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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by pilsetnieks on Sunday May 06, 2018 @01:55PM (#17007399)
I think he meant the phrase "hairless ape" to be parsed together, to indicate human. Not a ((weak, hairless, ape) body) but a ((weak, hairless-ape) body)
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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by rectang on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:01PM (#17007440)
Yeah... It's a phrase from my youth. I thought I was channeling Douglas Adams or something like that. Turns out to have been Howard the Duck comics. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hairless%20A...
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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by mlevental on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:00PM (#17007432)
I get it but aren't there hairless apes that are very strong? I just meant it's the wrong poetic flourish
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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by pilsetnieks on Sunday May 06, 2018 @06:46PM (#17009064)
The only references I can find to hairless apes (that aren't humans) are chimp that are either shaved or have alopecia.
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