paraphrand@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days ago"Shut Down" is redundant.message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115file-text
arrow-up115message-square"Shut Down" is redundant.paraphrand@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoYeah, just shut works for either. It’s less so redundancy and more specificity. If you think about it, there’s only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoShut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoDepends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?
Yeah, just shut works for either. It’s less so redundancy and more specificity.
If you think about it, there’s only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.
Shut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔
Depends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?
No, that’s the urinal silly!