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Your example being wrong disproves your entire point.

> It’s just an example.

No, it's a non-example.

Ah, so by "craft" you mean "make up something untrue that would have taken ten seconds to verify". I feel like I suddenly understand "Hackers and Painters".

You’re being a numpty at best. When someone is trying to illustrate a point, I can say something like “he was so drunk he saw pink elephants!”, and if you are stupid enough to confuse the illustration with the point that’s on you. “Why not come up with an example that doesn’t use pink elephants!?” Why not be less of a mindless pedant?

You weren't using metaphor, you gave a _specific and untrue_ example, the revelation of which completely undermined your argument!