RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down14
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareArugulaZ@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down6·3 months agoJoke’s on you! Humans will be extinct by 2531. Maybe by 2031 if Trump becomes president again.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down19·3 months agoThat doesn’t contradict the original statement
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down13·edit-23 months ago“Every person in Japan will be called Sato.” In formal logic, this is equivalent to “There is no person in Japan not called Sato.” Since there are no people, no one is not called Sato, and therefore every person is called Sato. Every person is also called Steve. Or Klaus. Edit: once you take the second part of the headline about the marriage law into account you’re right, my bad -
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·3 months agoI volunteer to marry there, and help avert this catastrophe, even a little bit.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoFor one, there is no legal requirement that a Japanese partner take the name of their foreign spouse (in fact, it’s basically the exception to the rule that all married couples must have the same surname).
Joke’s on you! Humans will be extinct by 2531. Maybe by 2031 if Trump becomes president again.
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That doesn’t contradict the original statement
But it does though
“Every person in Japan will be called Sato.”
In formal logic, this is equivalent to
“There is no person in Japan not called Sato.”
Since there are no people, no one is not called Sato, and therefore every person is called Sato. Every person is also called Steve. Or Klaus.
Edit: once you take the second part of the headline about the marriage law into account you’re right, my bad -
I volunteer to marry there, and help avert this catastrophe, even a little bit.
For one, there is no legal requirement that a Japanese partner take the name of their foreign spouse (in fact, it’s basically the exception to the rule that all married couples must have the same surname).