In a lot of languages the word for apple used to refer to all kinds of fruits, particularly new ones from more or less exotic lands. Pineapples also don’t look much like apples, do they?

Have you looked at the meme I’m commenting on?

But then how did he get to play?

Who has ever said that dolphins aren’t whales?

Fuck. I’d never noticed that. Fuck you very much, now I can’t unsee it.

It’s heading your way.

Where Cummingtonite?

Get caught doing what? What loop am I now out of?

Ursaring, Pangoro, and Beartic are all weak to Fighting. So, just make sure you’ve got your Lucario at hand and Calm Mind-ed up, and pummel them with Aura Sphere. That way, you can also keep your distance.

(Yes, I know Pangoro is a panda and not a black bear. But, uhm, uh… shut up!)

Though, isn’t being part of a group the closest you can get in terms of relatedness?

Medical terms being used as an insult is a very specific (and problematic) case. And they also weren’t turned into their own opposite. They were equalized with stupidity.

The worst part about that is, game theory is an actual field of math. You know, an ACTUAL theory.

I accept it in colloquial discourse. I’m not happy about it, and I will smartass at everyone who isn’t asking, but I accept that I’m probably fighting a losing battle. But in science, it’s absolutely non-negotiable for words to mean what they mean, and not their own opposite.

Not in person, no. But I’ve had biology profs say that something was “just a theory”.

Science shows us why the world is excting and lets us find even more exciting things. That beings said, it’s still a funny joke.

Ironic.

I always loved isopods. I was the weird kid in the neighborhood who played with them rather than other kids. They’re fucming adorable.

Define “lick”.

Idk, just licking it once shouldn’t do much harm, right?

“basked AF”?