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Comment author: wedrifid 28 May 2011 04:33:28PM * 0 points [-]

and is thus a paradox of the form, "If the barber shaves everyone who doesn't shave themselves, does the barber shave him/herself?"

That isn't a paradox. It is a simple logical question with the answer yes.

Comment author: pjeby 28 May 2011 04:47:29PM 2 points [-]

Hm, I guess that should probably be, "if the barber shaves only those who don't shave themselves."

Comment author: Will_Sawin 28 May 2011 05:44:09PM 2 points [-]

"if and only if"-type language has to enter into.

If the barber shaves all and only those who don't save themselves...

Comment author: Dorikka 30 May 2011 06:28:09AM 0 points [-]

don't save themselves...

Cracked me up. I think you might mean "shave" here.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 30 May 2011 04:23:42PM 3 points [-]

Oh no! The barber of Seville is coming! I'll hold him off, you save yourself!

Comment author: Alicorn 30 May 2011 05:23:23PM 0 points [-]

But what if I run into the barber of Fleet Street?!