• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    1 day ago

    Technically the people invented the lemons and libraries, the planet invented the people, ig? It feels weird to claim the planet invented both the people and the things the people invented because it has the very slight implication that the things are as naturally occurring as the species of ape.

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      “The planet” here seems to be used in the meaning of “earth and everything on it”, and “invented” is used in a broader sense of “these things appeared on it”.

      I mean, the planet has no intent to be able to invent anything, if you want to play on words.