paraphrand@lemmy.worldBanned to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 年前"Shut Down" is redundant.message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-square"Shut Down" is redundant.paraphrand@lemmy.worldBanned to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 年前message-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前Yeah, just shut works for either. It’s less so redundancy and more specificity. If you think about it, there’s only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 年前Shut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前Depends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前So if I just kick a hole in a wall at a friends house, it’s ok to pee into it as well?
Yeah, just shut works for either. It’s less so redundancy and more specificity.
If you think about it, there’s only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.
Shut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔
Doors and corners kid
Depends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?
No, that’s the urinal silly!
So if I just kick a hole in a wall at a friends house, it’s ok to pee into it as well?