https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_cognate this has a bunch of them! several we didn't even know about
also it reminded me that Mbabaram, an (unfortunately recently extinct) aboriginal australian language, has the word "dog" for what we in english call a "dog", completely by coincidence
also between different languages, like english much and spanish mucho are completely unrelated etymologically speaking, but they mean the same (or at least very similar) and at a glance would appear to be closely related
words that look like they're related but are actually completely unrelated are interesting
like the words isle and island, which mean the same thing but have completely different roots (isle is from latin insula, island from germanic iland; the s was added to island by analogy)
or the word emoji and various english words like emoticon, emote, emotion (emoji is e-moji, with the e for electronic as in email, and moji is the japanese word for symbol)
re: posthumanism, sort of spoilers for megaman x, zero, and zx, if anyone cares
and I really appreciate that they show that dynamic throughout the entire megaman series
in the original series, robots are made by humans for specific tasks, and aren't capable of true consciousness
then Dr. Light makes X, the first reploid, and Dr. Cain uses scans of X to make more reploids, which are initially just robots capable of independent thought and true consciousness, but by the time of megaman Zero, reploids have a fully developed place in society (though there's fighting between humans and reploids, they aren't a unified society yet)
and then in ZX the distinction between human and robot has vanished completely
posthumanism, sort of spoilers for megaman x, zero, and zx, if anyone cares
in megaman X and Zero, there are both humans and reploids, which are advanced human-simulant robots
but in ZX, in the 23rd century, there are just humans... except "human" has changed meaning. There are no fully organic people anymore, and there is no distinction between organic and inorganic lifeforms
There's something I just like about that. it's a pleasant thought, that the meaning of "human" can change
oh dear this was a mistake, notifications on this take up 75% of the screen horizontally
apparently there's a megaman battle network 6 randomizer and that's jut, that is not a particularly popular game
@Oneironott can i just say i really appreciate your new icon
three is an excellent number of eyes ot have
re: discord and ripcord
@xenon ooh, that works too yes
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