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- Browser tabs are probably the wrong metaphor https://evertpot.com/tabs-are-the-wrong-abstraction/ 173 comments
- Escher – A language for connecting technologies using pure metaphors http://gocircuit.github.io/escher/ 6 comments
- Ivan Krastev on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: "Putin Lives in Historic Analogies and Metaphors" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ivan-krastev-on-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-putin-lives-in-historic-analogies-and-metaphors-a-1d043090-1111-4829-be90-c20fd5786288 16 comments worldnews
- Rep. Paul Gosar and the failed Gov. Doug Ducey recall: A 2020 metaphor https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/12/30/failed-gov-doug-ducey-recall-rep-paul-gosar-2020-metaphor/4084199001/ 5 comments politics
- What a perfect metaphor for what’s currently happening in our country. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/several-boats-sink-during-parade-for-president-trump-on-lake-travis/2439041/ 12 comments politics
- Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom used in a metaphor in TV show ‘Billions’ https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/03/12/alex-ovechkin-and-nicklas-backstrom-used-in-a-metaphor-in-tv-show-billions/?fbclid=iwar2d12akzzty5o3qm2kcsi5q-yfujkdpfojdow8xlrrea53aiwksdsjdtvo 14 comments hockey
- Trump Is Our One-Man National Emergency — His "big beautiful wall" is the great lie, a metaphor for hatred and separation https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/17/trump-our-one-man-national-emergency 399 comments politics
- The "Funnel" is a horrible metaphor for marketing/sales (x-post fron r/unpopularopinion) https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/abfo6k/the_funnel_is_a_horrible_metaphor_for/ 14 comments marketing
- Metaphorical Washington ‘swamp’ overrun by actual vermin https://apnews.com/d369711f043941c888e5409a70a630fb 4 comments nottheonion
- What are the most absurd/grotesque/crazy metaphors you've encountered to improve intuition? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/a3vtbr/what_are_the_most_absurdgrotesquecrazy_metaphors/ 10 comments math
- Trump Lawyer’s Wife Busted In The Back Seat Of Her Maserati With An Inmate: A Metaphor For America https://abovethelaw.com/2018/08/trump-lawyers-wife-busted-in-the-back-seat-of-her-maserati-with-an-inmate-a-metaphor-for-america/?rf=1 55 comments politics
- All in All It's Just a ... Metaphorical Wall http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a12241532/trump-schumer-pelosi-daca-deal/ 73 comments politics
- GOP Rep.: Border Wall Is A ‘Metaphor,’ ‘No One’ Believed Mexico Would Pay (Video) http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/francis-rooney-no-one-thought-mexico-would-pay 29 comments politics
- Just started cycling 18 miles to work and think I've discovered that I'd rather, metaphorically, climb over a mountain than through a valley. https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/6lptxk/just_started_cycling_18_miles_to_work_and_think/ 13 comments bicycling
- Why pro wrestling is the perfect metaphor for Donald Trump's presidency http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/02/politics/trump-wrestling-tweet/index.html 48 comments politics
- Sinkhole forms in front of Mar-a-Lago; metaphors pour in https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/22/sinkhole-forms-in-front-of-mar-a-lago-metaphors-pour-in/ 10 comments politics
- Madonna Clarifies Her Anti-Trump Speech from the Women’s March: ‘I Spoke in Metaphor’ http://people.com/celebrity/madonna-clarifies-womens-march-speech-washington-controversy/ 12 comments politics
- Giant metaphor crashes through the ice in Canada’s North http://www.cantechletter.com/2016/03/giant-metaphor-crashes-through-the-ice-in-canadas-north/ 15 comments nottheonion
- Forty Years Of Republican Hate Speech Has Created Donald Trump. Since Lyndon Johnson, they have bitterly divided the country with code phrases and vivid metaphors like "welfare queens" to exacerbate the racial divide. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marvin-meadors/forty-years-of-republican_b_9391520.html?utm_hp_ref=politics 9 comments politics
- Palin attacks Iran deal with confusing metaphors http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/iran-deal-rally-sarah-palin-213459 3 comments politics
- Plant metaphor for prime factorization http://www.ruslans.com/elm-prime-trees/ 3 comments math
- Where can I find a list of metaphors that have guided the evolution of language? (Example: spatial words often become temporal words.) http://redd.it/34ol02 25 comments linguistics
- 'Upadravi Gotra' a Political Metaphor, Says BJP on Anti-AAP Ad Row http://www.ndtv.com/assembly/upadravi-gotra-a-political-metaphor-says-bjp-on-anti-aap-ad-row-736356 4 comments india
- Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful - "Media portrayals of cancer as a battle to be fought, and its focus on 'brave fighters' beating the odds, can lead to feelings of guilt and failure in people with a terminal diagnosis, according to research." http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/32386/battle-metaphors-for-cancer-can-be-harmful.aspx 9 comments science
- "You and your son Bowe have been exploited for political gain. You've been called a terrorist & anti-American, verbal attacks launched not because they represent any truth; they've been launched by those interested in waging a metaphorical war against Obama & real wars against Muslim countries." http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/06/07/my-letter-to-bob-bergdahl/ 17 comments politics
- A History of Vegetable Metaphors, from Cool Cukes to Couch Potatoes http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/vegetable-metaphor-origins 3 comments linguistics
- "Talking about your son with Down’s Syndrome as a metaphor for the values of a Republican Party that cut federal funding for Down’s Syndrome research over the past several years is hypocrisy." http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/29/the-gop-s-glaring-state-of-the-union-hypocrisies.html 355 comments politics
- My submission for "Best Metaphor For How Ryan Braun's Day Went" http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ryan-braun-baserunning-fail-gif-baseball-fail-gifs.gif 20 comments baseball
- SI - How 'bout Them Apples? Kevin Durant finds his mean streak and a taste for metaphor http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/mag1207447/index.htm 3 comments nba
- Because the timing is all wrong and therefore right, Olivenza's Church, an all-Portuguese built in Portuguese style and in legal Portuguese soil (yet occupied), has been declared Spain's best hidden gem. Provocation? Or the perfect metaphor of something that never was? http://expresso.sapo.pt/igreja-de-olivenca-eleita-melhor-recanto-de-espanha=f756189 3 comments europe
- Piracy is NOT Theft: Problems of a Nonsense Metaphor https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-not-theft-111104/ 8 comments technology
- Metaphors we Program By: Space, Action and Society in Java http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4358 4 comments programming
- Two more days to enter the reddit's Metaphorically May contest - We are giving away reddit gold to the winners http://www.reddit.com/r/metaphorically/comments/hfknx/metaphorically_may_is_still_going_on_come_make/?3 8 comments reddit.com
- Romney suggests metaphorically hanging Obama, Gets all awkward http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/romney-stumbles-over-hang-him-gaffe-aimed-at-obama-video.php 5 comments politics
- This Is Your Brain on Metaphors - NYTimes.com http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/this-is-your-brain-on-metaphors/ 3 comments science
- Strongly influenced by his father (a scientist), he believes that realistic paintings show the artist's professional skill and draw the viewer in so that they accept the impossible images enough to see the metaphors in them and explore the different layers of meaning. [pics] http://ihajcsuhajj.blogspot.com/2009/04/vladimir-kush.html 50 comments reddit.com
- Here is a metaphor of the relationship between me and my middle school [pic] http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=271 5 comments reddit.com
- On monoids and metaphor shear http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2009/01/16/on-monoids-and-metaphor-shear/ 5 comments programming
- Metaphors of the Mind: Why Loneliness Feels Cold and Sins Feel Dirty http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=metaphors-of-the-mind 15 comments cogsci
- Younger generation lashes out at Live Earth — "Clearly the disconnect was there. I'm sure "My Humps" must be a metaphor about the polar ice caps melting." http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2007/07/11/opinions/we.could.all.live.without.live.earth-2922684.shtml 154 comments reddit.com
