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Is "food" a social construct?
(lemm.ee)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
i love you
Explain. (warning lemmings may get mad)
We define what existence is. We have all collectively agreed that being here in the perceptible world means that something exists. We could choose to include the imaginary in its definition and then would be able to say that dragons and wizards exist. We could also choose to say something has to be present in 4 dimensions to exist, in which case we'd not be able to say that anything exists.
A social construct is simply an idea that has been created and accepted by the people in a society which includes the dictionary itself. I'd also say that these definitions are often useful at allowing us to communicate and cooperate with one another, but that doesn't mean we didn't make up the idea.
Excellent! So what's underneath all this, then? Can something be both real and a social construct? What things aren't social constructs?
If the thing in question is changed, and the only part of us that can directly affect is our opinion, then I would call that a social construction.