The killer almost had me, but I learned in self-defense class that “poisonous [organism]” only inherently means ingested in colloquial usage and that venoms are more properly a subset of toxins (naturally-occurring poisons) which are a subset of poisons. Consequently, it’s like the killer showed me a square and called it a quadrilateral: I’m too pedantic to be affected.
If you’re too pedantic, wouldn’t you want to share this knowledge with the killer or at least confirm that he used the term with the proper knowledge and not because of a mistake?
The killer almost had me, but I learned in self-defense class that “poisonous [organism]” only inherently means ingested in colloquial usage and that venoms are more properly a subset of toxins (naturally-occurring poisons) which are a subset of poisons. Consequently, it’s like the killer showed me a square and called it a quadrilateral: I’m too pedantic to be affected.
Oh my god I thought I was the only one banging this drum
If you’re too pedantic, wouldn’t you want to share this knowledge with the killer or at least confirm that he used the term with the proper knowledge and not because of a mistake?