I always thought pemdas was more like P/E/MD/AS with MD and AS occurring left to right
I always thought pemdas was more like P/E/MD/AS with MD and AS occurring left to right
Honestly? Fair point. I find it hard to not extend this to animals but it most likely isn’t something animals consider at all. I mean, dogs likely all have William’s Syndrome, so they are happy with how we treat them in most scenarios. But owning animals I think leads to a lot of secondary animal cruelty caused by breeders and abandoned pets.
Part of how I think about this is that the demand people have for owning animals creates the demand for breeders to make them. Simply not wanting pets would doom less to this fate.
Of course, this perspective is too reductive to capture what’s really going on in reality. But I suspect it could prevent a good bit of animal harm.
Well, do they own the animals or not? I think ownership of other animals is part of my core issue.
Owning the animals, then calling it another name is worse in my view. Especially animal friends, I think owning another living thing but calling it your friend is the foundation of a unhealthy relationship. You purchased the animal. I do not have friendships that begin with buying them.
Sure, but I still think “well it evolved this way” doesn’t make something moral. A simple counterargument is that approach shouldn’t allow vaccines or clean water because we we didn’t evolve in the context of those things. I know this isn’t the argument you are trying to make, but I think the context in which we evolved to have a relationship with dogs is not beyond scrutiny in contemporary times. I think we have an extensive history with our pets, but the benefits of that relationship are no longer present, (except for the pets which do find success is passing on their genes, though that is mostly controlled). There may be a case that owning pets allows people to be more successful in reproducing but I do not think it is a requirement.
Most people I know pick the dog they want to own based on how it looks. So it is an aesthetic decision that determines the life of the animal. I think this is where a lot of my issue with pet ownership derives. In a very trite way, the relationship is “this dog looks very cute, I want to own it”. Then this relationship is extended in a way to try to make it akin to a friendship. It is a different kind of relationship and ought to be treated as such. If someone tried to be friends with someone that they owned, I would find it disturbing.
I know I’m in an extreme minority here but I think that’s what the post was looking for!
I thought this thread was for hot takes 😉
If we are making evolutionary arguments, I find dogs that have been bred in such a way that they commonly die from cancer or heart disease in 10 years to be exotic. But they certainly are successful in passing on their genes, so it is an increase in fitness. But at what cost?
I also do not think that something evolving to be a certain way makes it a moral choice.
Owning pets is not moral and I think it’s strange how normalized it is to have pets
Overnight oats. Look up recipes, but you mix stuff together the night before and just eat it with a spoon out of the jar the next day. For optimizing the morning routine, nothing is simpler.
When I proposed, I went to a local jeweler and we talked through what kind of stones to use. We went with a beautiful sapphire that has a number of different colors in it.
I use Zotero, which is open source, and sync it between my devices using syncthing. I know this may not be considered self-hosted by some, but it does put you in charge of your data.
I use Greek yogurt and a bit of honey. Eventually you may not need the honey if you are trying to reduce the added sugar.
I find the texture is better if I let the muesli sit in th3 yogurt for 30 mins or so
I LOVE banana flavored stuff. When I say this, people will often say “even banana flavored Laffy Taffy?”. Yes, that’s the best flavor and it’s not even close.
When my friends does this I’ll say “I didn’t know you had color ID!!!”
I think mine must be a cat. Because I don’t care for cats. Or dogs, really.
I use the fork of OpenBoard that has swiping which is pretty good. https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard
I’m working on my PhD in Immunology, and seeing how many people are going back for their MBA worries me! I hope it wasn’t because you couldn’t find a job you liked.
I’m convinced anyone who doesn’t say emacs is simply just more productive than me
Big fan of Togekiss. I know it’s not exactly great, but I had a good run in my local meta running a serene grace Togekiss special sweep. Good times
Nothing can beat the baseball stat TOOTBLAN
Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop