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You see a lot of this kind of thing: "spiders aren't bugs", "whales aren't fish", "strawberries aren't berries"—no, words mean things, unfortunately, even if th
by naniwaduni 2y ago
You see a lot of this kind of thing: "spiders aren't bugs", "whales aren't fish", "strawberries aren't berries"—no, words mean things, unfortunately, even if that's a little inconvenient for taxonomers!
- margalabargala 2y ago> "spiders aren't bugs" This one is particularly egregious, because they literally are. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bug https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bug They may not be insects, but non-insect arthropods are included in the definition of "bug".