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Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by miroljub on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @12:25PM (#44890515)
So, this joke works only for natives who know that calf is not cow.
Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by jon_richards on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @01:45PM (#44891494)
I guess a more accessible version would be toast… what do you put in a toaster?
Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by Terretta on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:34PM (#44894134)
Here's one for you:

A funny riddle is a j-o-k-e that sounds like “joke”.

You sit in the tub for an s-o-a-k that sounds like “soak”.

So how do you spell the white of an egg?

// All of these prove humans are subject to "context priming".

Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by kelnos on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @08:14PM (#44895422)
My brain said "y" and then I caught myself. Well done!

(I suppose my context was primed both by your brain-teaser, and also the fact that we've been talking about these sorts of things. If you'd said this to me out of the blue, I probably would have spelled out all of "yolk" and thought it was correct.)

Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by lazide on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:48PM (#44894257)
Notably, this comment kinda broke my brain for a good 5 seconds. Good work.
Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by lazide on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @01:34PM (#44891334)
Well, it works because by some common usages, a calf is a cow.

Many people use cow to mean all bovines, even if technically not correct.

Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by Terretta on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:37PM (#44894153)
Not trying to steer this but do people really use cow to mean bull?
Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by aaronbaugher on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:41PM (#44894192)
No one who knows anything about cattle does, but that leaves out a lot of people these days. Polls have found people who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows, and I've heard people say they've successfully gone "cow tipping," so there's a lot of cluelessness out there.
Re:[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everyt... by miroljub on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:44AM (#44940533)
> Many people use cow to mean all bovines, even if technically not correct.

Come on now :0

I just complained non-natives would have a problem distinguishing between a cow and a calf, and you had to bring those bovines.

To make it easier, would just drop that in my native language, the correct term for bovine is more used to describe people with certain character, that animal kind.