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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I mean... There's that one species that entered its own stone age...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Humans are just crows with rights and anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Becky. Lemme smash. U want sum blu?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Digging through the back catalog for this one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Nah, humans are a buncha jackdaws

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

...we started out friends?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

-- Crowpernicus

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, we are both dreaming butterflies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Speak for yourself.
I am a plate of sashimi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I worked in food service, one of the best things I learned was that humans love shiny food. That's why I always prefer my salad tossed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I wish, buddy.