Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/08/01/man-stabbed-to-death-in-debate-over-whether-chicken-or-egg-came-first.html
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Sounds like a bit of an overreaction.
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NGL: expected Florida, not Indonesia.
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Man stabbed to death in
debate over whether chicken or egg came firstalcohol fueled argument.
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What The Actual Fuck is wrong with people?
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A riddle game ending up in the sore loser trying to kill the winner…that’s only a good story if a convenient ring saves the winner.
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Would knock-knock jokes be safer?
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Afraid not. Some wit inevitably goes for “orange” or “interrupting cow” and the knives come out.
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The study of this subject is called paleoöööntology, btw.
(Joke due to Theodore Sturgeon? Or was it Thomas Pynchon? One of those.)
I see what you did there
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You do? I guess I don’t. What did I miss? I just meant that as a 100% serious comment.
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I was guessing you were working “ova” into it intentionally!
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Eggs. Eggs came first.
Proto-chicken laid an egg with a chicken in.
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I was not.
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spotted the (fellow) student of Latin (and often Greek) roots.
in passing (out): probably the most generally useful ‘distribution credit’ class i took prior to a career in science was one in Latin/Greek roots (amazon link to textbook). amazing how many times i got through exams, undeservedly impressed colleagues, and answered questions in lectures just via the virtue of being able to quickly decode fine fellows such as: splanchnocranium, macula purpura, sesquioxide bimalate …
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Maybe not consciously… 
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Egg-layers existed loooong before chickens made the scene. XD
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Nope, the chicken was first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg. 
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Stab stab… now I’m on a watchlist somewhere…
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thanks for writing this so I didn’t have to.
It’s not semantics. It’s evolution.
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To quote from Con Air: I’d say a lot.
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