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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoIf you don’t see the difference between a cup and a plate because they’re the same topologically then I’m gonna use them interchangeably around you.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 days agoOf course they are different. But they aren’t holes lol.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI’m not going to stand for this hole trutherism. If you take a shovel and dig, you have made a hole. We have called that a hole forever. Usage dictates meaning.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoSure if you dig a hole I agree that it’s called a hole. But saying that cups or other containers have holes is unhinged even if you ignore topology completely.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoAnd which of those definitions applies to a cup?
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agoA cup isn’t a hollowed out place though. It’s a cup.
minus-squareulternolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou will need to put a handle under the plate. Then I’m fine.
If you don’t see the difference between a cup and a plate because they’re the same topologically then I’m gonna use them interchangeably around you.
Of course they are different. But they aren’t holes lol.
I’m not going to stand for this hole trutherism. If you take a shovel and dig, you have made a hole. We have called that a hole forever. Usage dictates meaning.
Sure if you dig a hole I agree that it’s called a hole.
But saying that cups or other containers have holes is unhinged even if you ignore topology completely.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole
And which of those definitions applies to a cup?
2: A hollowed out place.
A cup isn’t a hollowed out place though. It’s a cup.
You will need to put a handle under the plate.
Then I’m fine.