you could be “on grass” instead
Comment on Petty pedantry
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Remind me, what does grass grow on/in?
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
not “on the grass”
“on grass”
then you’re too high to be on earth
Rockbear@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
Also, he’s definitely on something. Might be earth