Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day 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-21 day agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIsn’t that the same as iris and pupil?
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI didn’t think so? When I say Iris, I mean the colored ring. When I say pupil, I mean the hole. When I say asshole, I mean the ring, not the hole. I can’t remember ever wanting to refer to the actual hole. Maybe “gape?”
minus-squaresilasmarinerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoWhen I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied
Isn’t that the same as iris and pupil?
I didn’t think so? When I say Iris, I mean the colored ring. When I say pupil, I mean the hole. When I say asshole, I mean the ring, not the hole. I can’t remember ever wanting to refer to the actual hole. Maybe “gape?”
When I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied