you could be “on grass” instead
Comment on Petty pedantry
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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 10 months ago
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Remind me, what does grass grow on/in?
Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
not “on the grass”
“on grass”
then you’re too high to be on earth
Rockbear@feddit.dk 10 months ago
Also, he’s definitely on something. Might be earth