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minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·30 days agoNot to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·30 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·30 days ago The bony-eared assfish has been distinguished, by some sources, as having the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate. When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoyeah but those are jerks
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·30 days agoFirst two sound like Ubuntu releases.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·29 days agoFun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·29 days agoAll original words have been lost because language changes…
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-229 days agoAh but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.
Not to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
yeah but those are jerks
First two sound like Ubuntu releases.
Fun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
All original words have been lost because language changes…
Ah but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.