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minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoWait, do you consider cups to be portable holes for liquids?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 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-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoOf course they are different. But they aren’t holes lol.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-up1·24 hours 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-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoAnd which of those definitions applies to a cup?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago2: A hollowed out place.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoA cup isn’t a hollowed out place though. It’s a cup.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYou will need to put a handle under the plate. Then I’m fine.
Wait, do you consider cups to be portable holes for liquids?
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.