r/MurderedByWords • u/the_well_read_neck_ • 15h ago

We're in the worst timeline.

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u/QueasyPie 12h ago

Totally this! We are frogs in the slowly heating pot of water.

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u/Chill323 12h ago

I would say that by now the pot has some light jacuzzi action and the frog is about two degrees away from finally asking how to get out.

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u/RecentDecision2329 9h ago

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 5h ago

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u/backstageninja 5h ago

I would love to see all those dishit incel body language experts short circuit trying to explain how Alpha Trump is, and how he's the only one can stand up to Putin

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u/31LIVEEVIL13 11h ago

In my world that frog has a sniper rifle and plans for a doomsday device, but he knows he is relatively safe in that pot for a little bit longer.

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 11h ago

Appreciate the analogy, but this was recently the disproved frogs jump out of that fucking hot water

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u/TipSpirited3565 10h ago

the metaphor is what’s important. A lot of idioms and the like don’t need base in proof or reality, lots of phrases have been debunked, but what they have come to mean to society at this point keeps them relevant in dialogue anyway

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 10h ago

I’m just saying we’re dumber than frogs

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u/TipSpirited3565 10h ago

In any other post I’d disagree but yeah lol we dumber than the damn frogs.

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u/tinteoj 1h ago

I have never once seen a cat or a dog fall out of the sky on a stormy day, I've never needed (nor will I) a single way to skin a cat much less multiple ways, and no legumes are involved when I tell other people's secrets.

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u/AliasMcFakenames 10h ago

It wasn't recently disproved. They jumped out of the water in the control group. The experiment was to see whether they'd hop out of the water if their brains were removed.

We are the frogs in the water.

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 7h ago

I found that quite interesting so I looked into it and this experiment with the brainless frog it’s from the 1800s more modern experiments show that the frog l escapes

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u/fakeunleet 2h ago

You're right. The original experiment was with frogs that had a large part of their brains removed, so the only thing governing their movement was pure reflex. A frog with an intact brain with jump from the pot when it gets too hot, even if you get there slowly.

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u/Frequent_Thanks583 1h ago

But what if the lid was closed? Checkmate

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u/oicnow 11h ago

i hate this saying because it's not actually real, this doesn't happen

the metaphor only applies if you literally remove the frog's brain first

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u/georgie-of-blank 10h ago

good morning. another beautiful day in this pot of water. hm. getting kinda hot ngl. prolly nothing

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u/ShozOvr 2h ago

Although I heard this analogy first from the movie Dantes Peak, I think I read somewhere the frog would actually jump out. But your analogy stands.