Attention: Cody

[lothain]

I figured it out

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[jess_is_here]

that's so wrong i don't even know where to begin.

inside-ness/outside-ness totally depends on the context!

either way, do you want to help me make brazillian cookies tonight because you are the best boyfriend ever, pumpkin? i'll give you a call in a bit when i'm ready to make them and if you are cool you will come inside my house and help me.

[wk_madcracker]

I think he's speaking more about the difference between being "in" something and being "inside" something. But Greg, let's say you were playing four-square on the playground. Would you describe yourself as standing in the painted lines, or inside? Also, a classroom has a roof, but we rarely say we're inside class.

[wk_madcracker]

Furthermore,

[lothain]

An addition for painted lines... when you are within a location that has no walls, say a foursquare court, you are within the court. When you lift the ball above your head in order to throw down a waterfall, you are both within the foursquare court and inside the ball! Crazy!

I guess that means for the parking lot example, you would be within the parking lot as well.

As for the class, you are within class, if you are at class (class as a concept has no ceiling or walls, thus you cannot be inside of it nor just in it, only within it). When you are inside the classroom with a ceiling, well... you are inside the classroom and still within class!

[grumpydoctor]

According to your system using an umbrella means you're "inside" it. You're still wrong.

[lothain]

Inside an Umrella.

Next question?

[changeling0203]

What if you're in(side?) a gazebo. It has pretty much no walls, but it has a roof.

[jess_is_here]

that was my argument! greg's philosophy just doesn't work.
and what about a hat? if i have a hat covering my head, am i "inside" it? I think not!

[changeling0203]

Not unless it's a really big hat.

[lothain]

Inside a Gazebo, Inside a Hat.

Next question?