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Explaining things in terms of other things This is an argument I actually had with my brother. Our sister-in-law said she knew what Fritos were and she was familiar with Doritos but didn't know what Cheetos were. I offered that Cheetos were kinda like Doritos but...Here my brother burst in and tells me I am out of my mind and that Cheetos and Doritos are entirely different. I agreed they were, in fact different (different shape, slightly different cheese mixtures) but they were also similar (both crunchy snacks based on corn and cheddar cheese) and that I was using Doritos as a starting point to explain to a person who had experience with Doritos, the nature of Cheetos.
name withheld out of cowardice
What time zone are you in? I've only just started on my second beer...
Philo
Not the first analogy that would have come to my mind, but sure. I would have used the term "Cheesy Poofs". I think dorito's accurately describes the fake cheese aspect but is vastly different from the shape/texture.
Elephant
Central Time Zone. Which time zone are you in that you are drinking already?
name withheld out of cowardice
Do you think "poofs" evokes crunchy cheetos?
name withheld out of cowardice
You can define common attributes, such as:
pds
I've read, without proof, that humans respond to analogies better than to direct explanations, so if your analogies were a starting point then there was no problem with them. No analogy is exactly like the analogous thing, so don't be defensive. Just compare and contrast ( and keep it to 250 words or less ).
Barry Sperling
Yeah I want cheesy-poofs!
anon
I would have said they are like packing foam peanuts, except made out of addictive, artificially cheesy, anti-Atkins, carbohydrate goodness.
Nick
Analogies have a tendency of falling apart, be careful.
Lou
Think of an unabridged dictionary.
Dignified
a dorito is several grams of corn meal pressed into the shape of a triange and fried in partially hydrogenated vegatable oil and then dusted with artificial cheez particles and salt.
pdq
Don't forget that there are new crunchy Cheetos which are less poofy and more crunchy.
Clutch Cargo
PDQ- actually there is the rub- Doritos, it turns out, are made with corn, Cheetos with corn meal...excellent definition though. I guess I could have avoided the whole argument if I had just told her to check them out at 7-11
name withheld out of cowardice
Actually, I've found an amazingly large number of people that have serious trouble following an analogy, even people that I (previously) thought were pretty intelligent. Many of them tend to think that I am speaking only about the specific example I am mentioning at the time, even though I specifically say "It's like..." throughout the discussion.
Aaron F Stanton
I think (since you are asking) it was possibly a bad analogy. The only reason I could see for this analogy was if she has actually knew what a dorito was, but had never heard of the term 'potatoe chips'.
Aussie Chick
Actually we weren't in a car. This was at a one-year-old's birthday party. What is "NB"?
name withheld out of cowardice
People who take an analogy at face value and can't see the generality have been called "frame dependent" and are often poor learners. Frame independent people see the point and can move on. I don't know if frame dependency is genetic or repairable.
Barry Sperling
Hmm. So what ypu are suggesting is...
Your brother was probably thinking of Ranch flavored Doritos, so the whole 'made of corn and cheese flavored' thing went whooshing right past him.
Martha
Martha-
name withheld out of cowardice
Technically, tennis is an advanced form a Ping-Pong. In fact, tennis is Ping-Pong played while standing on the table. In fact, all racket games are nothing more the derivatives of Ping-Pong. Even volleyball is, technically, racketless, team Ping-Pong played with an inflated ball and raised net while standing on the table.
George Carlin
Up in Canada we have the world famous crunchy cheese snack "Cheezies" made with real Canadian chedder.
DJ
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