Glowstick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoIt's weird that we "take a shit". I don't know what other people are doing, but i definitely leave a shit, not take itmessage-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareIt's weird that we "take a shit". I don't know what other people are doing, but i definitely leave a shit, not take itGlowstick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·12 hours agoTake ~= have ~= do Take a break == have a break, but a break isn’t a tangible thing, so this is shorthand for “do the actions required to constitute a break”
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoI don’t want to have a shit, either – I’m trying to get rid of the dang thing!
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThen this is one verb you should definitely not noun
minus-squaremental_block@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoI see that… but I would argue breaks can be given. Therefore one can take a break. Break being almost a non continuation of something. There are two beings involved. And as you point out, you can also perform action consume a break. Taking a poop is slightly different because one is giving an offering. Although one can consume poop too but I guess it’s a different frame.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoTons of people give a shit tho
minus-squaremental_block@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoCorrect, but a different context than OP’s framing. Some leave a shit, some give a shit. Can you give a shit by giving a shit? Hmm. Possible maybe under special circumstances. Don’t mind me, these are poopy thoughts.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoI’m just giving you shit
Take ~= have ~= do
Take a break == have a break, but a break isn’t a tangible thing, so this is shorthand for “do the actions required to constitute a break”
I don’t want to have a shit, either – I’m trying to get rid of the dang thing!
Then this is one verb you should definitely not noun
I see that… but I would argue breaks can be given. Therefore one can take a break.
Break being almost a non continuation of something. There are two beings involved. And as you point out, you can also perform action consume a break.
Taking a poop is slightly different because one is giving an offering. Although one can consume poop too but I guess it’s a different frame.
Tons of people give a shit tho
Correct, but a different context than OP’s framing.
Some leave a shit, some give a shit. Can you give a shit by giving a shit? Hmm. Possible maybe under special circumstances.
Don’t mind me, these are poopy thoughts.
I’m just giving you shit