#defining terms

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Even when you know that you’re talking to someone who uses different word definitions, it’s easy to fall into an unspoken power struggle over which definition you’re both reallyusing.

Image: Two museum workers addressing a tour group, holding a plaque that says ass. Green person, pulling the plaque in front of a display of a donkey: Note the pronounced ears. Asses evolved these as a defense mechanism against predators, a way of hearing an attack before it – Blue person, pulling the plaque in front of a display of a human butt: Actually, asses don’t have ears at all. Frankly, the notion that people would use their asses as a tool to detect predators is ridiculous. The two primary functions of the ass are to house the gluteus muscle group and – Green person: Actually…

Excerpt from our series, Differing Definitions

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Tue, 30 May 2017 17:32:33
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