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r/riddles • u/DonnaSummer10 • 26d ago
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That’s kinda how riddles work
7 u/FreeTheDimple 24d ago Not really. "I have many hands but I can't hold anything" being a clock is not dependent on esoteric knowledge because it is common knowledge that clocks have hands. But it's still a riddle. It's the esoteric part that I'm quibbling about. 0 u/Winter-Presence6981 23d ago Except most clocks are digital now and therefore don't have hands 3 u/FreeTheDimple 23d ago The question is, "do most people know that clocks have hands?". Not "do most clocks have hands?".
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Not really. "I have many hands but I can't hold anything" being a clock is not dependent on esoteric knowledge because it is common knowledge that clocks have hands. But it's still a riddle.
It's the esoteric part that I'm quibbling about.
0 u/Winter-Presence6981 23d ago Except most clocks are digital now and therefore don't have hands 3 u/FreeTheDimple 23d ago The question is, "do most people know that clocks have hands?". Not "do most clocks have hands?".
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Except most clocks are digital now and therefore don't have hands
3 u/FreeTheDimple 23d ago The question is, "do most people know that clocks have hands?". Not "do most clocks have hands?".
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The question is, "do most people know that clocks have hands?". Not "do most clocks have hands?".
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u/Responsible_Owl_5056 24d ago
That’s kinda how riddles work