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Enemy of Enemy

May 21, 2018

Text only: increasingly silly 'rules' extending 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-21-enemy-of-enemy/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "RULES OF ENEMY-FRIEND CALCULUS"

1. The enemy of my friend is my enemy. 2. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. 3. The frenemy of my roommate is my acquaintance. 4. The enemy of my enemy is probably me, come to think of it. 5. The enemy of my friend's enemy's friend is this guy I used to see around campus. 6. The frond of my fern is my friend.

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