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Hard one.

WTF @lemmy.wtf Meldrik @lemmy.wtf 3 mo. ago

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- I know, right? Fuckin' "whilst"?!
  
  Ew.
- Just when you thought it wouldn't get better ... it got better.
Lol just kept getting worse
On an animal it's called a necropsy..
- Actually, a long time ago, I was told it was supposed to be called necropsy also in humans. Necro = dead.
  
  Autopsy would mean you’re doing the exam on yourself.
  
  I don’t know why it stayed autopsy. Maybe it’s like “atom”, meaning “indivisible”.
  
  Humans (as a species) dissecting themselves?
- Thanks!
  
  TIL who to avoid at the comedy club!
  
  Hehehe I'm fun at parties too.
  
  RubberDuck isn't actually a professional stand-up comedian though.
- Yeah but most people don't know that and if they phrased it that way it spoils the joke where details keep getting revealed one by one and it gets worse
- Why is there a name for this???
  
  It helps differentiating between doing it on humans and animals. And sometimes you want to know what killed an animal too.
Nice try, but the "auto" in autopsy refers to working on the body of the same species as oneself, when a human inspects a dead human.

EDIT: this is actually incorrect, etymologically it means witnessing something with the own eyes, from the Greek language, see answer below.

When working on a different species, like an animal, it's called a necropsy.
- Don't run the joke
  
  But I love pedantry.
  
  Too late.
- Makes the joke even better implying they have a fursona
- If you are serious, it originally means "an eye-witnessing, a seeing for oneself". Referring exclusively to dead bodies came later.
  
  Damn you're right, I stand corrected!
  
  The explanation I gave came from my teacher at the university in my linguistics class, better double check everything I guess!
- Oh damn I learned a new thing today. Necropsy sounds sick as hell
Well constructed.
If it's good enough, I smoke.

Then after the air has cleared, I have a cigarette.
Hard one? Yes, I am.
Haha, sex with dead animal, magnificent
- It's not political propaganda or bigotry masquerading. If you don't like the joke you can just walk away.
  
  👍🏻
Where my head went with "autopsy".
Apologize. What else?
I'll let You know.
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