Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down12
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-square1dalm@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·8 days agoYou say it was a coincidence, but how do we know that his name didn’t encourage his invention? Maybe if his name was Thomas Cureforcancer we would be living in a very different world.
minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoHe’s not Goodenough for that
minus-squaresuigenerix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoMan, everyone is coming up with nonsense reasons for why it’s not a coincidence. I mean it’s just obvious he’s a time traveller from a time before the word “crap” meant anything.
You say it was a coincidence, but how do we know that his name didn’t encourage his invention?
Maybe if his name was Thomas Cureforcancer we would be living in a very different world.
He’s not Goodenough for that
Nominative Determinism?
Man, everyone is coming up with nonsense reasons for why it’s not a coincidence. I mean it’s just obvious he’s a time traveller from a time before the word “crap” meant anything.