• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    (Different definition/pov of what is measured, yes, that is where the joke is.)

    Hehe, look at this falsehood - there is no way this things can talk!
    (However imho this is a more clear example of ‘two different definitions’ of the main concept/phrase intentionally mixed together for comedic effect, bcs words can explicitly have more than one meaning, and yes, usually you can tell from the context.)

    This pic is def:

    This “fun fact” mixes up the two definitions, making the statement meaningless.