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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" is a common phrase, meant to show that doing what others do isn't always the logical thing to do. | ||
− | + | Cueball puts forward that if that many people spontaneously jumped off a bridge, there must be a logical reason as to why, for example that the bridge is on fire. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[A youthful Cueball talking to an unseen parent.] | :[A youthful Cueball talking to an unseen parent.] | ||
:Parent: No, you can't go. | :Parent: No, you can't go. | ||
− | :Cueball: But all my | + | :Cueball: But all my friends — |
:Parent: If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too? | :Parent: If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too? | ||
:Cueball: Oh, jeez. Probably. | :Cueball: Oh, jeez. Probably. | ||
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:Parent: What!? Why!? | :Parent: What!? Why!? | ||
:Cueball: Because all my friends did. | :Cueball: Because all my friends did. | ||
− | :Cueball: Think about it — which scenario is more likely: | + | :Cueball: Think about it — which scenario is more likely: |
:Cueball: Every single person I know, many of them levelheaded and afraid of heights, abruptly went crazy at exactly the same time... | :Cueball: Every single person I know, many of them levelheaded and afraid of heights, abruptly went crazy at exactly the same time... |