A brass balance scale holds several small wooden blocks opposite a single gray block.

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Benchley's Law of Distinction

Laws

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The joke divides people by their belief in dividing people into two kinds. It uses the very binary classification that it calls into question.

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