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Re:Metaphors in Man Pages by theelous3 on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:22PM (#23119626)
> Why would I pollute my [concepts] with these fuzzy misleading stories that are completely unrelated?”

> And I definitely wonder this sometimes! I really like explaining things in straightforward ways.

Pollute, misleading, unrelated are not words I associate with merely "being aware". An overly charitable reading I think.

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Re:Metaphors in Man Pages by theelous3 on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:31PM (#23121049)
Replying to myself as edit time expired, to clarify:

The author edited the article in the mean time. It was initially fairly negative towards metaphors, and now appears more neutral.

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