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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I'm all for pedantry, but any human metaphor is clearly referring to a human perspective, and it's very reasonable to call any temperature that is too high to sustain human life hot.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

That's not a metaphor, it's a comparison, which is when you state a difference between two things.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Saying that your love burns hot is a metaphor, because love does not burn. The comparison is irrelevant.

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