Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agoWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
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When I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied