Comment on I must con(FeS₂), this sparked a laugh

Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder if there’s any animals who see crystals in nature and think “wow that’s a really cool rock”.

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  • laz@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Birds definitely think this. My local Magpies have definitely attempted bribery with cool rocks and shiny discarded human objects

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  • Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Without a doubt. It would be weirder if there weren’t.

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• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  what is ‘natural’ life, being a sustenance farmer, and dying of starvation if you have a bad harvest?

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  • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agriculture is already somewhat unnatural, so I guess a “natural” life would be hunter gatherers.

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you trying to say that we don’t follow the laws of nature? That our activities are supernatural?

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      • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Buddy, what is natural about me, a person who has never met you, talking to you, a person I have never met. How the hell doss that make any sense. Fuckin’ superpowers m8. All up in this gadget.

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      • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Somewhat yes, nature usually tries to adapt to the environment, we are adapting the environment to us.

        I haven’t seen any other animal building roads and factories and cities.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is why I prefer the word synthetic and define around that.

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    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      oh I see, so if you aren’t a roving band of stone age people, then it’s unnatural?

      and are these societies also matriarchal or something too, because you know the patriarchy is unnatural as well?

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      • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Kind of, humans were hunter gatherers for so long that we evolved to be good at it, so I guess that’s what would be natural for us.

        Agriculture and our current life hasn’t been around long enough for us to properly adapt to it.

        I have no idea if those societies were patriarchal or matriarchal, I would imagine both happened or maybe even some sort of equality, if you want to know more about this go ask an expert in the field.

        But in the end I don’t care what you do, I just continued your argument.

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    *subsistence

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• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tbh, I’ve only ever heard it when talking about camouflage. And tbf in that context it is somewhat true, you’re harder to see if you break up those straight lines.

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