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minus-squareoatscooplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoWell shit, I’m going to demand a refund for the waterproofing spray I just bought! It says “hydrophobic” but by god I used it and my tent still ain’t afraid of no water!!!1111
minus-squarefirebreathingbunny@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHydrophobia is named by way of analogy to irrational and disproportionate human fear. It’s not literal because water is not a person.
minus-squarefirebreathingbunny@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoMerriam-Webster does not get to define phobias. Licensed psychiatrists do.
minus-squareErtebolle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMe, sheepishly taking a second piece of chocolate cake: “yeah, I guess I’m a bit of a chocoholic” You, glaring from another table: “HOW DARE YOU”
minus-squarefirebreathingbunny@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago“Alcoholic” is a deprecated medical term.
Well shit, I’m going to demand a refund for the waterproofing spray I just bought!
It says “hydrophobic” but by god I used it and my tent still ain’t afraid of no water!!!1111
Hydrophobia is named by way of analogy to irrational and disproportionate human fear. It’s not literal because water is not a person.
Dude, do you even own a dictionary?
Merriam-Webster does not get to define phobias. Licensed psychiatrists do.
Me, sheepishly taking a second piece of chocolate cake: “yeah, I guess I’m a bit of a chocoholic”
You, glaring from another table: “HOW DARE YOU”
“Alcoholic” is a deprecated medical term.