The Wilderness

A doll youtuber I watch has made a video about the history of Polly Pocket, and she's describing the plots of the dvd specials, one of which features an elderly woman named Ms. Throckmorton, and my reaction was

Has anyone seen the giraffe lamp at ikea

Hes allowed on the table

Were watching sumo together

Here imea giraffe lamp, it's your turn on the donkey kong

hmm i will maybe touch you but i am not committed

Full Metal Touch You Bitch

So, not infrequently in philosophy you'll have a debate with someone, go back and forth for hours, and eventually realize... you don't actually disagree on any point other than the definition of a word or two. Your actual positions are the same, you're just calling them something different. You see this a lot in some of the slipperier areas of metaphysics, like in debates over free will. But it's everywhere.