fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoWhat is Exaptation, Alex?mander.xyzimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down17
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minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up202·4 days agoI like the phrasing of “want” rather than “need.”
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-24 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-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 days agoTurner Classic Movies?
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoTraditional Chinese Medicine
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoThat makes far more sense than what came up when I searched TCM. Thank you.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·4 days agoBut we don’t taste with the tongue, just bitter, salty, etc.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 days agoOriginally, it served a need. Now, I imagine, it serves a want.
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 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-up4·4 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-up5·4 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-up4·4 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
Turner Classic Movies?
Traditional Chinese Medicine
That makes far more sense than what came up when I searched TCM. Thank you.
Tim “Country” McGraw
But we don’t taste with the tongue, just bitter, salty, etc.
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.”