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Ordinary Object
(lemmy.world)
karcatgirl-vantas:
the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck
skluug:
this is what ancient greek philosophy is like
This is very much "I am 14 and this is deep" territory.
Adjectives describe. By using them, we are emphasising a quality of a given thing. That does not make it the "default state" (a problematic concept) of that object, even if it is a desirable quality.
The "default state" of food is that it is edible, ie. that it can be eaten, as food is defined as that which is edible.
Visible. Tactile.
Even by OPs logic, "noise" is not one of the senses. Audible is the correct word here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_universals
Exactly, and on top of that this only works in English and only in dialects where these words are used that way.