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Topic	Apparently saying cops are bad is generalizing.
joe40001 04/24/21 3:36:28 PM #92:	ButteryMales posted... https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase "Origin of 'Bad Apple' Bad apple (or rotten apple) is indeed defined as someone who creates problems or causes trouble for others; specifically : a member of a group whose behavior reflects poorly on or negatively affects or influences the remainder of the group. Versions of the proverb can be found as far back as the early 16th century. In The Cooks Tale from Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales, an apprentice chef named Perkin is asked to be let go from servitude on the rationale that his habits of drinking, vice, and debauchery will rub off on his colleagues." Yeah, children just love drinking, vices, and debauchery. I think the point is that the reductive idiom "a bad apple spoils the bunch" is for children as it obviously doesn't scale, particularly across disparate groups. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 <cite>joe40001 posted [p:953184310] in Apparently... [t:79422525]...</cite> <quote>ButteryMales posted... </cite> <quote>https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase "Origin of 'Bad Apple' Bad apple (or rotten apple) is indeed defined as someone who creates problems or causes trouble for others; specifically : a member of a group whose behavior reflects poorly on or negatively affects or influences the remainder of the group. Versions of the proverb can be found as far back as the early 16th century. In The Cooks Tale from Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales, an apprentice chef named Perkin is asked to be let go from servitude on the rationale that his habits of drinking, vice, and debauchery will rub off on his colleagues." Yeah, children just love drinking, vices, and debauchery.</quote> I think the point is that the reductive idiom "a bad apple spoils the bunch" is for children as it obviously doesn't scale, particularly across disparate groups. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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