this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love how it's logical, but untrue. A tree might have been planted in 1950 or 2000 but be the same "age" if both were cut after 10 years

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Good point I didn't even think about the fact you might ask the age of a cut tree which might have not been cut recently.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is it still a tree if it's been cut down? at what point does it become simply wood?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In some languages, the word for "tree" and the word for "wood" are the same.