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minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 hours agoAren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 hours agoNo, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·50 minutes agoWe are aware of the dictionary definition. OP was precisely about arguing that that definition is a based on a fallacy.
Aren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
No, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
We are aware of the dictionary definition. OP was precisely about arguing that that definition is a based on a fallacy.
But live there though.