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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 79 points 6 months ago

At which point does an egg of non-chicken become an egg of chicken?

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 101 points 6 months ago

Chickenness is a spectrum, not a binary

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago

Is archeopteryx a chicken?

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 47 points 6 months ago

If I say no, are you going to pick the next most recent named ancestor of the chicken, and keep repeating until someone says yes?

[-] variants@possumpat.io 6 points 6 months ago

That was the original question

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've never seen one run from a fight.

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

That's quite controversial.

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