Do people dig holes?

College Life
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<p>Do people dig holes? Or do shovels dig holes? I need to write an essay about this philosophical question.</p>

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<p>Wow. That’s a great question. Technically, the shovel digs the hole, but how does the shovel get the force needed to dig the hole. It is through the person.</p>

<p>An analogy: Does the gas attentant (or you, in some states) fill up the tank or is it the gas pump?</p>

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<p>Couldn’t you also be talking about digging a hole from a psychological stand point? Your digging yourself into a hole you’ll never get out of (getting in more trouble).</p>

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<p>^ In that case, its definitely the shovel- then you can sue the shovel company for millions and live happily ever after.</p>

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<p>“Dig” is a verb. A shovel is an inanimate object. People dig. Shovels don’t.</p>

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<p>people dig holes using shovels as tools to assist in the process.</p>

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<p>“‘Dig’ is a verb. A shovel is an inanimate object. People dig. Shovels don’t.”</p>

<p>Dig being a verb doesn’t definitively answer the question either way. And btw the shovel is no longer inanimate if it’s wielded by a person.</p>

<p>“The cup is sitting on the table.”</p>

<p>Sitting is a verb and a cup is an inanimate object. Does the fact an inanimate object has a verb attached to it in a sentence necessarily mean that’s it’s impossible for a cup to be sitting on a table.</p>

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<p>if the shovel could go ahead and dig the whole by itself, then thats 1 thing, but being as it just sits there by itself - and that you can dig a hole with your bare hands, then its safe to assume that you dig a whole with the aid of a shovel.</p>

<p>also you know that saying, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” - it applies here “shovels don’t dig holes, people dig holes.”</p>

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<p>I thought this was going to be about jeans. Thank god.</p>

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<p>let me be the first to suggest that you write about how these days, it’s usually machines who dig holes and so you can dodge the question</p>

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<p>Well You can also say “the car runs.”</p>

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<p>maybe when i was a kid</p>

<p>it was just some nasty fetish that i grew out of </p>

<p>surprisingly, NOT ALL PEOPLE dig holes</p>

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<p>i’ve yet to come across an attractive white hole so no i don’t dig em</p>

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<p>people dig holes… shovels are just a tool to make the job easier</p>

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<p>i’m not nearly as superficial (or girly) as jimbob, i loved a dirty hole</p>

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<p>Maybe the OP misspelled hoes</p>

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<p>well said.</p>

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<p>then what’s all that business about shovels? am i asking for it? :D</p>

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<p>You can dig a hole with your hands, you don’t need a sholve, but you do need a hand, or arm, or limb of some sort.</p>

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<p>…but your hands are you. your hands arn’t a “tool.” a tool is some sort of external device…</p>

<p>or your junk.</p>