if you own fish that are not in your fishfarm or in your freezer then frankly, I don't understand your way of life
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
Like, the basic stuff isn't really an issue. They are already really chill creatures. But to be domesticated in a way that is compatible with the modern urban family? That takes more work. Like the digestive track of a red panda is fucking tiny, so you'd want to basically work towards getting it to eliminate like a cat in a litter box.
Six generations before they added a category that captured the ones they considered the most tame, ten generations before 18% of the progeny were in that category, twenty generations it was 35%
So it's doable, it'll just be your life's work
go with god, my child
red pandas hit sexual maturity around 18 months
u could polish off six generations r33l fast
I would do the maths here but I am terrible at maths
I don't trust a pet that was born before me and will die long after me. I'm just a roadbump to them.
I'm fine with turtles.
Tortoises, though
Your glasses will tell it who's boss.
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
And then there is the fact that a lot of people are bad pet owners, and work to prevent them from overriding generations of breeding by being shitty owners.
people who attribute an incredibly broad range of human emotions to their newts and geckos: serial killers or potential serial killers
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Scheck, be our red panda eugenics hitler. Breed thousands by force, discard the undesirable ones. We will hunt you down in the end but you will have done the world a great service.
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people who own birds are like a half-rung above people who own reptiles.
probably a full rung below people who own fish.
Personality-wise, I've met some interesting birds. But they still shit everywhere, all the time. Birds are just like cats and dogs, but incontinent, and small.
and fragile, and incapable of giving anything but the barest of fucks of who you are
my cats give a shit about me
they don't give as much a shit about me as say
a dog would
but
certainly a lot more than a fucking bird
and that lack of a relationship makes birds, reptiles, fish, etc. barely pets at all
they're high maintenance decorations that happen to be alive
like houseplants that require more work
Some birds actually can develop deep relationships with people. Usually the freaky smart ones. So this isn't really 100% true.
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simonwolfi can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered Userregular
I feel like you would need to handle the early stages of red panda ownership the way China does it
all the red pandas are still technically the property of the Feral Cinders Corp, any cubs would also be property, etc
note here that these people are distinct from those who own guinea pigs and hamsters and gerbils
rat girls are their own odd type of human beings, i think
I had a rat as a kid. I mostly got it because another family we knew had one.
Ours wasn't terribly good about being out of her cage, she'd crap everywhere. But otherwise it was fun feeding her and seeing her run around in the wheel. The cats didn't seem to pay her much mind so that was good. She loved to go to sleep in old socks. I'd share popcorn with her when I had it, she really liked it. And few things are more adorable than a rat licking your finger. She only lived a few years. I took the death pretty hard.
A couple of years later a science teacher kept a rat for a classroom pet. Every weekend she'd let a student take it home. I got to do that two or three times. It was a pretty big rat and was much better about being out of her aquarium.
Have it just lazily saunter around my apartment. We would watch tv shows together. I would occasionally have to stuff it's weiner back up in it. Cus sometimes they get stuck out. Poor guys
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people who attribute an incredibly broad range of human emotions to their newts and geckos: serial killers or potential serial killers
Either way it's super weird. Flip them over and rub their bellies. "Aww he likes it"
"Sorry to pull a youtube animal video comment on you bro but I am pretty sure it is blacking out due to its physiology and not getting enjoyment out of a belly rub."
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Scheck, be our red panda eugenics hitler. Breed thousands by force, discard the undesirable ones. We will hunt you down in the end but you will have done the world a great service.
but wen u find me i will be guarded by a crack team of red pandas armed to the teeth
people who own birds are like a half-rung above people who own reptiles.
probably a full rung below people who own fish.
Personality-wise, I've met some interesting birds. But they still shit everywhere, all the time. Birds are just like cats and dogs, but incontinent, and small.
and fragile, and incapable of giving anything but the barest of fucks of who you are
my cats give a shit about me
they don't give as much a shit about me as say
a dog would
but
certainly a lot more than a fucking bird
and that lack of a relationship makes birds, reptiles, fish, etc. barely pets at all
they're high maintenance decorations that happen to be alive
like houseplants that require more work
Some birds actually can develop deep relationships with people. Usually the freaky smart ones. So this isn't really 100% true.
I'm sure there's like, really super smart african grey parrots or whatever out there that can do this but your aunt gertrude's pet cockatiel? no
so 100%? no maybe not but as a generality yes
like there's also really really smart rodents too
doesn't change the by and large of rodents or rodent owners
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Irond WillWARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!!Cambridge. MAModeratorMod Emeritus
people who own birds are like a half-rung above people who own reptiles.
probably a full rung below people who own fish.
Personality-wise, I've met some interesting birds. But they still shit everywhere, all the time. Birds are just like cats and dogs, but incontinent, and small.
and fragile, and incapable of giving anything but the barest of fucks of who you are
my cats give a shit about me
they don't give as much a shit about me as say
a dog would
but
certainly a lot more than a fucking bird
and that lack of a relationship makes birds, reptiles, fish, etc. barely pets at all
they're high maintenance decorations that happen to be alive
like houseplants that require more work
Some birds actually can develop deep relationships with people. Usually the freaky smart ones. So this isn't really 100% true.
I'm sure there's like, really super smart african grey parrots or whatever out there that can do this but your aunt gertrude's pet cockatiel? no
so 100%? no maybe not but as a generality yes
like there's also really really smart rodents too
doesn't change the by and large of rodents or rodent owners
I think some of the more social birds can as well. Dog levels? Probably not. But I think cockatoos can. I would have to dig up some more info on it.
I knew one person with birds in my life. They would follow him around his house and sit on his shoulders. They also hated me.
Scheck, be our red panda eugenics hitler. Breed thousands by force, discard the undesirable ones. We will hunt you down in the end but you will have done the world a great service.
but wen u find me i will be guarded by a crack team of red pandas armed to the teeth
the time of man has cum 2 a close
i was there 30 years from now when the strength of men will fail
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simonwolfi can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered Userregular
Will how is your dog, the one named after your favourite anime
I feel like you would need to handle the early stages of red panda ownership the way China does it
all the red pandas are still technically the property of the Feral Cinders Corp, any cubs would also be property, etc
More like forced sterilization for the animals used as pets for the first few generations after "domestication." That way we can make sure individuals shortfalls as owners don't spread.
to me, a pet is a companion. you interact with it. it interacts with you. it knows you, you form a relationship with it. it cares about who you are and you care about it. your experience and relationship with your pet is unique to you and your pet.
a cat is a pet
a dog is a pet
a potbellied pig is a pet
heck even a ferret is a pet
fish? fish are decorations, dude
snakes are decorations
arachnids are decorations
they're in the same class of things as houseplants; they're alive, sure, but they're not pets. They're conversation pieces. They're incapable of acknowledging your existence or returning any affection given or having any kind of relationship with you. they're not pets.
in like 130 years will we have neuro-sympathetic vocalizers that allow dolphins to speak at the level of 8 year old human beings
will we be history's greatest monsters
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my college roommate had a ferret. he kept it in his closet.
ferrets are nocturnal, so when we went to sleep he'd turn a light on in his closet and shut the door.
during the day he'd mostly neglect it. ferrets are naturally smelly creatures and this one struck me as especially smelly. it shat literally everywhere - its cage was just choked with ferret shit and he'd let it out of its cage and it would hide shits everywhere in the room. it would open and creep into drawers and shit in them. it would shit in shoes. if you left clothes on the floor it would shit on your clothes. it would shit on your pillow. it would shit under your pillow.
and ferret shit aren't cute little pellets like rabbits or gerbils or even rats. ferrets are related to bears and badgers and they produce big squirty poos that form piles not really unlike little diarrhea muffins.
i have no idea what happened to that ferret. at some point my roommate no longer had a ferret. it was named nimh.
in like 130 years will we have neuro-sympathetic vocalizers that allow dolphins to speak at the level of 8 year old human beings
will we be history's greatest monsters
a twee little voice coming from the tank
"hey can you get me a baby seal so I can fuck it to death pleeeeeease man it's been so long since I raped something to death why you gotta be like this I thought we were friends"
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u probably need tan...
I'm fine with turtles.
Tortoises, though
fk those guys
Your glasses will tell it who's boss.
what? bro aquariums are cool! don't put us so close to them reptile owners
Some birds actually can develop deep relationships with people. Usually the freaky smart ones. So this isn't really 100% true.
all the red pandas are still technically the property of the Feral Cinders Corp, any cubs would also be property, etc
she says hi and stuff
I had a rat as a kid. I mostly got it because another family we knew had one.
Ours wasn't terribly good about being out of her cage, she'd crap everywhere. But otherwise it was fun feeding her and seeing her run around in the wheel. The cats didn't seem to pay her much mind so that was good. She loved to go to sleep in old socks. I'd share popcorn with her when I had it, she really liked it. And few things are more adorable than a rat licking your finger. She only lived a few years. I took the death pretty hard.
A couple of years later a science teacher kept a rat for a classroom pet. Every weekend she'd let a student take it home. I got to do that two or three times. It was a pretty big rat and was much better about being out of her aquarium.
They have thumbs.
I had no idea just how old gerbils got until recently. My parents had replaced them in our sleep whenever they died.
They would be a cool pet.
Have it just lazily saunter around my apartment. We would watch tv shows together. I would occasionally have to stuff it's weiner back up in it. Cus sometimes they get stuck out. Poor guys
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Either way it's super weird. Flip them over and rub their bellies. "Aww he likes it"
"Sorry to pull a youtube animal video comment on you bro but I am pretty sure it is blacking out due to its physiology and not getting enjoyment out of a belly rub."
but wen u find me i will be guarded by a crack team of red pandas armed to the teeth
the time of man has cum 2 a close
I'm sure there's like, really super smart african grey parrots or whatever out there that can do this but your aunt gertrude's pet cockatiel? no
so 100%? no maybe not but as a generality yes
like there's also really really smart rodents too
doesn't change the by and large of rodents or rodent owners
yeah i like looking at them.
they're basically really expensive fussy decorations. i have a hard time thinking about them as pets at all tbh.
some people keep live coral in a tank and i see it as about the same thing. keeping fish is probably closer to gardening than anything else.
so yeah i guess you're right.
I think some of the more social birds can as well. Dog levels? Probably not. But I think cockatoos can. I would have to dig up some more info on it.
I knew one person with birds in my life. They would follow him around his house and sit on his shoulders. They also hated me.
i was there 30 years from now when the strength of men will fail
Fuck rabbits.
More like forced sterilization for the animals used as pets for the first few generations after "domestication." That way we can make sure individuals shortfalls as owners don't spread.
Everyone agree with this.
They could fly around the world and tell me what they see.
Crows are next for the dominant species throne once we kill ourselves off.
Smart, teach their young, solve complex problems and so on.
They are our rivals.
a cat is a pet
a dog is a pet
a potbellied pig is a pet
heck even a ferret is a pet
fish? fish are decorations, dude
snakes are decorations
arachnids are decorations
they're in the same class of things as houseplants; they're alive, sure, but they're not pets. They're conversation pieces. They're incapable of acknowledging your existence or returning any affection given or having any kind of relationship with you. they're not pets.
will we be history's greatest monsters
ferrets are nocturnal, so when we went to sleep he'd turn a light on in his closet and shut the door.
during the day he'd mostly neglect it. ferrets are naturally smelly creatures and this one struck me as especially smelly. it shat literally everywhere - its cage was just choked with ferret shit and he'd let it out of its cage and it would hide shits everywhere in the room. it would open and creep into drawers and shit in them. it would shit in shoes. if you left clothes on the floor it would shit on your clothes. it would shit on your pillow. it would shit under your pillow.
and ferret shit aren't cute little pellets like rabbits or gerbils or even rats. ferrets are related to bears and badgers and they produce big squirty poos that form piles not really unlike little diarrhea muffins.
i have no idea what happened to that ferret. at some point my roommate no longer had a ferret. it was named nimh.
hi how are you went the girl I knew
not good, goes the other one
and I'm thinking like oh hm somebody died. Not a grandparent, no, maybe an uncle? A cousin? Actually it could be her cat.
my fish died she says
and tears up
I can't have been as good at hiding my incredulous expression as I thought since the girl I knew gave me a look
Oh god the entire ocean will be like xbox live with global voice chat enabled.
I wish I knew where that site about crows in Japan was. They are basically becoming bigger, smarter and harder to kill.
Also they use to live next to my first apartment. A murder of about 80. Freaky as fuck.
a twee little voice coming from the tank
"hey can you get me a baby seal so I can fuck it to death pleeeeeease man it's been so long since I raped something to death why you gotta be like this I thought we were friends"