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[–] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 140 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Diogenes would be proud here

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 87 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My first thought too.

To anyone unaware, plato defined man as "a featherless biped" so Diogenes brought a plucked chicken

[–] Una@europe.pub 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can't spell genius without Diogenes

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago
[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why does it always come back to chickens?

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He was so much more polite after Amos.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

Because they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder how Plato would have defined man if he knew kangaroos existed.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

featherless tail-less biped? then we could have a story about Diogenes fighting a kangaroo to cut off its tail