Can (Robot or Not? 339)

Listener Niels follows on from the logical question of if a glass can be made of plastic to ponder what makes a can a can.

The Incomparable
@robot I didn’t get a clear understanding of why you think a soda can isn’t a can. What’s the difference?
@robot I’m old enough to remember when a can was a glass jar.
@robot A plastic container made to look like an aluminum can? That would so closely resemble the real thing I think I would find it unnerving. There should be a term for that…
@WhollySchmidt @robot oh this wins today’s sharpest post award. And it made me chuckle which is always well appreciated. Well played…. Very well played 😀
@robot I always figured a can was a shape not a material (see other message). So anything that shape is a can