I'm watching Judge Alex. Some woman is suing a couple for slander because they told people that there was a warrant out for her arrest, even though there wasn't. Their reason for saying that there was a warrant was because they thought that the woman had stolen something from them.

Judge Alex's response was interesting. He said "You can't just go around telling people that there's a warrant for someone's arrest just because you think they stole something from you. That would be like if I thought you stole something from me, so I started telling people that there's a warrant for your arrest." That's the worst analogy that I've ever heard. You can't just repeat the exact same situation as the thing the analogy is about. That's not how analogies work. That would be like if I wanted to make an analogy, so I just repeated the exact same situation that the analogy was about.

Having a cat named Mr. Whiskers would be like if I had a cat and named it Mr. Whiskers. Watching a Harry Potter movie would be like watching a movie about Harry Potter. Riding a bike is just like riding a bike, you never forget. Don't be mean, that's mean. German shepherds are like Nazi sheep herders. I hope somebody finds some of this funny. If not, it would be like me writing something that no one thought was funny. Making an analogy is like making a point by comparing something to something else that the person you're trying to make the point to presumably already agrees with you on, so when you compare the two situations they could go back and apply the logic used in the second situation to the first and realize why they're wrong. As I was writing that last sentence, I realized that trying to explain what an analogy is is like trying to explain something that's difficult to put into words.

Apparently Judge Alex went off as I was writing this. Now some other judge show is on. Why would they show two judge shows back to back? That's like showing a show, and then following it with another show that's the exact same kind of show as the one everyone just saw.

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