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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In this example a child would be a pickup truck.

[–] festnt 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i dont see how the adult pickup truck wouldn't be a fully built one, since real children aren't considered fully developed human beings

plus the pickup truck could be called elderly when it's parts aren't working as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is where the metaphor breaks down. Cars don't reproduce through sexual activity or experience a long period of maturity.

[–] festnt 1 points 2 weeks ago

my whole point was that it wasn't a good metaphor