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Every rule has an exception (sub.wetshaving.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Gonna be a 🤓 for a moment. Since this "Every rule has an exception" itself is a rule and thereby must have an exception then there must be a rule which has no exceptions so not every rule has an exception. Because of this this statement cannot be true.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    it's just some colloquial bullshit created by the common misunderstanding of the phrase "exception that proves the rule".

    that phrase actually is supposed to refer to a rule that isn't written explicitly but rather must be inferred by some statement in the negative. for example, a sign that says "no skateboarding on weekdays" means you can skateboard here on the weekends, a rule which we can understand even though we only are given the exception to it

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