TIL that trees are the same as vegetables and weeds, arbitrary cultural groupings. We should make an arbitrary cultural group name for arbitrary cultural grouped things!
So far the group is:
Trees
Vegetables
Weeds
Pets
Continents
The culinary use of fruit
Nope, that’s not how the definition of a tree works. Look at swednek’s definition in the comments: it is a woody trunk with branches. There are many other plants you could make toothpicks out of (e.g. that are woody) that aren’t trees. For example, shrubs and lianas.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Technically you’re not wrong. Mainly because there’s no agreed upon technical definition of what does or doesn’t constitute a tree.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
the definition of tree is literally just something that looks like a tree: a woody trunk with branches.
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
TIL that trees are the same as vegetables and weeds, arbitrary cultural groupings. We should make an arbitrary cultural group name for arbitrary cultural grouped things!
So far the group is: Trees Vegetables Weeds Pets Continents The culinary use of fruit
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I feel like sports could fit into that pretty well.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fish
Szyler@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Berries
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Most won’t consider it a tree but who am I to judge
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Most are wrong then. If you can make toothpicks out of it, it’s a tree.
flicker@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can make toothpicks out of anything if you’re willing to find a hard bit in it that can be sharpened or whittled.
Holds up a chicken. Behold! A tree!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 weeks ago
So… Everything is a tree? 🤔
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shneancy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
bones are trees? o_o
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Nope, that’s not how the definition of a tree works. Look at swednek’s definition in the comments: it is a woody trunk with branches. There are many other plants you could make toothpicks out of (e.g. that are woody) that aren’t trees. For example, shrubs and lianas.