except that every time the boy cried wolf, there actually was a wolf and it ate some people, but then the people it didn't eat were like "idk what you're talking about, I'm doing just fine" and then plugged their ears.

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cagey 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well that's not how I heard the fable, and not how the authoritative reference recalls it either[0]. If "every time the boy cried wolf, there actually was a wolf and it ate some people", then it would hardly be a fable about giving a false alarm, would it?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

	▲	postflopclarity 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		... yes. that's my point. the fable is not a good analogy in this context.

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joquarky 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Anyone who doesn't get this must have lived under a rock during COVID-19.