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In response to "The appropriate analogy is..." by Mop (228 lbs)

See, how analodies work is you try to come up with a parallel set of events in a different setting. They should match.

Posted by TFox Dec 28 '09, 15:33

So if you kill the item in question in the original scenario, and then specify that the item isn't killed in the second scenario, it isn't an analogy. It's just a bullshit story about sodapop.

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The point is: What's more important? The flavor or the brand? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 28, 15:35 7
- So in your analogy, "Fizzy Pop!" with the Coke formula is the good idea, that is going to outsell new-formula Coke? -- nm - TFox Dec 28, 15:36 6
  - Wait, let me check... Uhm, yeah. I think so. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 28, 15:39 5
    - You should start a business. It is your forte. -- nm - TFox Dec 28, 15:40
    - Actually, the good idea would be the Coca-Cola company keeping the formula, whatever the price, even if it means rebranding "Coke" to "Fizzy Pop". -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 28, 15:40 3
      - The good idea is to keep selling Coke, at all costs, whatever is in it, because it is a license to print money. -- nm - TFox Dec 28, 15:41 2
        
        Sure. Go ahead. Change the formula. I wonder how that will turn out. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 28, 15:43 1
        
        They have. Numerous times over the years. Of course, the time they changed the formula and the name was a disaster. -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 28, 15:55

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See, how analodies work is you try to come up with a parallel set of events in a different setting. They should match.

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