daannii
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- Comment on The Definition of Non-Judgemental 3 hours ago:
Imagine for a moment that you have never seen a photo of yourself , ever. Or anyone who is a human.
Your whole life you grew up in a white room with other animals like you in cages.
The problem with using 2d images in animal research is that it is assumed that animals understand what photos are.
But they probably don’t. Or at least they don’t rely on them or interpret them like we do. From a young age we watch tv. Read picture books. Look at photos albums. Even draw each other.
Animals don’t have those experiences. Especially lab animals. They don’t even have the experience of seeing billboards or posters.
This is a huge problem in forming any type of conclusions from animal research like this.
It’s not impossible. But their perception is not like a humans.
They don’t see a photograph of a bird and recognize it’s their kind they are looking at.
They probably just think it’s a screen or paper. Or something like that.
Because 2d is unnatural. They likely have limited ability to understand it’s a representation.
Even humans can struggle with this (I can explain this more if someone asks).
How do birds identify each other?
Sounds they make ? Location? Movements ?
I’m not sure exactly but I doubt it’s solely visual face recognition.
Even dogs use smell more than visual face recognition.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 8 hours ago:
- Comment on Fuck yeah 16 hours ago:
I told a buddy of mine with chickens that parrots love beak rubs. And I would get chickens do too.
Next time I saw him be told me his buddies were calling him the chicken whisperer cause now all the chickens come up to him for beak rubs.
Chickens are pretty cool too. Honestly I have a soft spot for most birds.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 1 day ago:
I even made it out of soft corduroy. I hoped the ridges would feel like feathers. Idk. I couldn’t find any guides online for how to make your parrot a sex doll.
Maybe some progress on the topic has been made since my last attempt.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 1 day ago:
I have thought of fostering. But now I have two cats.
But if I’m ever in a long term place with the space, I would definitely consider taking in rescue birds.Im rather fond of birds. I used to make JoJo toys and play areas. And helped him groom his pin feathers.
I even taught him a few tricks.
But they are very complex animals. And they need room to fly. When I had jo I worked from home and had a huge living room and a long hallway. So he was rarely in his cage and would fly up and down the hallway.
He had play areas by the window. Top of his cage. And one next to my work station.
They need a lot of stimulation. And social interactions.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 1 day ago:
I used to have a parrot. A male. After he was a few years old he realized my hand was warm. Very warm. And nicely curved.
And he hunched down while I was holding him and wiggles his little butt on my hand.
I realized what was going on. But I didn’t want him to do this on me because 1. It made me feel gross. 2. I worried it would make him confused about our relationship.
He only ever did it a few times but when he did. I would gently remove him from my hand and put him on his perch.
So he knew he wasn’t in trouble. But that I wasn’t going to let him use my hand.
I get online. Of course. See what other people are saying.
Some were saying it’s fine. Let the bird rub one out on your hand/shoulder…wherever.
Some said they disciplined the birds by squirting them with water when they did it.
Now I feel like masturbating is natural. Especially for an isolated animal. I mean. Common. Let them have that.
But I don’t think I should be involved.
So I got this idea from watching a documentary about Real Dolls.
So I made my parrot a fabric stuffed bird companion. Same size as him. Same colors.
But he never touched it. I spent like 4 hours hand stitching that parrot sex doll for him.
But the heart wants what the heart wants.
I removed the bespoke stuffed parrot from his play area after about a month.
I never saw him rub his rump on anything else. I felt kinda bad that he couldn’t have that small pleasure for himself but it is what it is.
He would get rather aggressive during mating season so I really hoped he would figure out how to relieve his own tension.
He only lived about 6 years and died from a heart problem. His species usually lives around 35.
Miss my little JoJo. He was the most interesting pet I’ve ever had. But probably wont get another parrot. They are not really domesticated animals.
So I actually found a pic of the bird and the sex doll bird. Image
- Comment on Where are we heading? 2 days ago:
I think there has been some efforts to clean it but in India , so I’m told, there are some cultural ideas about polluting and littering that are difficult to get people to address.
And also it’s common to bury people in the river. So it’s full of decomposing bodies too.
I grew up near the Mississippi River and that river is almost as dirty as this one.
I was told as a kid that at one time it was crystal clear.
It’s hard to imagine.
Now it’s muddy and gross and you can’t eat anything from it. And if you swim in it, you should probably get a tetnus booster.
Sad to see some of the largest rivers in the world completely destroyed.
- Comment on AI generated image of average Reddit meet up 3 days ago:
I did regular reddit meetups about 6 years ago. Did them for 3 years.
They were started by me (a woman) and two other women redditors.
Us 3 were the first meetup. We posted a photo in the local city.
Next meetup was about half gals, half men. Maybe 20 people.
We have a pic. Since my and my friend who posted the first photo- accounts are perma banned I can’t seem to find it.
Well.
Here is what I found on my imgur looking for it.Oh also I visited Amsterdam once. And just so happened to be a reddit meetup. So I went with some dude I met at the hostel. His name was Trey. He was douchey but okay company, I guess.
Met some cool Canadian guy though that I’m still friends with on fb.
Anywho. Plenty of chicks there too. Near 50/50.
Women seem to be more up for social gatherings. I think maybe that’s why the meetings stay fairly balanced.
- Comment on The Prime Minister of Canada having his usual $45,000 morning breakfast 3 days ago:
You could have made this in Photoshop though. Or some other image software.
People don’t care if it’s perfect if the joke is decent.
- Comment on there's a Costco at the other end 3 days ago:
Probably put a data center in it.
- Comment on Where are we heading? 3 days ago:
- Comment on Can't wait. 3 days ago:
Base and bass (sound the same) and bass (sounds different)
Foundation
Instrument /deep sound
A Fish
- Comment on League of L*gends 6 days ago:
That’s actually rather ironic considering media is controlled 100%
- Comment on How do I get one of those jobs where I send an email and then go to a meeting then draft an email then leave work and get paid $98,000/Year and have a badge on a little cord that says senior deputy analytics coordinator supervisor of marketing and sales? 1 week ago:
All nepo positions, my friend.
😔
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 week ago:
Yeah I totally misread and thought left 20 cents for 1 And right. 20 cents for 5.
Can I blame this on my cat waking me up like 5x last night or do I have to take full responsibility for not reading properly?
- Comment on Stay inside 1 week ago:
The rest of us will stay in our vans plugged into public outlets that the city forgot was turned on.
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 week ago:
I’m not sure I understand that logic.
Since boxers are more commonly worn by men. That would be more analogous to right hand.
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 week ago:
Womens boxers are typically sold individually but sometimes you can find a sale for 3.
- Comment on Dinner for one 1 week ago:
Maybe 23.99
- Comment on intruder alert 1 week ago:
I believe in your dream and I hope one day you can make this happen.
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 week ago:
This is how women’s boxers work.
Men’s. 5 for $20
Women’s. 1 for $20
Such b.s
I just buy mens boxers now.
- Comment on Fuck the man. 1 week ago:
I was going to make a community called “fuck the man” to post rants , ramblings, screenshots, stories, news. Just anything really. Related to “the man”.
But I worried many people would be too young to know what “the man” was. And would misinterpret the intent of the community.
“Fuck the establishment” seems too long and wordy
“Fuck the system” could maybe work.
? - Comment on Robbed 1 week ago:
Haha. yeah that description also works.
- Comment on Robbed 1 week ago:
That’s interesting. I think I’ve gotten a little more nose hair but not much. No ear hair that I know of. 🤞
- Comment on Robbed 1 week ago:
That’s all I wanted to do. Thank you
- Comment on Robbed 1 week ago:
Well I’m 40. I can say ,in general, i seem to be becoming less hairy as I get older.
Hair only grows on parts of my legs now. None on my toes like it used to. I asked around And my lady friends my age and older say they have experienced that too.
My guy friends say they are pretty sure they are getting hairier. Apparently ear hair is a thing they struggle with now.
- Comment on Like what the hell is going on in major league baseball ? 1 week ago:
Likely Onion article
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I’m having decent luck with ublock
- Comment on Robbed 1 week ago:
I stopped shaving mine years ago because it seemed like I was developing an intolerance to every razor blade.
I told people it was cause I am a feminist.
I also was sorely disappointed in what grew in.
My whole life I thought if I let it go natural I’d have this majestic thick black beard under there. Something to be proud of, you know?
However after it grew in, it’s a medium brown. And the hair is actually kind of fine and fluffy. And not dense. And
I guess this is the feeling men have when they try to grow a beard and find out they are one of the ones who can’t do a decent job of it.
I wanted something to make people uncomfortable. To challenge their preconceived notions of womanhood.
Instead it just looks like I have a little brown, thin, soul patch under there.
Very sad.
Not even worth going sleeveless for.
- Comment on I'm at like a 4 1 week ago:
Yeah there is some agreement that pedos from u.s are allowed to come stay in Israel. No extradition. No questions. No sex offender registration.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=unPXNF1kND8 “How Jewish American pedophiles hide from justice in Israel”- CBS
