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Anonymous Wed Dec 22 12:42:29 2010 No.1382307 [Reply] [Original]

A sandwich is better than nothing. But nothing is better than a sandwich.

Uh-oh...

>>	CheezPoofz !bXOmjBZB9I Wed Dec 22 12:44:29 2010 No.1382310 File: 15 KB, 150x150, 1211111111o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] In the first "nothing" is an object and in the second a negation. WOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 12:50:29 2010 No.1382318 Babby's first pun.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 12:51:29 2010 No.1382322 File: 10 KB, 429x439, i-have-nothing-to-say.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1382310 But nothing is a lack of objects.

>>	CheezPoofz !bXOmjBZB9I Wed Dec 22 12:54:29 2010 No.1382332 >>1382322 Grammatically, "nothing" in the sentence "a sandwhich is better than nothing" is the object of the sentence, regardless of the word's definition.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 13:02:29 2010 No.1382343 File: 36 KB, 500x248, pile-of-sandwich.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1382332 So is nothing worse than a sandwich?

>>	CheezPoofz !bXOmjBZB9I Wed Dec 22 13:05:29 2010 No.1382352 >>1382343 Depends on your own judgement on what is "better". But, the meaning of your sentence also depends on whether you mean "nothing" as a thing, or nothing as a negation of a thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 13:09:29 2010 No.1382360 File: 52 KB, 550x520, the-tomwich.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1382352 A sandwich is better than nothing. But nothing is worse than a sandwich. Uh oh...

>>	CheezPoofz !bXOmjBZB9I Wed Dec 22 13:13:29 2010 No.1382368 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing#Language_and_logic

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 13:17:29 2010 No.1382384 File: 41 KB, 500x159, calvin-math-2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1382368 The OP is a classic illustration of the fallacy of reification...

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 13:27:29 2010 No.1382416 File: 141 KB, 303x400, CalvinHobbesAbe.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The next post ITT is a lie.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 22 13:28:29 2010 No.1382420 File: 66 KB, 400x500, calvin_and_hobbes.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The previous post ITT is the truth.