Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChuck Schumer indeed sucks, but it concerns me that nobody is asking why Peter Thiel's mouthpiece is the Dem leading calls for him to step down.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1imageChuck Schumer indeed sucks, but it concerns me that nobody is asking why Peter Thiel's mouthpiece is the Dem leading calls for him to step down.sh.itjust.worksBasic Glitch@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoYou definitely lost the metaphor here. Salt does not negate or in any way cover bitter flavors.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYou obviously don’t know how salt works. https://www.nature.com/articles/42388 Besides, the actual origin of “take with a grain of salt” comes from Pliny the Elder, who believed salt to be part of a cure for poison. His actual words were “addito salis grano” or add a grain of salt. He believed this because salt suppresses bitter flavors and most poisonous things taste fairly bitter. The phase “cum grano salis” or with a grain of salt, then entered latin, and eventually a few other languages.
You definitely lost the metaphor here. Salt does not negate or in any way cover bitter flavors.
You obviously don’t know how salt works.
https://www.nature.com/articles/42388
Besides, the actual origin of “take with a grain of salt” comes from Pliny the Elder, who believed salt to be part of a cure for poison.
His actual words were “addito salis grano” or add a grain of salt.
He believed this because salt suppresses bitter flavors and most poisonous things taste fairly bitter.
The phase “cum grano salis” or with a grain of salt, then entered latin, and eventually a few other languages.