“What came first, the chicken or the egg?”
“The egg.”
“Why?”
“Birds evolved from reptiles, and reptiles lay eggs.”
“What?”
“I mean ‘egg’ in the general sense. If you’re making distinctions like ‘hard-shelled egg’ as opposed to a soft- or rubbery-shelled egg, then I don’t really know enough about the evolution of eggs to give you a good answer. But I image it gets even more complicated as a discussion cause where do you draw the line? Do fish eggs floating in the ocean with a semi-permeable layer of mucus count? Because the answer would still be ‘egg’.”
“That’s… not the point of the question.”
“I know, it’s about the philosophical question of what comes first in a lineage of incrementally changing but reproducing organisms, culture, other… things.”
“Ok, so if you knew what I was asking, then why did you answer wrong?”
“Because the answer you want is boring.”
“Okay…-”
“What came first, the chicken of the egg? One person says egg, the other person talks about how it could also be chicken because of x, y, or z reason, and then both shake hands talking about how smart and philosophical they are.”
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“It’s the basic pop philosophy question and answer everyone is used to – but you know what’s actually interesting is what literally came first, the chicken or the egg.”
“… The point of the question is to see how the other person answers the question.”
“And what did my answer tell you.”
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“What?”
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“Are you annoyed?”
“No.”
“I can tell you’re annoyed. Why are you annoyed?”
“I wasn’t annoyed but now you asking me if I’m annoyed is making me annoyed.”
“Oh. Okay, I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine.”
“Okay. Sorry”
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“ What came first?”
“ …What?”
“What came first, the chicken or the egg?”
“I don’t know, the chicken.”
“Why?”
“Because it laid the egg, okay, I don’t know.”
“Ok, but like, you asked the question and I answered-” “I know!” “-so why are you mad?”
“I don’t know, okay!?”
“…”
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“Okay.”
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“I’m going to go shower.”
“Okay. Have a good shower.”
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