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		pavlov on Dec 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bad code isn’t technical debt, it’s an unhedged ca... I was trying to make an ironic joke about the pitfalls of metaphors by using a metaphor. It didn't really have anything to do with the premise of the origīnal post. So I apologize for being off-topic - the opportunity was just too tempting :)

jdp23 on Dec 20, 2014 | [–]

And the response was a great illustration of your point. Nice self-documenting experiment :)

nightpool on Dec 20, 2014 | [–]

Actually, I think the commentator here assumed (as I did) that you were slightly off-topic talking about the use of metaphors in software programming. I feel a little bit silly now, FWIW.

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