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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 hours ago

Some additional social constructs they may be more sentimental about: gifts, allowance, summer vacation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, doors, privacy, the internet.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

"Sure, but your feet would still get cold."

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago

Borders are a social construct. Yet there are people killing each other about it.

Your company is a social construct. Yet it provides you with work and money.

Money is a social construct. Yet your kids still want their allowances.

[–] outerspace@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

Social constructs are real.things, so here you go

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

everyone replying that socks have a practical use, as if social constructs arent practical???

my issue is that even though "clothing" is a social construct, the stuff that socks are made out of is not. calling that stuff a sock is a social construct, but choosing to put the fabric on your body is not. becoming "clothed" is a social construct, but the unspecified uncategorized state of having that fabric on your body is just a physical state, not a construct. the meaning we apply to it is the thing that wouldn't exist without socially constructed systems of meaning.

It's kinda sad, i guess. I'm usually the first one to champion XYZ is a social construct, and have to deal with morons not understanding it, but here? no one is willing to say it?

Socks are not a social construct.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago

Social constructs are Social constructs

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

Social constructs aren't practical.

[–] ZMonster@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

"Very good. That's exactly right. That also includes early bedtimes, no electronics, and double servings of vegetables. All social constructs that I can establish any time you want."

😊 🫴🏀

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago

I get that it's a joke, but wearing socks is not a social construct-- it's a social convention, but it's utility is driven primarily by non-social factors. A social construct is an idea created and maintained by society specifically for its social function, which neither socks nor the act or wearing them nor the idea that wearing socks is good, are.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Vegetables are a social construct too.

Afaik, botanically, there is no such thing as a "vegetable". Only fruits. What we perceive as "vegetable" differs between cultures worldwide.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Wait till you find out that some places around the world think fish meat does not count as meat and is vegetarian

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Yeah I had a friend from Grenada that told me this one day and I had trouble understanding the reasoning.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Fish is not meat, but it's also not vegetarian

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 15 hours ago

The American Meat Science Association defines meat as red meat (beef, pork, and lamb), poultry, fish/seafood, and meat from other managed species (AMSA, 2017).

Fish, by definition, is meat.

Other simpler definitions around the world sinply say "flesh of an animal". At that point, you're arguing that fish isn't an animal.

[–] farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

those people are morons

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

The botanical definition is just "edible parts of a plant". The culinary definition however does differs per culture.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

A sandwich is a social construct. But a social construct isn't always a sandwich.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not that I advocate violence, but not beating your kids, selling them on the street, or making them work in a factory is also a social contract.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Contract yes, as it pertains to laws, but I would argue construct no- since protecting one's offspring is a natural/biological impulse. It's non negotiable from a survival viewpoint, and some people have better survival instincts than others.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

We as creatures behave certain ways because of a result of biology and circumstances. How can you say anything we do isn't a natural/biological impulse. When did we stop being a part of nature? And stop being controlled by biology?

[–] Potatar@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

You cannot invoke biology to generalize here. There are many mammals who use their offsprings as projectile decoys when they are in danger.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Let's not bring Elon into this.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

Typically those are mammals with larger litters and shorter gestational periods. Human offspring are too resource intensive to be widely used as decoys.

This is a weird conversation.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Are homo sapiens one such mammal?

[–] Potatar@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

As long as one person in history has done it once, yes. Just because people around us doesn' do it, doesn't mean it's not "natural". I don't know how tribes with 11 disposable children behave.

We used to be night active but if you ask anyone nowadays they'd act like waking up to the sun is THE "natural" thing.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you suggesting that if even one human lacks this biological impulse to protect their children, we can't say that humans generally have a biological impulse to protect their children? That's absurd. And isn't this point entirely moot with regards to people who do have that in-built instinct?

[–] Potatar@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I'm saying it is not "non negotiable".

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Your feet are nasty. I don't need to see them.

Also. The world is nasty. Go raw dog the world and see how long you make it

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Your feet are nasty. I don't need to see them.

Then don't look.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

My dicks out. It needs to breath.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

I'd be cool with that.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 2 points 17 hours ago

You should see a doctor about that.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't hands much more nasty?

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Only if you don't wash them and don't clip your nails, or if you paint your nails that's also nasty

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I let my kid go all flower child about the socks. he got athletes foot. Socks SPECIFICALLY are not a social construct. they prevent athletes foot.

[–] SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Hygiene IS a social construct, but that doesn't mean it isn't there for a good reason.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago

That's only if you include pointless hygiene like shaving legs and armpits. You'll legit get skin issues, infections, and possibly attract pests if you don't wash your ass.

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[–] don@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good point, kid, and here’s another one: those toys you want me to buy you are a social construct. Playtime? Yep. Social construct. Shall I keep going? Video games are next.

Guess we're all social constructs (tf that mean)

[–] Aristoxene@feddit.nl 1 points 21 hours ago

Health care is a social construct too.

[–] Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the time I saw people arguing on Reddit about the phrase "time is a social construct" where some people were completely incapable of understanding what that means and conflating the concept of time with the fundamental physics thingymcgee (idk how to call it and entity feels wrong).

People were trying so hard to explain that minutes, months, seasons, etc. are all arbitrary things made up only for them to retort with "but a year is a full rotation of the sun" or "seasons exist because that's how the planet changes its climate".

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[–] recked_wralph@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is a social construct, and we live in a society… so put your damn socks on

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