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Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
March 16 2011 10:50 GMT
#1
since high school i've been fond of saying that a coin has three sides. the round side is often overlooked: people talk about the"2 sides of a coin". but u wouldn't say that a cylinder has 2 faces. u would say it has 3. truly the unseen area is greater than u might think. for instance, the "third" side of a nickel has a surface area that is 36% of one of the other 2 sides.

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Nashun
Profile Joined April 2010
United States56 Posts
March 16 2011 11:00 GMT
#2
Why do you mention coins but not paper or the plethora of other things with a third dimension people don't usually acknowledge?
Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
March 16 2011 11:12 GMT
#3
On March 16 2011 20:00 Nashun wrote:
Why do you mention coins but not paper or the plethora of other things with a third dimension people don't usually acknowledge?


Because people talk about "2 sides of a coin"

//tx
"A coward is not someone that runs from a battle knowing he will lose. A coward is someone who challenges a weak knowing he will win."
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4200 Posts
March 16 2011 11:44 GMT
#4
On March 16 2011 19:50 Failsafe wrote:
since high school i've been fond of saying that a coin has three sides. the round side is often overlooked: people talk about the"2 sides of a coin". but u wouldn't say that a cylinder has 2 faces. u would say it has 3. truly the unseen area is greater than u might think. for instance, the "third" side of a nickel has a surface area that is 36% of one of the other 2 sides.

Go flip a coin and see which of the 3 sides it lands on.

Then do it again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

etc.....

And let us know how many times it lands on the side. Because that may be why people refer to a coin having 2 sides.....
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XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
March 16 2011 11:49 GMT
#5
Seems a bit too simple to not be a metaphor...
"truly the unseen area is greater than u might think"
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a_flayer
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Netherlands2826 Posts
March 16 2011 12:08 GMT
#6
Metaphors are usually pretty silly when taken literally.
When you came along so righteous with a new national hate, so convincing is the ardor of war and of men, it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend. The wars at home, the wars abroad, all soaked in blood and lies and fraud.
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