• yetiftw@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    just because it has a reason doesn’t make it not arbitrary. you can ultimately come up with a reason for all arbitrary decisions

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      8 days ago

      Is there a way to distinguish between arbitrary and non-arbitrary? Or is literally everything ever arbitrary?

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          3 days ago

          Then what’s the point of even calling it arbitrary? If it covers everything, then there’s no reason for the word.

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            15 hours ago

            that’s not true. there are things that are not definitions. like my bed for instance, there are aspects that are arbitrary (my personal preferences, design choices, etc) and aspects that are not arbitrary (its physical form that exists beyond definition)