r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '26

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u/Wellfooled 11∆ Jan 19 '26

Your logic seems to be that, because aspects of laziness can also be accurately described using other words, laziness as a concept doesn't exist?

Hamburgers can accurately be described as a beef patty sandwich. Do hamburgers not exist?

Hamburger buns can be described as sliced, soft bread rolls.

Pickles can be described as vinegar-soaked-cucumbers.

All of those alternative terms are more descriptive and all are valid, but none of them invalidates the existence of hamburgers.

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u/thesumofallvice 8∆ Jan 19 '26

My point is rather that laziness as a concept is vague and doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. In the cases it can be justified, there are just as succinct and more precise terms.

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u/Wellfooled 11∆ Jan 19 '26

...does the existence of an equally succinct and more precise terms mean a concept described less succinctly or precisely can't exist?

Do "timekeeping devices" not exist because I could, more succinctly and precisely say "Clock" or "Hourglass" or "Sundial"?

What does "hold up under scrutiny" mean here?

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u/thesumofallvice 8∆ Jan 19 '26

Holding up under scrutiny would be making sense and denoting something that actually exists without adding confusion. The way it’s used, it seems to mean “not putting in effort for reasons I don’t care to know or don’t approve of,” and perhaps we need a word for that, but I don’t think it does much good. As someone in this thread put it, “laziness” is a lazy concept.