I am so sick of shower thoughts that are people just ignoring definitions of words and using other words instead like it’s some mind bending reality shock. No, birds FLY through the air because that is the DEFINITION of flying you dweeb.
1
a
: to propel oneself in water by natural means (such as movements of the limbs, fins, or tail)
b
: to play in the water (as at a beach or swimming pool)
2
: to move with a motion like that of swimming : glide
a cloud swam slowly across the moon
3
a
: to float on a liquid : not sink
b
: to surmount difficulties : not go under
sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish—
Daniel Webster
4
: to become immersed in or flooded with or as if with a liquid
potatoes swimming in gravy
5
: to have a floating or reeling appearance or sensation
19 Comments
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 2y
I am so sick of shower thoughts that are people just ignoring definitions of words and using other words instead like it’s some mind bending reality shock. No, birds FLY through the air because that is the DEFINITION of flying you dweeb.
xoggy@programming.dev · 8 pts · 2y
But spoons are just tiny bowls to get food from the bigger bowl, man!
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
WRONG. Spoons are tiny ladles you degenerate. If you need a tiny bowl go get yourself a cup.
VulKendov@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
Ladles are just small bowls on a stick
AliasAKA@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 2y
Fish don’t really swim, they are flying through the water.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
That is essentially what penguins do, yeah.
db2@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Air doesn't float, it just doesn't sink as hard
lung@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Water - swim
Air - fly
Space - ?? fly
Ground - dig?
Plasma - liquefy?
foo@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
You misspelled "vaporize"
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
How high are you right now ?
Centillionaire@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
They are so high, swimming way above the clouds.
unreachable@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
yes
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
What is a verb?
VulKendov@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 2y
That's Phineas's step brother
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
And what is a platypus?
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 8 pts · 2y
to fly and to swim are very different actions
akash_rawal@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swim
Apparently, swimming inherently requires a liquid.
technomad@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
Some birds fly through the water.
The common merganser, for instance.
dukethorion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Air is a mixture of gases also qualifying as a fluid, so I see the logic here.
A more interesting question would be in the absence of gravity, would you sink in a liquid or remain on the surface? (Surface tension/buoyancy issue)