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A square is a rectangle, not a polygon
by Fricken 2y ago
A square is a rectangle, not a polygon
- stavros 2y agoThe article addresses this. Calling it "litter" puts the responsibility on the consumer, calling it "pollution" puts it on the corporation that manufactures the plastics.
- jisnsm 2y agoBecause disgusting people spitting gum on the floor is obviously the corporation’s fault.
- stavros 2y agoNo, but the fact that the gum then never degrades is.
- wbazant 2y agoThat line of thinking doesn't get us towards no gum on the floor, and surely in our collective capacity we can do something about it?
- georgeplusplus 2y ago>>> That line of thinking doesn't get us towards no gum on the floor Sure it does. We can collectively shame people who spit gum on the floor. We could also enact something like singapore that carries hefty penalities.
- nielsbot 2y agobut who profits by selling the gum?
- Teever 2y agoThere's a popular drive through coffee and fast food franchise in my country and the immediate area around is often covered in their empty cups and food wrappers that their customers discard when they get new stuff from the drive through. Funny thing is that the waste is often found around the store and not nearly as much in other places. I personally blame the company that produces the garbage with their branding on it and who has a profit motive to not deal with this stuff.
- cassianoleal 2y agoRectangles are polygons
- d1sxeyes 2y agoI think the point that OP was making in a facetious sort of way is that it's a fallacy to say 'A is not C because it's B'. It's possible for something to be both B and C.
- cassianoleal 2y agoAh fair enough, thanks! I definitely didn't catch that.
- 15155 2y agoAll squares are rectangles. Not all rectangles are squares. All rectangles are polygons. Not all polygons are rectangles.