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What would you expect from a seahorse though, am I right?

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 102 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys. How’s the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, "What the hell is water?"

— David Foster Wallace, This is Water

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That joke works until you realize we're perfectly aware of the existence of air.

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 81 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but would you be aware if you hadn't learned about it in school?

Oh wait. Fish spend lots of time in school. Dang.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are lots of effects you cannot explain without air. Even if you haven't been to school, you can observe wind, use a hairdryer, blow up balloons, fly a drone etc.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And "air" as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek "aer", probably from proto-Indo-European "awer" so it's pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

in European

Oh yes, my favourite language. It's "vzduch" or similar in most Slavic languages, and I'd bet you're not pronouncing it right.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I meant "parts of Europe" but my fingers didn't catch up with my brain

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I vaguely recall reading about people not knowing the science of wind and air. They explain trees swaying in the wind as spirits.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Fish forget they live in water; people forget they live in the Tao” -Confucius?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't is a bunch of space elves?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You are moments away from either being slaughtered by space clowns or whipped into the air by bondage bird men. Best case, some tall motherfuckers may just toss you into space.

Someone will like it no matter what.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Literally translates to "the path" or... "the Way"

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Immediately thought of this.