• @credo
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    511 months ago

    How so?

    “I can please none of the people all of the time,” equates to, “I can always please no one,” or… “I can never please anyone.”

    This is not the same as, “I can please all of the people none of the time,” which is, “I can never please everyone.”

    • @ripcord
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      311 months ago

      This seems very important to argue with a stranger about

      • @credo
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        311 months ago

        It’s the principal of the matter. (See subject headline)

    • @candybrie
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      211 months ago

      “I can please none of the people all of the time,” reads to me as there is no one you can please every time; i.e. you will disappoint everyone at some point. Which I feel is as true as not being able to please everyone.

      • @credo
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        111 months ago

        I hear you. Look into the difference between contraposistive and converse.