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Comment author: asr 26 March 2014 07:08:54PM 8 points [-]

Can you give additional example of this? I'm looking for parallels elsewhere in life where something is apparently useful, but is only useful in cases where you don't really need it, and nothing leaps to mind.

Comment author: CronoDAS 27 March 2014 05:26:05AM 1 point [-]

"In order to get a loan, you must first prove that you don't need one."

-- My "Murphy's Law" wall poster

(Note that this particular example is no longer true.)

Comment author: fubarobfusco 27 March 2014 06:00:40AM 3 points [-]

(Note that this particular example is no longer true.)

I'm under the impression that today it is more like:

"In order to get a loan, you must first prove that you will keep needing loans every year."

Comment author: knb 29 March 2014 08:14:44PM 1 point [-]

I don't think that was ever true.

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