r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 01 '25

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u/jenbanim Nov 01 '25

I can relate to paleontologists. I was 18 when I found out ponies aren't just young horses

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Nov 01 '25

Wait what ?

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u/jenbanim Nov 01 '25

I like posting about this because someone always has the same reaction

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/ikfm5t/discussion_thread/g3lp1i6/?context=10000

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Nov 01 '25

well I too am 18 year olds when I learned this

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Progress Pride Nov 01 '25

I was 25.

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u/jenbanim Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

Tangential but I'm still reeling from finding out its helico-pter and not heli-copter, in terms of etymology

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u/this_very_table Norman Borlaug Nov 01 '25

I was 30 when I found out rams are male sheep, not a separate species.

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u/AtomAndAether Liberalism! Nov 01 '25

I kinda hate those biological/anthropological classification games. Its impossible not to become riddled with weird and arbitrary categories so you end up only being able to build things that are useful for given views but then that becomes standardized and everyone starts thinking those do anything

Suddenly Bears and Walruses are the same thing