usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 month agoUhhhh WTF Rulelemmy.mlimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarecore@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down9·1 month ago they have to keep a cow pregnant constantly to produce milk exaggeration doesn’t help your credibility
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoIt’s not really an exaggeration when the cows get an average of 3 months a year “off” being pregnant, and are killed around the age of 6 years old when past their prime milking age.
minus-squarecore@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·1 month agoyou seem to understand exactly what was exaggerated
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWhat’s your definition of “constantly pregnant”?
minus-squarecore@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·1 month agoI didn’t care for your semantic interrogation. it’s obvious the user was exaggerating for effect.
minus-squareNEZ27@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoHow you gonna quibble over semantics then tell them off for semantic interrogation? Something being pregnant for 75% of its life is pretty constant.
minus-squarecore@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·1 month agoit’s not 75% of their lives, either. they’re not able to breed when they’re calves.
minus-squareNEZ27@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoSenor Semantics does it again!
minus-squarecore@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month ago75% isn’t semantics. it’s a statistic.
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoI meant constantly as in the second dictionary definition of happening super frequently 2 : with regular occurrence https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constantly The broader point was impregnated many times. Having a few months “off” does not make much of a difference to that point
exaggeration doesn’t help your credibility
It’s not really an exaggeration when the cows get an average of 3 months a year “off” being pregnant, and are killed around the age of 6 years old when past their prime milking age.
you seem to understand exactly what was exaggerated
What’s your definition of “constantly pregnant”?
I didn’t care for your semantic interrogation. it’s obvious the user was exaggerating for effect.
How you gonna quibble over semantics then tell them off for semantic interrogation?
Something being pregnant for 75% of its life is pretty constant.
it’s not 75% of their lives, either. they’re not able to breed when they’re calves.
Senor Semantics does it again!
75% isn’t semantics. it’s a statistic.
I meant constantly as in the second dictionary definition of happening super frequently
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constantly
The broader point was impregnated many times. Having a few months “off” does not make much of a difference to that point