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[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 67 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

My first thought too.

To anyone unaware, plato defined man as "a featherless biped" so Diogenes brought a plucked chicken

[–] deus@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how Plato would have defined man if he knew kangaroos existed.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

featherless tail-less biped? then we could have a story about Diogenes fighting a kangaroo to cut off its tail

[–] Una@europe.pub 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You can't spell genius without Diogenes

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 16 hours ago
[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why does it always come back to chickens?

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

He was so much more polite after Amos.