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sliverstorm on Feb 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Succeed as an Introvert

I'd say something more along the lines of:

"If a tree falls in the woods, and it doesn't make a sound, who even knows it fell?"

Sanjon on Feb 8, 2012 [–]

Could also be something like the Zen koan:

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?"

swores on Feb 8, 2012 | [–]

Both the previous people were adapting that extremely well known line and purposefully modifying it.

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