The killer almost had me, but I learned in self-defense class that “poisonous [organism]” only inherently means ingested in colloquial usage and that venoms are more properly a subset of toxins (naturally-occurring poisons) which are a subset of poisons. Consequently, it’s like the killer showed me a square and told me it was a quadrilateral: I’m too pedantic to be affected.
If you’re too pedantic, wouldn’t you want to share this knowledge with the killer or at least confirm that he used the term with the proper knowledge and not because of a mistake?
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The killer almost had me, but I learned in self-defense class that “poisonous [organism]” only inherently means ingested in colloquial usage and that venoms are more properly a subset of toxins (naturally-occurring poisons) which are a subset of poisons. Consequently, it’s like the killer showed me a square and told me it was a quadrilateral: I’m too pedantic to be affected.
stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
If you’re too pedantic, wouldn’t you want to share this knowledge with the killer or at least confirm that he used the term with the proper knowledge and not because of a mistake?
FishFace@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Oh my god I thought I was the only one banging this drum