Recent comments in /f/Showerthoughts

The_Star_Bringer_527 t1_jabqeww wrote

But it's not going to work in the end

I get your point about how language changes through misuse,yes

But this is just not one of those. Many reasons contribute to this

Most notably the fact that the definitions are very well cemented and established. Also for the fact that a lot of confusion can occur in certain scenarios

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CousinDerylHickson t1_jabphnz wrote

I think taste is what drives us to do/obtain what is healthy to eat and/or partake in, with these tastes being shaped by natural selection to actually drive us towards healthy, survival benefiting behaviors. We need to poop, so I don't think it would be likely to develop taste buds that would cause us to actively avoid a necessary function

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