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minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agojust because it has a reason doesn’t make it not arbitrary. you can ultimately come up with a reason for all arbitrary decisions
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoDo you not understand what the word arbitrary means?…
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agomaybe you’re the one who doesn’t understand the ramifications of its meaning
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIs there a way to distinguish between arbitrary and non-arbitrary? Or is literally everything ever arbitrary?
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoliterally every definition ever is arbitrary
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoThen what’s the point of even calling it arbitrary? If it covers everything, then there’s no reason for the word.
just because it has a reason doesn’t make it not arbitrary. you can ultimately come up with a reason for all arbitrary decisions
Do you not understand what the word arbitrary means?…
maybe you’re the one who doesn’t understand the ramifications of its meaning
Is there a way to distinguish between arbitrary and non-arbitrary? Or is literally everything ever arbitrary?
literally every definition ever is arbitrary
Then what’s the point of even calling it arbitrary? If it covers everything, then there’s no reason for the word.