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FoxMeister
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Originally posted by Atlantis001
That is an interesting way to think ! The opposite of a "dog" is a "non-dog". In one sense they are opposites, depends on how you see the question.

I think the problem is in the definition of opposite, there are many ways to understand what it is.


I think of it as opposite as positive negative. Something like dog - non dog. Non-dog is lots of things.

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Of course there is an opposite to everything. How can there not be.

Positive / Negative

Someone please give me a plausible example of something that doesn't have an opposite.


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Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Of course there is an opposite to everything. How can there not be.

Positive / Negative

Someone please give me a plausible example of something that doesn't have an opposite.
Whew....

Thank you... big grin

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Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Of course there is an opposite to everything. How can there not be.

Positive / Negative

Someone please give me a plausible example of something that doesn't have an opposite.


You...


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Spoon.


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Spoon.


Fork. laughing


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Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Fork. laughing


How is a fork the opposite (real opposite) of a spoon? And where does a knife fit into that picture?

Sorry, you were joking...funny..haha

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Of course there is an opposite to everything. How can there not be.

Positive / Negative

Someone please give me a plausible example of something that doesn't have an opposite.


Here's a list of things I'd like to know the opposite of then:

Flying
Drowning
Chocolate
TV
Book
Bardock42
George W. Bush
The Sun
The USA
Music
Earth
Five
Zero
The letter "B"
The Batman Sign


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Yes, no, maybe.

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Originally posted by Soleran
Yes, no, maybe.


One of the options you gave is correct.


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Flying - falling?
Drowning - Swimming?
Chocolate - Ahhh... Egypt?
TV - Book
Book - TV (ok, I am being silly now)
Bardock42 - The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies ('Allo 'Allo)
George W. Bush - A smart person.
The Sun - A black hole
The USA - ASU?
Music - Discord.
Earth - Air?
Five - Evif?
Zero - Hero.
The letter "B" - Z minus 2.
The Batman Sign - The Robin Sign.


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Flying - falling?
Drowning - Swimming?
Chocolate - Ahhh... Egypt?
TV - Book
Book - TV (ok, I am being silly now)
Bardock42 - The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies ('Allo 'Allo)
George W. Bush - A smart person.
The Sun - A black hole
The USA - ASU?
Music - Discord.
Earth - Air?
Five - Evif?
Zero - Hero.
The letter "B" - Z minus 2.
The Batman Sign - The Robin Sign.


I take it you are being funny, while actually agreeing wit me...haha then.

Just for everyone to remember what an "opposite" is:

n.
One that is opposite or contrary to another.
An opponent or antagonist.
An antonym.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opposite


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Originally posted by Shakyamunison
You...


The opposite of me is you, actually.

Opposite of me as an object would be male.

''Here's a list of things I'd like to know the opposite of then:''

Flying - falling
Drowning - swimming, or being on the land, not drowning
Chocolate - no chocolate
TV - no TV
Book - No book
Bardock42 - no bardock42
George W. Bush - No George W. Bush
The Sun - No sun
The USA - Any other country, or no USA
Music - silence or no music
Earth - air, or no earth
Five - minus 5, or no 5, or 0
Zero - something - any other number that isn't 'zero' is its opposite.
The letter "B" - no letter B
The Batman Sign - No batman sign

Opposite of something that IS, is something that ISN'T that. How complicated is that.

Something is something, because its not the other.


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smart

exactly.

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Opposite of something that IS, is something that ISN'T that. How complicated is that.
I know they are trying, but we must remember they have been cursed with being the opposite of women..

stick out tongue

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Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Opposite of something that IS, is something that ISN'T that. How complicated is that.


It's very simple. It's also complete nonsense. No wonder you think everything has an opposite, since by your definition, every thing is the opposite of every thing else.

Almost nothing has a real opposite. The opposite of light is darkness? Nuh uh. Darkness is just what you get when there isn't any light. If we associated light with the real numbers, and gave a lightwave a "lightness rating" of ten, darkness would be nothing more impressive then zero. The opposite of light--antilight, with a rating of negative ten--does not exist.


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The opposite of light is darkness? Nuh uh. Darkness is just what you get when there isn't any light.


Holly shit Sherlock!! No way!

.....

Opposite of light is darkness, and you just said so. Absence of Light equal darkness. Light is opposite of dark.

When there is NO light there is dark.

Dark = no light. (refer to my otehr list)

Dark is opposite of light. Absence of one, creates the other.
Its a perfect opposite in fact.


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Way. I don't know why I'd want to continue a conversation with you after that, but I just told you why I disagree with that. You can read my post as many times as you want, if you didn't catch it the first time.

Absence of something is not the same as opposite. Zero is not the opposite of five, whatever you seem to think. Darkness is not the opposite of light.


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Opposite is like something positive/negative. It's vague but it is an opposite. To find an opposite to an object like a spoon you would need something living that is not metal and not spoon shaped. You have to narrow it down by asking these type of questions until you have something that is a perfect opposite. Anyone understand because I am still not sure. Cat. Has hair, has whiskers, lives, not metal. Perfect opposite of spoon. But there are more animals that have that.
So i think everything has an opposite

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An electron has an opposite, it is called an anti-electron. They are the same but their charge is different; one is positive and one is negative. So, the opposite of light would be a photon with a different charge then a standard photon, and that does not exist.


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Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Holly shit Sherlock!! No way!

.....

Opposite of light is darkness, and you just said so. Absence of Light equal darkness. Light is opposite of dark.

When there is NO light there is dark.

Dark = no light. (refer to my otehr list)

Dark is opposite of light. Absence of one, creates the other.
Its a perfect opposite in fact.
I AM SOOOOOOOO HAPPY.!!

It's only logical.

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Originally posted by debbiejo
I AM SOOOOOOOO HAPPY.!!

It's only logical.


Did you read my post? stick out tongue


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