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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by kjkjadksj on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @12:23PM (#47602977)
Look at how much hair is on your skin, you aren’t meant for that. You are meant to persistent hunt game and forage in fairer weather. You are optimized for that. Everything else is compromised, swimming uphill only bailed out by happenstance technological affordance.
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Re:Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of t... by nandomrumber on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:54AM (#47611763)
What, so ants, bees, wasps… they’re allowed to built shelter from the elements.

But when humans do it’s unnatural?

And besides, if you saw how hairy I am you’d probably reconsidered your opinion.

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