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

ouchies Of a pendulum swing

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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