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Just something I was talking about with the wife this evening. She says that our house is not natural and used the phrase “out in nature”. But lots of animals build nests. And are we not animals just doing the same?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is just that if "natural" doesn't mean "not made by humans" then it doesn't really mean anything at all. If the things people made are natural, what's excluded by using the word, exactly?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And the subnatural!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Walking through the health food aisle like "thank God I finally found some ghost-free food!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago