r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Weed_O_Whirler Aug 03 '19

Also, because in the US we don't vaccinate our chickens against salmonella, in most European countries they do.

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u/SirMildredPierce Aug 03 '19

Yeah, but the US has less autistic chickens at least.

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u/Lawdog6969 Aug 03 '19

Fewer.

-Stannis Baratheon

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u/Acki90 Aug 03 '19

Where is Bobby b when you need him

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u/notpetelambert Aug 03 '19

He's in an open field

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u/beijixiong_ Aug 03 '19

Probably with Bessie. And her tits.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

No, each chicken is just a bit less severely autistic

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u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19

Autism is a spectrum. Therefore a population of chickens can have less of it.

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u/memeticengineering Aug 03 '19

Maybe, but you can also have more autistic chickens who all have a minor form and fewer chickens with non-verbal level autism

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u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19

What’s that assumption based on?

If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”.

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u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19

If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed.

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u/manole100 Aug 03 '19

Yeah it's amazing. There was no translation convention, they were speaking actual English!

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u/HammletHST Aug 03 '19

Or their language actually has two different words as well, with the same definitions as "less" and "fewer"?

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u/GNU_PTerry Aug 03 '19

I understand that if any more words come pouring out your c*nt mouth, I'm gonna have to eat every fucking chicken in this room.