On 2020-07-17, at 18:05, Warren Kumari <warren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is this a "someone (unreasonably) digs their heels in, and then is > sufficiently unwilling to change that they suffer bad consequences”? I just wrote in a different thread, offline: > Its a very useful metaphor for someone who just doesn’t want to accept some part of reality and incurs unwanted consequences from actively, happily ignoring it. > I haven’t found an English-language equivalent… Sorry about turning this into a thread about German culture. You of course have Mark Twain, but I’m not going to cite him on-list on this issue. Grüße, Carsten
