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What would you expect from a seahorse though, am I right?

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 49 points 1 year ago

That joke works until you realize we're perfectly aware of the existence of air.

[-] 5765313496@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but would you be aware if you hadn't learned about it in school?

Oh wait. Fish spend lots of time in school. Dang.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are lots of effects you cannot explain without air. Even if you haven't been to school, you can observe wind, use a hairdryer, blow up balloons, fly a drone etc.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

And "air" as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek "aer", probably from proto-Indo-European "awer" so it's pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 1 year ago

in European

Oh yes, my favourite language. It's "vzduch" or similar in most Slavic languages, and I'd bet you're not pronouncing it right.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I meant "parts of Europe" but my fingers didn't catch up with my brain

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I vaguely recall reading about people not knowing the science of wind and air. They explain trees swaying in the wind as spirits.

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