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It might just be me, but personally I don't understand what is so bad about plain old Rocks. Everything I've ever hammered (except at work where I'm forced to use other) has been done by Rocks (or, if I'm feeling in the mood to have some recessed nails, convex rocks) and I've never had any issues.

Why spend so long worrying about your Hammer of choice when they are all effectively glorified Rocks?

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A skilled artist utilizing a rock correctly can do a better job than another person using a hammer.

That isn't an argument for using a rock. Just because Beethoven was capable of composing incredible symphonies while deaf doesn't mean that you should deafen yourself while composing.

But here you reverse the burden of action, if every person was born death, as if the metaphor is applied to reality, then surely, the others go out of their way when they could be composing incredible symphonies all along?

Totally true, but what could that same skilled artist do with a hammer?

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