to cut all that salt you exude even.
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_AdjI_
12/22/18 4:21:38 PM
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Can't tell if sarcasm...
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dedbus
12/22/18 5:47:16 PM
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A sharp dressed man.
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zebatov
12/22/18 6:17:20 PM
#33:


SunWuKung420 posted...
Cacciato posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
I walk on the edge of the sharpest blade.

Perfect. This is equally terrible.


Whatever you say, Mr. Edge.

He's the edgiest.
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CacciatoPart3
12/22/18 6:19:09 PM
#34:


zebatov posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Cacciato posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
I walk on the edge of the sharpest blade.

Perfect. This is equally terrible.


Whatever you say, Mr. Edge.

He's the edgiest.

Classic Dustin!
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Impavid54
12/22/18 8:15:22 PM
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_AdjI_ posted...
Impavid54 posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
What the hell sort of paper are you writing.


It's a really beautiful metaphor I got from this Marine officer

It's an essay about progression, it goes something like
you start off as a dull pocket knife, grow into a butter knife, then you become a sharp regular knife, then a bowie knife, and finally you graduate to a samurai sword. my english teacher said I should finish my essay on a note about growing into something that's sharper than a samurai sword.

I decided to just take the easy way out and write "So I can grow sharper than the edge of a samurai sword" or something like that

thanks guys I guess or not cuz y'all neva help me


That's not really a good metaphor. Blades are made sharper by taking material away, and the only way to preserve that sharpness is to never use it. Neither trait is particularly applicable to personal growth, which is generally additive and develops into further growth when it's applied.


what do you mean? A sword is still far more useful than something like a pocket knife

SunWuKung420 posted...
Cacciato posted...
Nice! You doubled down.


Well, your posts are always so edgefilled, sharp enough to cut all that salt you exude even.


SO true lol
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_AdjI_
12/22/18 8:28:33 PM
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Impavid54 posted...
what do you mean?


I mean exactly what I said. What's confusing you, the part where I explained how the sharpening process works, or the part where I suggested that personal growth and sharpening really aren't analogous in any way? I didn't even go into the fact that a pocket knife doesn't grow into a katana, meaning your "beautiful metaphor" was actually just a series of disjointed similes. I figured that'd confuse you.

Impavid54 posted...
A sword is still far more useful than something like a pocket knife


Not for the vast majority of people it isn't. In today's world, swords are predominantly decorative, whereas pocket knives are pretty handy for actual functional tasks.
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Impavid54
12/22/18 8:38:29 PM
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_AdjI_ posted...
I mean exactly what I said. What's confusing you, the part where I explained how the sharpening process works, or the part where I suggested that personal growth and sharpening really aren't analogous in any way? I didn't even go into the fact that a pocket knife doesn't grow into a katana, meaning your "beautiful metaphor" was actually just a series of disjointed similes. I figured that'd confuse you.


it's not supposed to be literal
I guess calling it a series of similes makes more sense
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_AdjI_
12/22/18 8:45:32 PM
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Impavid54 posted...
it's not supposed to be literal


No, but it does have to bear some similarity to be a plausible analogy.
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rogerskg1979
12/23/18 9:30:42 AM
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Impavid54 posted...
A sword is still far more useful than something like a pocket knife


Not sure if serious...
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_AdjI_
12/23/18 9:38:48 AM
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rogerskg1979 posted...
Impavid54 posted...
A sword is still far more useful than something like a pocket knife


Not sure if serious...


Probably serious, but also 17.
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Ultima_Dragoon
12/23/18 9:40:09 AM
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The Ginsu knife can cut through a shoe
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Fierce_Deity_08
12/23/18 10:11:47 AM
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The mind can be sharper than a samurai sword. If you have a sharp mind, you don't need a weapon... except to defend yourself against those with dull minds.
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DrCidd
12/23/18 10:12:10 AM
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The tongue of a scorned woman.
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JOExHIGASHI
12/23/18 10:44:41 AM
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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...
The mind can be sharper than a samurai sword. If you have a sharp mind, you don't need a weapon... except to defend yourself against those with dull minds.

and samurai swords
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Fam_Fam
12/23/18 10:49:53 AM
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this is good bait, for once
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Impavid54
12/23/18 11:40:19 AM
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You guys are wiggin'

My English teacher liked my analogy and that's all that matters
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rogerskg1979
12/23/18 11:46:43 AM
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Impavid54 posted...
You guys are wiggin'

My English teacher liked my analogy and that's all that matters


You must be in special ed then.
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SKARDAVNELNATE
12/23/18 1:48:22 PM
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Razor wire

EM-Lash
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captpackrat
12/23/18 7:46:27 PM
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It's usually the Glass Sword, but that's a one-use item.
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Smiffwilm
12/23/18 10:41:11 PM
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Anything made out of paper.
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