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[-] Norgur@kbin.social 26 points 10 months ago

Skeleton, not bones. Amputees still have.a skeleton, don't they?

[-] Vengefu1Tuna@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago
[-] Norgur@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

We didn't make Agent Orange. That was Monsanto, and Dow.

[-] knorke3@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

the question is: is a skeleton that's missing pieces still "one skeleton"? And if so, at which point does it become not a skeleton? Because i'm reasonably sure you wouldn't call a severed foot a skeleton even though it is still arguably "one skeleton" that is just missing a lot of pieces.

[-] AzzyDev@beehaw.org 0 points 10 months ago

i think a skeleton is just multiple bones together that are attached. A pile of bones isn’t a skeleton, it’s a pile of bones

[-] knorke3@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

so by your definition a severed foot is, indeed, a skeleton. huh.

[-] AzzyDev@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

If an anthropologist found a 2-million year old intact foot, I think they’d call it a skeleton, sure.

[-] knorke3@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

i somehow have a feeling that they'd call that a partial skeleton (aka. less than one)

[-] AzzyDev@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

ehh, partial skeleton, skeleton, what’s the difference? a few missing bones never hurt anybody! /s

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