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    9 months ago

    That “modern embellishment” is not a great example. It changes the context of the ship’s existence from a physical entity to a legal entity. I like the thought experiment but if you keep changing basic definitions it will get you less than nowhere

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        9 months ago

        The literal joke is that the article has become an example of the very thing it describes, and perhaps a better example than the modern embellishment example