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minus-square@MagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilink49•11 months agoIt’s frustrating that if you fight against a thing and beat it, folks think there was no need to fight it in the first place. No. We routed evil temporarily. Great victory; still needs to be defeated again every time it rears its head.
minus-square@TuxCat@midwest.sociallinkfedilink9•11 months agoThere’s actually a term for that phenomenon: the Preparedness Paradox.
minus-square@ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•11 months agoI’ve been using the Death Star as an analogy for my nerd friends. Yes, we won a big battle, but the Empire isn’t dead. Gotta keep fighting.
minus-square@Chakravanti@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•edit-211 months agoA little more like Serenity/Firefly than Star Wars
It’s frustrating that if you fight against a thing and beat it, folks think there was no need to fight it in the first place. No. We routed evil temporarily. Great victory; still needs to be defeated again every time it rears its head.
There’s actually a term for that phenomenon: the Preparedness Paradox.
I’ve been using the Death Star as an analogy for my nerd friends. Yes, we won a big battle, but the Empire isn’t dead. Gotta keep fighting.
A little more like Serenity/Firefly than Star Wars