clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecoffinwood@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agolitter also means trash. you wouldn‘t want to be called rubbish.
minus-squareRickety Thudds@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-down1·1 year agowhat’s the dilemma though?
minus-squareRickety Thudds@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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