TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-squaremessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square182fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThe wisdom is incorrect though, in the sense that you aren’t ‘disposing’ of the oil using this method. You are simply hiding it while simultaneously toxifying your immediate environment.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottomlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSemantics. What does it mean to “dispose” of something? to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away cambridge dictionary
The wisdom is incorrect though, in the sense that you aren’t ‘disposing’ of the oil using this method. You are simply hiding it while simultaneously toxifying your immediate environment.
Semantics. What does it mean to “dispose” of something?
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