Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 天前We tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 天前message-square31fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 天前I didn’t think so? When I say Iris, I mean the colored ring. When I say pupil, I mean the hole. When I say asshole, I mean the ring, not the hole. I can’t remember ever wanting to refer to the actual hole. Maybe “gape?”
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 天前When I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied
I didn’t think so? When I say Iris, I mean the colored ring. When I say pupil, I mean the hole. When I say asshole, I mean the ring, not the hole. I can’t remember ever wanting to refer to the actual hole. Maybe “gape?”
When I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied