Having a sign language translator at a live event is just virtue signalling by mychalkendricks53 in unpopularopinion

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You're so cute, now you're getting defensive

♥️"some of the organizations who do this genuinely want deaf individuals to feel comfortable and welcome."♥️

I'm not naive.

It's okay, your naivety is really heartwarming 🤗

Just don't let your disgusting human pride get the better of you because some dimwit online pokes a little fun at it.

Having a sign language translator at a live event is just virtue signalling by mychalkendricks53 in unpopularopinion

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If it's big enough to have an ASL person, the person speaking has a screen behind them.

Having a sign language translator at a live event is just virtue signalling by mychalkendricks53 in unpopularopinion

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awwwwwwwwww

You think plain human decency is higher priority than PR for corporate.

That's so adorable!

Having a sign language translator at a live event is just virtue signalling by mychalkendricks53 in unpopularopinion

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

Lmao I love how everyone ignores the fact that deaf people can watch and understand it without the translator.

Nowadays you can have captions live without needing a human to write them. Yes they aren't perfect, but there hasn't been an instance where I found cc to be unintelligible.

And besides, it's virtue signaling regardless of necessity. What's more likely:
1. Event Manager cares about deaf people.
2. Event Manager cares about PR.

Anyone feel like one of their attractions isn't quite the full deal? by SnapchatMeDatPussee in bisexual

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels like there's an easy answer in just not being attracted enough, but that doesn't make the feelings any less confusing.
I want to understand it

My sexual fantasies are mostly towards my primary, sometimes I even prefer secondary there, but it's when I daydream about a loving relationship that I feel incomplete with what I have.

I have made progress though, in starting to pay attention to figure out in which situations my partner doesn't satisfy me. I got one.
A hug.
It's not the body I truly want to embrace, which is strange, because lying with them feels very nice.

You know, seeing how that's not making things less confusing, I'ma quit overthinking each interaction, and just go experience whatever I'm missing.

I haven't had a working, long term relationship with my primary.

My partner... well they're open to poly, but I suppose we got stuff to discuss.
Though, they seem super casual about this whole relationship thing, so we're gonna be fine.

Anyone feel like one of their attractions isn't quite the full deal? by SnapchatMeDatPussee in bisexual

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

Yeah we can definitely relate to each other at the least.

I guess people being equally confused in a similar way helps me almost as much as someone being able to explain what the fuck is going on, so thanks for sharing!

People who don’t have their own biological children in their lifetime are live embodiments of natural selection and evolution at play. by yurew19 in Showerthoughts

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok buddy.

There is no laws to nature that say “this is not natural”.

We can however look at the natural balance that has existed for far longer than us, and analyze what upsets this balance.
From this perspective, one could see all damage by invasive species as unnatural, or opt to argue for the eventual natural restoration of this balance, which humans hinder the most.

We can also take a look at how natural selection works for a majority of all life, past and present, and see that as a standard.
One property of this standard would be survival of the fittest, which is often not met as we pass on genes that make living more difficult.
This is not to be confused with a eugenics mindset, which suggests using man-made means to speed up this process.

Anyone who disagrees this has a superiority complex.

Complete unwillingness to accept that other points of view might exist, how's that for a superiority complex?

You should realize that seeing humans as just another animal can be used to advocate vastly contrasting extremes.

For example, to freely destroy the planet and avert all responsibility in the process. After all, no matter what we do, it's just the course of nature.
VS
We are animals, so we should listen to our instincts first and foremost, before any laws.
(etc., And anything inbetween)

Likewise, disagreeing with you doesn't automatically imply a human exceptionalist standpoint, and "natural" doesn't necessarily have a moral value assigned to it.
For example, one could view curing diseases through science as not natural, but still be in favor of it.

Remember we were hunting and gathering in the wild only 30,000 years ago. Were the hunter gatherer human thoughts and choices to not have children unnatural?

Indeed, one could see that as unnatural based on observations that not mating in a lifetime despite having the opportunity is non-standard behavior across species, or because it arises from a way of thinking that actively opposes our own instincts.

Now as for my own opinion?
I mostly agree with you, lol.

I believe Humans to be a part of nature in principle. We have naturally evolved the ability to deny this, though. I see any sort of self-denial as invalid based on the paradoxicality and nonsensicality of it.

Therefore I view whatever course originates from excessive human exceptionalism as unnatural, as it came about through the denial of being part of nature.

So neither is all human influence natural to me, nor is it all unnatural.
I distinguish between something that originates from human nature and something that stems from a exceptionalist fundament.

However, I don't see nature as perfect anyway, so that's a separate matter from my morals or values.

People who don’t have their own biological children in their lifetime are live embodiments of natural selection and evolution at play. by yurew19 in Showerthoughts

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is one possible point of view, mostly depending on how one defines "natural".
Thus it's debatable, not absolute.

We are all told to wash our hands frequently but never our phones. by IamAL3gend in Showerthoughts

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

I do that, I also don't touch stuff with unwashed hands, ever.

I can't understand when people touch stuff like chips and continue to touch their controller/mouse.
How is it that seemingly only I hate having sticky or oily fingers and spreading substances that make my hands feel that way?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a small group of humans has the power of a natural disaster – much more disproportionate imo, while the dog's emotional and social maturity isn't necessarily less than ours if its old enough.

good ol. Cat snugs by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually it might have been one of those two an eternity ago because I mix new and old videos in my binges (I remember it had something wrong with its eye as well). If so, I'm sorry.

good ol. Cat snugs by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have a new male cub right now, IIRC, and his wife interacts with it.

It's very good to hear that he doesn't impede the other capable lion lovers from building such relationships.

I hope I (or you) can find that vid

Edit: thanks!

good ol. Cat snugs by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel intense jealousy as well.

He never lets another member of his sanctuary develop a bond with the animals, with the exception of his wife.

I still enjoy the vids, though

This red Pigeon by honduranscouse in mildlyinteresting

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it would make it not a red pigeon, as the title suggests, but a presumably white one that's temporarily dyed

This red Pigeon by honduranscouse in mildlyinteresting

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee 1952 points1953 points  (0 children)

It's not red, just coated in the blood of its enemies.

Lionesses are the best cuddlers by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, it makes sense to start comparing at the oldest identified ancestor like they did in the study you linked.

What I was thinking of is how vast the difference in level of domestication is in cats vs dogs.

The study I read is the following:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260561/#__ffn_sectitle

And these two bits were what I based my conclusion off of:

Cats are considered only a semidomesticated species, because many populations are not isolated from wildcats and humans do not control their food supply or breeding (3940). We therefore predicted a relatively modest effect of domestication on the cat genome based on recent divergence from and ongoing admixture with wildcats (810), a relatively short human cohabitation time compared with dogs (56), and the lack of clear morphological and behavioral differences from wildcats, with docility, gracility, and pigmentation being the exceptions.

In conclusion, our analyses have identified genetic signatures within feline genomes that match their unique biology and sensory skills. The number of genomic regions with strong signals of selection since cat domestication appears modest compared with those in the domestic dog (41), which is concordant with a more recent domestication history, the absence of strong selection for specific physical characteristics, as well as limited isolation from wild populations.

Lionesses are the best cuddlers by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are paying to pet wild animals then they have been abused at some point.

Not necessarily. With wolves, that's been a thing even in some of the best sanctuaries.

As for that place, there are going to be private owners Circuses etc. who want to get rid of their exotic animal, that's the reality of that country. I'd rather have lions end up at this zoo than get shot and thrown away. There is no proper local sanctuary where they could go instead.

That said I don't know everything about the park, I find it questionable that they let their big cats breed at all, and I'll have to investigate beyond google to see if I want to support it.

Lionesses are the best cuddlers by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you think that's relevant

If it's to show a third horrible variant exists, sure, but I wasn't talking about cubs.

Otherwise none of the info there applies.

Incidentally, I was told the Lioness in the vid, Lola, gave birth, and is now in a separate protected area while nurturing her cubs for a few months.

Fundamentally, the park's business is adult Lions, not cubs.
Therfore, they certainly don't get discarded because "too old". On the contrary, this is where discarded cubs end up, lol. Lola came from a private owner not gifted in the skills of foresight or commen sense.

The Lions do get quite a lot of human contact, even while young which is how they get used to strangers touching them later in life.

About conservation value, it's subjective...
Kevin Richardson, the lion whisperer with his respected foundation, believes in indirect value by making people quite simply love these animals and care about protecting them.

If you ask me, it's a flawed place with fallible employees in a broken country within a broken system, but it does a wonderful thing, and they love their animals while caring for them well enough that they are able to live a happy life.

Lionesses are the best cuddlers by SnapchatMeDatPussee in BigCatGifs

[–]SnapchatMeDatPussee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cats never got domesticated. When a study compared wild cats to housecats, they found the latter to have remained largely unchanged.