Doug HollandM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUNDEnglish • 6 hours agoOne bad appleimagemessage-square10arrow-up1130arrow-down13
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageOne bad appleDoug HollandM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUNDEnglish • 6 hours agomessage-square10
minus-square@disguy_ovahealinkEnglish12•edit-22 hours agoYou are correct. That is the original meaning of the metaphor. Spoiling is not a reversible state. The point was that you cannot remove the bad apple without it already having affected the other apples. That metaphor is simply weeding the garden.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 hours agoSounds so easy! Why aren’t we doing it then?
minus-square@disguy_ovahealinkEnglish1•1 hour agoDoing what? Discarding the whole bunch or weeding the garden?
You are correct. That is the original meaning of the metaphor. Spoiling is not a reversible state.
The point was that you cannot remove the bad apple without it already having affected the other apples. That metaphor is simply weeding the garden.
Sounds so easy! Why aren’t we doing it then?
Because the apples, all rotten, are in command.
Doing what? Discarding the whole bunch or weeding the garden?