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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 07:51:17 JST Evan Prodromou

   "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"

   Who the hell thinks this would be the most noteworthy consequence of such a metaphysical situation

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 07:52:12 JST Evan Prodromou

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     "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"

     Everyone just leaves this one hanging as if it's perfectly obvious what this would mean

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 07:54:32 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Like would a horse materialize on top of your birthday cake when you blow out the candles

     Would you have to hide it from everyone

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 07:58:56 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Me with a mouth chock full of candy and nuts: GMIFFS MANGD PMBUTHTZ

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 08:02:51 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Thinking about the first Middle English person to mispronounce "yef" and some candy appears and they're like whaet ŧe aectuall fukka

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 08:04:05 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Ursa Borealis

     @ursaborealis what would happen in this scenario if your wish was that beggars are unable to ride

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     Ursa Borealis (ursaborealis@mastodon.akhepcat.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 08:04:06 JST Ursa Borealis

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     @evan Also, like, what's wrong with beggars getting to ride?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 09:43:19 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • TB Hicks

     @TBHicks that's at least reasonable. A frog is a physical object and it's just a premise that that frog might be different physically.

     The horses one is like "What if Cartesian duality broke down in some completely barnyard way"

     "What if words were unrelated physical foodstuffs"

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     TB Hicks (tbhicks@union.place)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 09:43:20 JST TB Hicks

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     @evan I've always preferred "If a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass when he jumps."

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 09:52:01 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I don't know what I was expecting

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 09:52:47 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I guess at least more nuts

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 10:54:35 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jason Brooks :fedora:

     @jasonbrooks if you hold up an eyelash for someone to blow off your finger do you get hit in the face with a 2-tonne horse

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     Jason Brooks :fedora: (jasonbrooks@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 10:54:36 JST Jason Brooks :fedora:

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     @evan I'm trying to process this

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     mat (mat@friendica.exon.name)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 23:05:30 JST mat

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     @evan Taking this too seriously...
     
     In feudal societies riding a horse was a display of power, similar to carrying a sword. I feel I've seen somewhere sumptuary laws forbidding commoners from riding horses. So a beggar riding a horse would be literally apocalyptic to such a society.
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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 23:06:30 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:

     @twipped no

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     Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer: (twipped@twipped.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 23:06:34 JST Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:

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     @evan does it make more sense to learn it was invented by the Scottish? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_wishes_were_horses,_beggars_would_ride