<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Semantics on Brambles</title><link>https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/tags/semantics/</link><description>Recent content in Semantics on Brambles</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:42:21 -0700</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/tags/semantics/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Polypaternity</title><link>https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/posts/polyamory/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/posts/polyamory/</guid><description>&lt;p>Here&amp;rsquo;s a satirical take on polypaternity, parodying the concept of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory">polyamory&lt;/a>.&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Suppose your relationship with your dad is loving but falls short of idyllic expectations.
This isn&amp;rsquo;t attributable to paternity uncertainty; he is your biological dad, sharing 50% of his DNA.&lt;sup id="fnref:1">&lt;a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1&lt;/a>&lt;/sup>
So what do you do? You obviously have only two options:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>Work through existing conflicts with your dad to improve your relationship.&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Abandon the pursuit of expansive satisfaction and contentment with one dad figure, instead seeking to fill the void with multiple dad figures.&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;p>Note that the belief that a single dad can never suffice is potentially self-fulfilling. The more firmly you hold this belief, the more likely you normalize and accept a mediocre relationship, allowing it to remain unimproved.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Fiber is not necessarily fibrous</title><link>https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/posts/fiber-is-not-fibrous/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://brambles.joshuapritikin.com/posts/fiber-is-not-fibrous/</guid><description>&lt;p>In nutrition science, the word &lt;em>fiber&lt;/em> refers to the type of
carbohydrate that the body can&amp;rsquo;t digest. This definition of fiber
is so different from the kind of fiber found in many plants that
they might as well be completely different words.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&amp;lt;&amp;mdash;&amp;gt;&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Coconut coir fibers are obtained from the outermost layer of the husk.
They are typically light brown in color, durable, and resistant to
water.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;img src="coconut-coir.webp" alt="coconut coir" />&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>