Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
The metaphor to "bite the bullet" is fascinating because it's so easy to misinterpret as "take the bullet", when actually biting a bullet is a different (and much less risky) action, but the metaphor works just fine even if you misinterpret it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
I wonder if it's so easy to misinterpret because a common thing to do after you "take the bullet" is to "bite the dust" and so the two just kinda merge in people's minds.
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Father Abraham
@father-abraham
I like “bite the cartridge”, but I see why bite the bullet has endured 😂
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Wank Frilczeck
@spinor
Vitalik. Do you agree that ‘fascinating’ is much too strong of a term in this case lmao?
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wickedvalley.⌐◨-◨
@wickedvalley
“Bite the bullet” and “take the bullet” used interchangeably to the convergent meaning? 100 $DEGEN
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Dribble 🎩
@dribble
Much like YOLO relates to making sure what you do is meaningful
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Relic
@relic
100 $DEGEN
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MANUΞL 🎩 🦈🐝
@manny0x
420 $DEGEN
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notqz🎩
@fishbiscuit
What if you take the bullet after biting it
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theSPY007 🎩
@spy
🫡
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statuette.base.eth
@statuette
Maybe because both sayings refer to doing something unpleasant, but one is less risky nevertheless. Love that we discuss etymology and all kinds of nerdy stuff here instead of twitter drama.
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seizersalad
@seizersalad
interesting
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amtwo
@amtwo.eth
@degentip !tip @vitalik.eth 420
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3070 ✅
@3070.eth
we need more of this. drop the high brow discussion baits on x, troll on warp
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Deployer
@deployer
250 $DEGEN
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David
@datle
read and read
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