Comment by stephen_g
7 months ago
Really? You claim that praising an analogy would never happen in normal conversation before 2022? Seems fairly normal to potentially start with "that's a good way of putting it, but [...]" since forever...
7 months ago
Really? You claim that praising an analogy would never happen in normal conversation before 2022? Seems fairly normal to potentially start with "that's a good way of putting it, but [...]" since forever...
I claim specifically that "I love this analogy" and "I love your analogy" have become noticeably more common in HN since 2022.