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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-up1arrow-down1·1 day 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-up1·1 day agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoAnd which of those definitions applies to a cup?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours ago2: A hollowed out place.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoA cup isn’t a hollowed out place though. It’s a cup.
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.