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Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by TeMPOraL on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:33PM (#42689729)
Right, but animals aren't as picky as humans - they'll eat anything that isn't rotten (and then some animals actually prefer rotten stuff). Meanwhile people will avoid buying veggies that look off even if there's no risk to health or taste involved.

I suppose this is because most animals in the wild are always couple hours away from starvation and just can't afford being picky eaters.

Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by ziml77 on Monday January 13, 2025 @06:51PM (#42691226)
I think we've had the luxury of training ourselves to only identify the best looking produce as safe/tasty. I doubt it's ingrained in our nature, which is to say, if you're raised in a situation where you can't be as selective, I suspect you'll see a lot more produce as perfectly fine.

We definitely don't (generally) turn our noses up at various forms of rotten milk or the liquids of fruits rotten enough to be alcoholic.

Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by guappa on Monday January 13, 2025 @05:00PM (#42690025)
Yeah elks love to get drunk on rotten apples. Humans prefer rotten grapes.
Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by dullcrisp on Monday January 13, 2025 @08:03PM (#42692049)
Some humans prefer rotten apples.
Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by floydnoel on Thursday January 16, 2025 @07:40AM (#42724429)
it isn't as if the grocer gives us a discount for the "worse looking" produce. so why would anyone prefer it?