not everything needs to be a philosophical dilemma
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as per ancient greek maritime law the ship of theseus would become a different ship when its mast was replaced
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yes this evolved but backwards. too lazy to care about difference. they look similar so call them similar
I still think noodles vs pasta is a meaningful mental distinction that I have and that others don’t and I still think discussing this is worthwhile it’s not just about words
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i think people in multicultural countries are more likely to not make a distinction since they’re used to everything being mashed up together and they’re <rand likely to care about heritage
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Eh I don’t think this is necessarily true?
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…you mean genetically
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i dont have a big sample size but this was a huge debate on the syndicate. one french woman from lebanon was fierce about pasta =/= noodles, the americans all sided against her
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genetically? hwat?
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culturally
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i mistook the word
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you said rand when culture is infact not randomly generated
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i dont understand
heritage of food. etymology. origin. how to name stuff
<rand
less than rand, the mafia term
quirky way of saying “less likely”
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things can be less likely but theyre not necessarily rand, as phrased in your statement
i’m bored and starving and dont feel like moving, if you cant tell why im so firm on this topic
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starving isnt quite the right word
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hungry.
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i will say though that my mom calls instant ramen noodles “spaghetti”. i almost got a heart attack and i expressed my disdain
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I think it’s still a decent term, tutuu is saying something along the lines of “if you took a random sample across the world, people might be 65% likely ot care about this (=rand), but people from this specific group would have a smaller chance than rand”
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rand is 75/25
its confusing
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