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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Is "food" a social construct? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hear me out. There's nothing innate to an object that makes it "food". It's an attribute we give to certain things that meet certain qualities, i.e. being digestible, nutritious, perhaps tasty or satisfying in some way, etc. We could really ingest just about anything, but we call the stuff that's edible "food". Does that make it a social construct?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a shower thought, it's embarrassing to even read.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

im not ashamed. why would I be ashamed of thinking about things in unfamiliar ways and trying to see what's behind it?

you should be ashamed for being so condescending. maybe you're so embarrassed because you identify way too strongly with your thoughts that you can't tolerate having a bizarre one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This constant trend in this stupid community to just post “Is [insert word] not what it is defined to mean??” As some mind blowing idea is exhaustingly boring.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've been fairly polite in this thread but I'm tempted to call you stupid. I won't, because I get you, but you're missing the point.

Is [insert word] not what it is defined to mean??

That is NOT what I am saying, you stupid-head. Is that what you think social construct means? Read my other replies and get back to me. Explain to me why your comment is wrong and a gross misinterpretation of what I'm saying.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve been fairly polite in this thread but I’m tempted to call you stupid. I won’t

That’s a lot of words to just call someone stupid and try to get away with it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

wow you figured it out! you even figured it out before you got to the part where i directly call them a stupid-head too