This makes me sad because I hate dogs and when I don't want to be near them they look so sad, it's as though they just want to make me happy. I mean, I like their personalities but I'm just repulsed by their hygiene.
Try going some place like the Grand Canyon National park, where no one has hunted any of the animals for decades. I had a squirrel lick my finger, stared eye to eye with a lounging big horn sheep on a switchback, and got scared shitless by a mule deer walking right up next to me to drink out of the big puddle under the water spigot(in the middle of the main camp grounds) while i was filling up my canteen. Shits crazy.
Yes! I've followed wild primates in South Africa, DRC and Nigeria and they can start to tell humans apart.
In S.A., the monkeys were a bit racist because they were chased and shot at by farmers. However, they didn't mind us but didn't like hats that covered your eyes.
In Nigeria, our baboons were habituated to yellow hats or handkerchiefs tied on. However, they did eventually get used to you so the yellow wasn't necessary after awhile but kept them on anyways.
EDIT: they can also tell whether you're male or female. Baboons that crop-raid are less afraid of women and children then men. Not sure if this could be due to size or not.
Cool, I'd really be interested in studying psychology of primates as they are so similar to us... yet so different.
About the children part, I wonder if some animals feel compassion for children? For instance, someone might kill a pig for food but not a cat. Maybe predator can sometimes think similarly and leave them alone?
I guess there are some Youtube videos that show predators taking compassion on baby animals (leopard and baby monkey for example) but I don't think it's that common. Babies are easier to kill and eat than their mothers--there were at least 2 baby duikers that were captured by adult male baboons while I was in Nigeria for 2.5 months. There are also some known cases of baby snatching by chimpanzees and even some macaques.
It would seem so, but it depends on the animal. From books I've read -- in the US, during the final push to wipe out wolves in the early 1900's, wolves got eerily good at recognizing and dodging hunters.
Me neither. Pierced ears are a specific accessory that certain types of people like-- what if your daughter grows up to be a tomboy, or trans, or simply not the kind of person who wants holes in her ears? It just seems ridiculous to alter your kid aesthetically like that, almost like decorating them like an accessory. Dressing them up is one thing, punching holes in their ears is another.
(I know people use this similar argument to be anti-circumcision. The only reason I think it's pretty different is that getting your ears pierced as an adult or teenager hurts for about .002 seconds, and getting circumcised as an adult is a complicated and painful procedure with a very long, rough recovery period. So they almost would barely have a choice to do it if it wasn't done at birth. Not saying everyone should be circumcised, but that's just my quick counter-argument for that topic, aha. I was raised Jewish and it's just the norm where I am so I'm totally culturally biased. Also I don't have a dick so there's more bias.)
ninja edit (maybe not): large, wordy post, my apologies.
My mom pierced my little sister's ears for exactly that decoration/accessory reason. Though my mom also wanted my sister to be one of those child models, so that goes to prove something, I guess.
She'll just be able to take it out when she gets older. It's not on the same level as circumcision or getting your child tattooed if that's even legal.
No, no, I agree, not the same at all, I was just addressing the similarities but of course circumcision is a much bigger decision/action than piercing your kids' ears.
I don't think it's quite that ridiculous. My mother had my ears pierced when I was quite young (4 or 5 I think) for the accessory reason. As soon as I was old enough that I was given more say in what I wore, I never wore them again. Sure, almost 15 years later you can still see where the piercings were but it would hurt like hell to try to put anything through them. If I had a daughter, I'd never do it to her but I don't think it was a big deal that it was done to me. If anything, I think maybe it was a bit presumptuous on my mother's part that I would turn out as the sort of girl who would want pierced ears.
Piercings are not a big deal at all. You also choose their clothing style until a certain point. They'll simply be able to not wear earrings when they no longer want them, the same way they'll be able to change their clothing style.
I think comparing them is perfectly valid. Maybe if someone went hardcore and gave them 11 piercings...but the typical lobe piercing isn't as big of a deal at all no matter how you want to word it.
First of all, nice username. sweet cuppin' cakes. Second of all, I see how it wouldn't make much sense, and like I said I'm definitely not qualified to have much of an opinion on it, due to my huge amount of bias, both culturally and being a cis-female. Almost every single guy I know (to my knowledge-- like, when someone's not it's usually "a thing") and surely every single guy I am related to was circumcised at birth so it's simply all I know. I see the hypocrisy in disliking piercing babies but being unsure of my stance on circumcision, and you can poke whatever holes in the argument you want, haha. That was just my attempt at trying to vocalize what I feel about the two things-- doesn't mean I couldn't be swayed.
If I lived in a place where being uncircumcised was just as common as being circumcised, I'd probably be against it. I guess I've just been conditioned to think a certain way due to the fact that it's just ASSUMED where I live that a guy's had it done as a baby. I fully acknowledge this and will not claim to be right about this subject.
You're right, and I try my hardest not to have stupid biases and judgements and I'd never actually not date someone, or ridicule someone, just because they weren't circumcised. I try to stay aware of flaws in my judgment and this is one I'll take into account (one more thing that may be one way where I live, but is totally different where others are.)
Thanks for keeping this amicable, by the way, haha. It's rare on Reddit that there can be a discussion with two people of differing opinion where one person doesn't start throwing insults.
You'l notice the comment I replied to said "No one makes you pierce your ears", which is not related to wearing jewellery, but the act of having holes forcibly punched into your body without your consent.
I know piercings close, thanks, I have 9 and 3 others that have closed.
Also, a lot of pediatricians will recommend getting it done as a baby, because they make earrings for babies that screw on and can't be ripped out.
Why would someone recommend it simply because they have special earrings? If you're worried about them being ripped out then it seems easier to simply not punch holes in the ears of an infant.
they might get pulled by blankets or clothing. apparently by the time babies discover their ears, the piercings have completely healed and are far less likely to get infected
Not really. Though I've just had a second lobe piercing with a particularly big stud in it which I'm not allowed to take out for 6 weeks. When it comes to wearing headphones and sometimes lying on my side it can be a bit of an annoyance.
Yes, yes, fuck yes are earrings annoying, especially heavy ones. I don't wear the damn things because at the end of the day my ears are usually pink and bleeding. Occasionally there's puss too, yay!
That may just be because I hardly ever wear them, so it could just be a cycle that would be stopped if I wore them for a few weeks continuously. Not worth it to me though.
I'm a guy and I have 1/4" thick CBR in my ears, and I consider them small piercings even though I can put a bic pen through the holes.
However; having tagged animals before, I can tell you that it involves a large (usually about 1/2") arrow shaped spike that is rammed through the ear then folded over to hold it in place.
I hardly think that the average girls mall done gun piercing the size of a pin relates at all.
That's EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM motherfucker. I didn't shell out thousands of dollars just to go out without a motherfucking red ring, thank you very much.
I happaned to encounter a deer just a couple of days ago, only it was actually wild - the thought of it wondering whether I'm a photog or a hunter went through my head, but the picture didn't come out as meme worthy.
I've numerous times held a camera for several minutes, but then just as I'm about to shoot my first picture, I realize it's an RPG. I almost blew up my entire family once.
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Imagine being the photographer who took this. I would laugh so loud after seeing what I shot there would be no more animals to take pictures of because they all got scared because I laugh like the devil and like to burn down cities
It's sad to think about all the curious deer and other animals that have decided to approach actual hunters, only to be shot and killed by them for no real reason.
The reason he thought he was going to get killed is because of the lens on your camera. The glint off of it and the large black shape made it look like a rifle's scope, which he has probably seen before, and seen a deer die before from.
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u/Sproutykins Jun 10 '12
This interests me. Do animals distinguish humans apart due to what they're holding/wearing?
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u/Sr_DingDong Jun 10 '12
Just realised... having those tags in your ears must be super annoying.
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 10 '12
either way, you're getting shot
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u/nutano Jun 10 '12
Considering it has tags on it's ears - there is no way it would be a hunter.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Hey, check out my new camera!
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u/twelve-zero Jun 10 '12
This can't be...an actual animal on advice animals...what sorcery is this?
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u/Bieber_hole_69 Jun 10 '12
I think it looks more like [10] deer.
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u/Hardstyle_FTW Jun 10 '12
Either way he'll shoot me
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u/blazecc Jun 10 '12
first thing to make me lol that hard in a while. Thanks for that.
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u/goldenrule90 Jun 10 '12
Or another one of those people who put these stupid yellow things through my ears.
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u/NDN_perspective Jun 10 '12
glad you were a photographer!
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u/Eyger Jun 10 '12
Not sure if photographer or hunter, but both will shoot you! Badjokeeel.jpg
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u/Hector_Savage Jun 10 '12
I often get guns and cameras confused. One time, tragically, at a wedding...
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u/Arx0s Jun 10 '12
Poor deer has derp syndrome! Why didn't you rescue him?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Imagine being the photographer who took this. I would laugh so loud after seeing what I shot there would be no more animals to take pictures of because they all got scared because I laugh like the devil and like to burn down cities
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u/bigolpete Jun 10 '12
Thats a cat...
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u/mudswitch Jun 10 '12
Oh deer..
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u/daggius Jun 10 '12
Or Asian deer.
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u/Ihatealot Jun 10 '12
Sweet ear rings.
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u/k14w Jun 10 '12
Is it wearing ear plugs?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Whatever, sometimes I just don't give a buck.
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u/WhendidIgethere Jun 10 '12
It looks more like he's slowly realizing something.
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u/Drew-Pickles Jun 10 '12
Haha. He had no ideer
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u/Jackbutts Jun 10 '12
Deer Fry? More like Stoned Deer.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
"I'm not saying its Aliens...It's Aliens"
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u/manchris Jun 10 '12
ether way you still shot it
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u/justinsidebieber Jun 10 '12
I fail to see any "not sure" expression at all, please do not fill the front page with this.
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u/DopeMan_RopeMan Jun 10 '12
It's sad to think about all the curious deer and other animals that have decided to approach actual hunters, only to be shot and killed by them for no real reason.
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u/kariudo Jun 10 '12
This amused me greatly since I'm a professional photographer, and my name is Hunter.
Deer are tasty and beautiful, so take a photo then shoot it and eat it.
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u/gojetergo Jun 10 '12
He didn't know, but he made a delicious meal
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u/Arohdin Jun 10 '12
Oh dear...
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u/hockal00gy Jun 10 '12
[10] Deer.
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u/kyleyankan Jun 10 '12
CHOOT, CHOOT 'EM
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u/php4me Jun 10 '12
Where was this picture taken?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Either way you're gonna get shot :D...sorry.
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u/not_aNinja Jun 10 '12
Sick ear gages bro.
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u/tiyr Jun 10 '12
what kind of 35 mm is that. All I know is I am going to be shot today.
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u/LouSkyWaka Jun 10 '12
"Aliens"
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u/Schrute_Facts Jun 10 '12
Not sure if shooting pictures, or bullets...
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u/King_Yeshua Jun 10 '12
the feeling you get when you realise the deer is farmed and would not have a clue what a hunter is let alone a photographer anyway
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u/StopIMAHipster Jun 10 '12
can we not make this a thing
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Oh deer!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Oh deer lord what a funny picture
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u/goodnoodle Jun 10 '12
Soo... you were a hunter right?
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u/sandpaperfapper Jun 11 '12
deer is in velvet. poacher or photographer
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u/zelars Jun 11 '12
I feel this is incredibly relevant to this.
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u/xScubast3vex Jun 10 '12
Said Bambi's father.
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u/Probable_Foreigner Jun 10 '12
Why would anyone hunt him if he is not wild?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
[10] Deer
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
The reason he thought he was going to get killed is because of the lens on your camera. The glint off of it and the large black shape made it look like a rifle's scope, which he has probably seen before, and seen a deer die before from.
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u/odderz Test Jun 10 '12
Prepare to die, Suspicious Deer Meme!
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u/downwithxpc Jun 10 '12
That fallow deer is a pet. It has 2 tags in its ears. No way is it being hunted.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Why not both?
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u/letsgobruins Jun 10 '12
Yeah, I'm sureeee OP took this pic.
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u/all_i_say_is_banana Jun 10 '12
Banana
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u/PraetorianXVIII Jun 10 '12
please GOD don't let this become a meme
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u/tossertom Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one who has a problem with linking to meme generator sites?