Roxolan comments on Rationality Quotes July 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TsviBT 23 July 2014 11:10:04PM 2 points [-]

There's a saying that goes "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones." That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation." Don't do it. There is one exception though. If you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone, then throw it. What are you, an idiot? So maybe it's "Only people in glass houses should throw stones, provided they are trapped in the house with a stone." It's a little longer, but yeah.

---Demetri Martin, Person (2007)

Comment author: Roxolan 24 July 2014 03:42:00PM 1 point [-]

If you're trapped in a glass house and you have a stone, throwing it is still a terrible idea.

Comment author: VAuroch 24 July 2014 05:31:51PM 2 points [-]

And your counter-proposal for untrapping yourself is? A stone at least breaks the glass at range, which lets you avoid the shards of glass from the initial break, and can be thrown from close enough distance that you can run through the broken area before the entire house starts collapsing, if it was a load-bearing window.

Comment author: Roxolan 24 July 2014 06:29:34PM *  5 points [-]

You'd keep it in your hand and use it as an improvised hammer to carefully break yourself a big enough hole. Hopefully without collapsing the whole house.

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