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Beethoven's 9th Symphony (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think it refers to producing a single baby, rather than just a baby every month

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, which is why I phrased my statement as "Well, ... could..." to indicate an alternative perspective. This was to illustrate that sometimes pithy reductive quips can be based on overly reductive assumptions. Maybe it is the case that a single baby is all that's required, but maybe the author misunderstood the goal.

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

In this fictional scenario of the author's creation? That just demonstrates the converse - that sometimes simple ideas will be deliberately misinterpreted in a convoluted way, to prove someone else's point.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

In this fictional scenario of the author's creation?

So a straw man? Or are we supposed to infer that this is an illustrative example of actual behavior?