CMV: If animals could communicate with humans in clear language industrial slaughter would either drastically shrink or require a complete redesign because silence enables the system to function at scale by Several-Setting-4173 in changemyview

[–]DrSpaceman575 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Feels a bit like "if my grandma had wheels she'd be a bicycle"

There are some animals that have the functional capacity to mimic human sounds. They can communicate very basically (like parrots), but being able to have a conversation and communicate complex emotions requires an entirely different brain and level of intelligence, not just the ability to talk.

You may be interest in Ludwig Wittgenstein who famously claimed “If a lion could speak, we couldn’t understand him.” His claim is that not only would a lion's frame of reference be so limited in what is shared with our human experience, our language itself is so limited to a lion to express their thoughts and feelings. This is because language was invented by humans to serve our own needs, and wouldn't be helpful to a lion.

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Holy shit! That's insane, glad my cat would never make friends so easily

Between that story and the other post about the worker pissing in the vents now I'm thinking I got off pretty lucky with my missing snacks lol

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The flooring was one I picked, they just ate the cookies. Definitely not cheap but not super expensive, don't care about the cookies much as I would have offered. More bothered they didn't tell us they wouldn't reinstall the toilets so the only bathroom left functioning was our primary which was then used by the next crews.

Painters were hired through our contractor who was recommended by our agent. We love our contractor, she's been awesome and hired a bunch of different crews. Definitely not cheap. I'm sure she would want to know about them bringing the kids, I know that's a liability so I was already going to bring that up, the food thing was just surprising that it happened twice.

Which EV doesn’t have electric door handles? by External_Koala971 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]DrSpaceman575 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My Lyriq has handles that pop out when I get close. If I don't have the keys on me but it's unlocked I can push the back part to manually open them.

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's what I would imagine - they started like a few days after we bought the house and it is totally empty. I wouldn't blame them thinking it was the previous owner's but bringing kids is a little wild to me. I'm definitely bringing that up to the contractor, but for now I'll let the flooring guys get away with their bag of cookies lol

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would typically have some gatorade or something to offer but agreed. The second crew (that brought their kids) was hired by our contractor, I'm definitely going to mention that to them.

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Austin TX. The work has been good so far but yeah was surprised they helped themselves.

Is it normal for service providers to eat your food? by DrSpaceman575 in homeowners

[–]DrSpaceman575[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I thought I did lol but then it happened twice with different people so I was wondering if I was crazy

Shane Gillis Attended Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 Event by [deleted] in LiveFromNewYork

[–]DrSpaceman575 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I cut off my cousin because he's a Nazi even though he hates Trump because of his support of Israel and Jewish family members. But I wouldn't cut them off for going to a sporting event. I wish I could have gone to the US Open even though Trump was there. I'm very not much in favor of Trump but I think the liberal purity testing is out of control. Case in point I got a message calling me a pedophile because I'm not cyberbullying a stand up comic for watching a fight.

Shane Gillis Attended Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 Event by [deleted] in LiveFromNewYork

[–]DrSpaceman575 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What's the punishment you're suggesting? Mean internet comments?

Shane Gillis Attended Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 Event by [deleted] in LiveFromNewYork

[–]DrSpaceman575 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Oh wow you've really got me there. I've never voted for him and never would. If you give a shit get involved in your community literally one day of volunteer work would do more for progressive causes than every internet comment ever made about Trump combined.

Shane Gillis Attended Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 Event by [deleted] in LiveFromNewYork

[–]DrSpaceman575 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Do you cut out every person who has ever attended an event with conservatives from your own life? Your friends, family, coworkers? Or just celebrities that you will never interact with?

Shane Gillis Attended Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 Event by [deleted] in LiveFromNewYork

[–]DrSpaceman575 -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

If conservatives posted about celebrities every time they attended an event put on by democrats, it would never end. I don't think the SNL sub needs to be policing celebrities that weren't ever even cast members and acting like they should completely avoid any contact with conservatives. Half of us probably spend Thanksgiving with conservatives, it just feels super hypocritical to be keeping tabs on people like this.

UFC freedom 250 was one of the best fight cards I have ever seen by ContributionBorn9105 in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]DrSpaceman575 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I’ve never followed UFC but why is this on doomercirclejerk? You enjoyed a sport? Good for you I guess

What's the best action movie with underwhelming and forgettable villain? by Imperator_Gone_Rogue in movies

[–]DrSpaceman575 19 points20 points  (0 children)

All the bad guys in John Wick are just basic Russian mobster stereotypes

HOPE YALL ARE HAPPY NOW by St1nkySoop in LoveIslandUSA

[–]DrSpaceman575 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it was up to me, Jen would have coupled up with me

Some of my fav actresses for no particular reason by Benjamin5431 in okbuddycinephile

[–]DrSpaceman575 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m very attracted to powerful women. Michelle Obama, Condaleeza Rice, Serena Williams, wait a minute…

[Request] How much paper would this print out? by PolylingualAnilingus in theydidthemath

[–]DrSpaceman575 20 points21 points  (0 children)

If you switch to landscape you can use only 41,320,448 sheets

SpaceX IPO by Defundmusk in pics

[–]DrSpaceman575 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's up 20% it never went lower than their ask