you could be “on grass” instead
Comment on Petty pedantry
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoExactly. So if we want to be pedants, earth or Earth would be fine here. Even if he’s in a building, that building is still on the soil. Even if he’s flying in an airplane, that airplane is supported by air, which it itself supported by earth. The only way you can’t be “on earth” is if you’re in space and/or in freefall. And Musk is too much of a coward to climb aboard one of his own rockets.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Remind me, what does grass grow on/in?
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
not “on the grass”
“on grass”
then you’re too high to be on earth
Rockbear@feddit.dk 1 month ago
Also, he’s definitely on something. Might be earth