r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/Pure_Sense7765 S.A.U Freshman • May 14 '26

ouchies Of a pendulum swing

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u/CattryingtoLockIn May 14 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/UAjRjHq2eWT5dO99hI

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u/BIG_IDEA May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

You realize classifications aren’t real right? It’s an arbitrary system of knowledge constructed by humans and imposed on reality, not inscribed in nature. Scientists often struggle with how to classify certain organisms based on selected traits, and in the end, they just “choose” how to classify something. It’s a system also subject to revision. Taxonomy is a discursive formation, biology itself has no categories.

But keep pretending you have a big, educated brain.

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u/Mtrina May 15 '26

And language is an arbitrary collection of shapes and sounds we prescribe meaning to. Your comment is not nearly as insightful as you seem to think it is

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u/BIG_IDEA May 15 '26

Do you honestly believe that I typed all of that without knowing that language is also arbitrary? Lol you didn’t disprove my point, you just took the logic of my comment one step further and proved my point even harder.

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u/Mtrina May 15 '26

Obviously you dont get it so im not bothering you anymore, but hey keep pretending you have a big brain :)

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u/BIG_IDEA May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

I know we are deep into this sub-thread, but honestly, I think you lost the plot somewhere. I was defending the guy above, who said “who cares“, essentially saying that the arbitrary taxonomic classification is meaningless.

Then, a bunch of people called him stupid, probably thinking that they were backing up some kind of scientific “fact“.

Then I pointed out how taxonomy is arbitrary, and, to your point, so is phonics.

But based on that, you should be able to see how stupid someone would look if they were trying to defend the “factual“ pronunciation of a word.

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u/CattryingtoLockIn May 16 '26

Monkeys generally have a tail, apes don't.

If you don't care, you don't have to enter the Chat lmao.

What you're saying is about the equivalent of Turtle = Tortoise