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Showerthoughts

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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Technically they're littermates...

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why not just call them a brood while your at it? It's because we're humans, and we don't like to be reminded that we're all just one worldwide catastrophe away from reverting back to savage animals.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

World wide catashtrophy more like 3 warm meals

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

If everybody skipped 3 meals at once that would be a global catastrophe

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Because then if your twin children got into a fight whilst cutting out paper star decorations you would get to say its star craft brood war.