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Anonymous Sat Oct 27 16:56:11 2018 No.11393501 [Reply] [Original]

G.K. Chesterton wrote, “[W]e should thank God for beer and Burgundy by not drinking too much of them.” Privately, he joked, “One pint is enough, two pints is one too many, three pints isn’t half enough.”

Which of the sayings did he live by?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 20:50:13 2018 No.11394283 >>11393501 I'm stealing this quote, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:00:08 2018 No.11394307 >>11394283 which one

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:01:49 2018 No.11394310 >>11393501 He basically admits he is not perfect and indulges in excess like everyone, despite knowing better

>>	Frost Sat Oct 27 21:08:03 2018 No.11394323 File: 92 KB, 650x974, 1531010297883.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11393501 These two statements are not logically incompatible.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:13:30 2018 No.11394346 >>11394323 >we shouldn't drink a lot of beer >a lot of beer isn't enough yes they are

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:18:02 2018 No.11394367 >>11394323 moron

>>	Frost Sat Oct 27 21:20:54 2018 No.11394380 File: 1.94 MB, 230x230, 1533407367622.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394346 >we should do A >should >I often experience B

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:26:18 2018 No.11394407 File: 47 KB, 292x368, chesterton-standing.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394380 >"isn't nearly enough" is the logical equivalent of "I often experience"

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:26:47 2018 No.11394409 >>11394367 Good argument, dickface.

>>	Frost Sat Oct 27 21:27:52 2018 No.11394416 File: 344 KB, 700x989, 1530957427420.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394407 He's clearly relating a subjective experience.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 21:33:06 2018 No.11394442 File: 9 KB, 202x249, kekerton.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394416 He's jokingly connoting a subjective experience, but the literal meaning of his words denotes something objective

>>	Frost Sat Oct 27 21:43:05 2018 No.11394491 File: 365 KB, 1107x1560, 1530726436408.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394442 Agreed, but the inconsistency regarding >enough >too much >not enough heavily implies hyperbolic usage.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 27 23:02:22 2018 No.11394814 File: 60 KB, 320x407, FA42DC11-56AF-464D-8602-2A7FE2E08C2F.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11394491 That’s not what “hyperbole” means

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 28 04:04:10 2018 No.11395605 >>11394346 >literally cant seperate an ought from an is go back to school uneducated groid

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