clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhy don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecoffinwood@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·9 months agolitter also means trash. you wouldn‘t want to be called rubbish.
minus-squareRickety Thudds@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoMaybe we should get the siblings alone and see if they think the others are trash. Prisoner’s dilemma style.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agowhat’s the dilemma though?
minus-squareRickety Thudds@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYou only call them both litter if they both think the other sibling is trash
litter also means trash. you wouldn‘t want to be called rubbish.
Maybe we should get the siblings alone and see if they think the others are trash. Prisoner’s dilemma style.
what’s the dilemma though?
You only call them both litter if they both think the other sibling is trash