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Ordinary Object (lemmy.world)

karcatgirl-vantas:

the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck

skluug:

this is what ancient greek philosophy is like

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 40 points 1 year ago

The default touch verb is bad, because nobody has ever used the word "touchy" to mean something good.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And "sightly" isn't as common as "unsightly", so the default sight verb is bad.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Smells bad, something you do not want to hear, do not want to touch and do not want to see. But tastes good. Don't anyone say it's shit or ill slap you.

[-] Suspicious@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 year ago

thats referencing either the phrase "touch a nerve" or the person in question touches things/people too much, it doesn't factor into this discussion where it's describing properties of an object rather than personality traits

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