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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Aside of the obvious meme joke. Well, language eveolves, maybe the distinction isn't that important any more. Other languages don't have it and usually you add more context to something. Also when was the last time you tried to eat an unknown animal? Or where in a situation, where you had to decide if the dangerous looking animal is only supposed to be uneatable instead of venomous?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tbh I feel like it’s a very important distinction . There are poisonous things that aren't harmful unless ingested. However something that is venomous is probably ready to attack if approached

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

It's kind of funny, because in other languages it doesn't use this distinction and people don't eat poisonous mushrooms because someone called them venomous by accident, or the other way around with a venomous animal.

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