fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoWhat is Exaptation, Alex?mander.xyzimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down18
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minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up202·7 days agoI like the phrasing of “want” rather than “need.”
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·7 days agoI’ve only ever seen them use in short video media about taking foul-tasting TCM, so the want vs need seems to make sense
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 days agoBut we don’t taste with the tongue, just bitter, salty, etc.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 days agoTurner Classic Movies?
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoTraditional Chinese Medicine
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoThat makes far more sense than what came up when I searched TCM. Thank you.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 days agoOriginally, it served a need. Now, I imagine, it serves a want.
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 days agoI mean they can definitely overlap. I want to live so I want and need my medication. That kind of thing. I think my amusement is more that “those who want to take very bitter medicines” sounds to me more like they’re doing it on a whim. :)
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoIf it was really for traditional medicine as I inferred from a neighbouring thread, it was more of a whim
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoYeah I just woke up but it took me a minute figure out what was happening. I thought it was saying that people prefer the bitter medicine, so I was confused why they didn’t want to taste it.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoIt was originally “want.” They became addicted, so now it’s “need.”
I like the phrasing of “want” rather than “need.”
I’ve only ever seen them use in short video media about taking foul-tasting TCM, so the want vs need seems to make sense
But we don’t taste with the tongue, just bitter, salty, etc.
Turner Classic Movies?
Tim “Country” McGraw
Traditional Chinese Medicine
That makes far more sense than what came up when I searched TCM. Thank you.
Originally, it served a need. Now, I imagine, it serves a want.
I mean they can definitely overlap. I want to live so I want and need my medication. That kind of thing.
I think my amusement is more that “those who want to take very bitter medicines” sounds to me more like they’re doing it on a whim. :)
If it was really for traditional medicine as I inferred from a neighbouring thread, it was more of a whim
Yeah I just woke up but it took me a minute figure out what was happening. I thought it was saying that people prefer the bitter medicine, so I was confused why they didn’t want to taste it.
It was originally “want.” They became addicted, so now it’s “need.”