Angel's Homethread

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41 minutes ago, heyitsgeorgie (she/her) said:

did u. Get Married

ha no i just realised that nobody will get it ^^; 

my mothers maiden name, technically, but i don;t know what to call that when it refers to me 

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new study published that proves spiders have the same cogitative abilities as crows

[Spacestar TheThundersuncat]

7 minutes ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

new study published that proves spiders have the same cogitative abilities as crows

What. That's impossible, they can't even use tools let alone communicate on the same level. Not to mention memory tasks. how

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2 minutes ago, Spacestar TheThundersuncat said:

What. That's impossible, they can't even use tools let alone communicate on the same level. Not to mention memory tasks. how

the spiders brain is actually located primarily within the web! when the web is taken away, these cogitative abilities go down! ^^ 

'It's part of a theory of mind known as "extended cognition," and humans utilize it too. For instance, we might like to think of our minds as contained in our heads, but we rely on a number of structures outside of our heads (and even outside of our bodies) to help us think. Computers and calculators are an obvious example. We organize our living spaces to help us remember where things are, we jot notes, and we take photographs or store mementos.

But these examples pale in comparison to how a spider's thinking is interwoven with its web. Scientists are discovering that some spiders possess cognitive abilities rivalling those of mammals and birds (such as crows), including foresight and planning, complex learning, and even the capacity to be surprised.' 

[Spacestar TheThundersuncat]

6 minutes ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

the spiders brain is actually located primarily within the web! when the web is taken away, these cogitative abilities go down! ^^ 

'It's part of a theory of mind known as "extended cognition," and humans utilize it too. For instance, we might like to think of our minds as contained in our heads, but we rely on a number of structures outside of our heads (and even outside of our bodies) to help us think. Computers and calculators are an obvious example. We organize our living spaces to help us remember where things are, we jot notes, and we take photographs or store mementos.

But these examples pale in comparison to how a spider's thinking is interwoven with its web. Scientists are discovering that some spiders possess cognitive abilities rivalling those of mammals and birds (such as crows), including foresight and planning, complex learning, and even the capacity to be surprised.' 

I read this before, but it doesn't say they're the same. There's also only few select intelligent (often social) spiders, by far not all of them 

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1 minute ago, Spacestar TheThundersuncat said:

I read this before, but it doesn't say they're the same. There's also only few select intelligent (often social) spiders, by far not all of them 

tbh, they have emotions and such, im willing to class it as similar enough to warrant the term same 

also, fun fact, not always! its actually more likely to be the cannibalistic spiders 

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5 minutes ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

tbh, they have emotions and such, im willing to class it as similar enough to warrant the term same 

also, fun fact, not always! its actually more likely to be the cannibalistic spiders 

 I guess my source was wrong, then. Or not, I don't care much about insects, but I wrote my final english paper partly on what includes intelligence in animals. It definitely does not or we'd get some interesting legal problems very soon

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1 minute ago, Spacestar TheThundersuncat said:

 I guess my source was wrong, then. Or not, I don't care much about insects, but I wrote my final english paper partly on what includes intelligence in animals. It definitely does not or we'd get some interesting legal problems very soon

oh god yeah, thatll be a Thing in the future if we prove that some animals are sophontic 

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9 minutes ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

oh god yeah, thatll be a Thing in the future if we prove that some animals are sophontic 

If you get some leading philosophical sentiments out of the way. I'm all for killing seaworld. But if they can't even get that right, there's little hope... and we know they're "like us". It's disgusting.

[Spacestar TheThundersuncat]

Americans don't even comply yet with our European standards for labs. It sounds less terrible at least if compared with what people thought in the last hundred years. And some more. Things changed up a lot when animal rights got attached to other movements. That was the main reason for why people changed their minds in the past. But where is the peak of that curve? I don't know if we'll ever get much farther than leaving some more sapient creatures well alone.

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17 minutes ago, Spacestar TheThundersuncat said:

Americans don't even comply yet with our European standards for labs. It sounds less terrible at least if compared with what people thought in the last hundred years. And some more. Things changed up a lot when animal rights got attached to other movements. That was the main reason for why people changed their minds in the past. But where is the peak of that curve? I don't know if we'll ever get much farther than leaving some more sapient creatures well alone.

Crows are also top contenders for not yet rewarded sapience. Which is to explain my prior point, before I sound rabid about birds. It's not fair to compare "can feel surprise" with others that can even develop depression, like parrots.

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What about plants? They communicate with each other using scents

[Goggles-kun]

6 hours ago, Tuft said:

What about plants? They communicate with each other using scents

I mean... ants have those pheromone things 

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'wiki! you're so serious!'

me: 

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOs_KlabUVLIQuNVEosj9moc20G9jodU/view

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1 hour ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOs_KlabUVLIQuNVEosj9moc20G9jodU/view

seems about right

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Margot - Stellers Jay (Epsilon)
Alison - White-Necked Raven (Layton/Professor)
Mike - King Penguin (Halli)
Gabriel - Black-Footed Cat (Malchom)

Cap - Golden Jackal (Larunda)
Julian - Prairie Vole (Isolde) 
Pat - Black Bear (Isabella; aka Belle)
Thomas - Grey Catbird (Juliet)
Humphrey - N/A; severed with beheading (Ricefield Rat; Eurydice) 
Robin -  Unsettled (Robin; aka Rob)

Kitty - Axolotl (Dorian)
Fanny - Pubescent Carpenter Bee (Richard)
Mary - Black-And-White Owl (Diligence)

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5 hours ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

BBC Ghosts Daemon AU

Margot - Stellers Jay (Epsilon)
Alison - White-Necked Raven (Layton/Professor)
Mike - King Penguin (Halli)
Gabriel - Black-Footed Cat (Malchom)

Cap - Golden Jackal (Larunda)
Julian - Prairie Vole (Isolde) 
Pat - Black Bear (Isabella; aka Belle)
Thomas - Grey Catbird (Juliet)
Humphrey - N/A; severed with beheading (Ricefield Rat; Eurydice) 
Robin -  Unsettled (Robin; aka Rob)

Kitty - Axolotl (Dorian)
Fanny - Pubescent Carpenter Bee (Richard)
Mary - Black-And-White Owl (Diligence)

"It's bigger than the place we're renting," Alison offers, glancing between the penguin near Mike's feet and Mike himself.
Halli snorts- if a penguin can do that- and rolls her eyes, shuffling on the spot. "It's also over our budget," she counters, looking up at Alison (who strains a polite smile at the estate agent in turn). 
"Uh, well, does it have a garden?" 

The goat daemon taps her hooves on her human's foot to get his attention- he glances up from his phone with a blink. "No, but the downstairs flat has one you can look at." 
Alison and Mike give a worried glance to each other, Layton ruffling his dark wings with a less than polite mutter. (The agent's phone rings, and the goat apologises to them with a bow, trotting after the worried looking man). 

"This is terrible," Layton says, hopping off from Alison's shoulder and onto the tap with a disgruntled shuffle. Halli nods, tipping her beak at the raven. 
"I have to agree with Professor-" ("It's Layton!") "-and please, just look at this mess!" 
Alison sucks a breath through her teeth, glancing outside. "At least it has a nice view of the street?" 
Mike nods, a nervous smile spreading across his face. "Buddy and Kane's Fish Pizza. We like both of those things." Halli gives a disgusted hum in response. 

Alison sighs, rubbing her eyes. "Yeah, no, they're right. It's rubbish." 
"It's awful."
"It's so bad." 
"And we hate it!" 

"Fair enough," the agent nods, causing the four to jolt in their spots. "I wouldn't buy this place either." The agents next words are cut off by a ring, to which Layton fishes Alison's phone out of her pocket. 

*"Hello, is this Alison Cooper and Layton?"*
"Speaking."
*"Ah, we're calling about a house."*
"We're only looking at flats. We can't afford a house."
*"This house isn't for sale."*
(Alison raises an eyebrow at Layton). "Then why are you even calling?" 
*"I'm calling to say you've inherited a house."* 

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The parrot points at a small picture in the corner of the page. "That's you two in the corner there." 
"So, they were like... my step-great auntie and dae?" 
The man blinks, withholding a sigh. "There's no real term for what you are, but she sadly had no direct relatives, and therefore you are the only two." 

Mike awkwardly shifts in his chair, correcting his tie. "I feel like I'm in the headmasters office, besides the parrot." 
Halli hits her head against the table's leg with an audible 'thunk'. "Is that really necessary, Mike?" 
"I once pushed a seed into a dog dae's ear," he laughs, "-and their person tried to take it out but ended up pushing it further in and then they had to go to the doctors." 
The solicitor and Alison share a look. 
"It wasn't AnE," Halli adds, after an uncomfortable beat of silence. "They're pastry chefs now, if that helps." 

Layton hops over and rests his claws against Halli's beak. "No, it's not helping." 
They decide to pointedly ignore the crunch of Mike eating potpourri. 

"Ah, well," The parrot nudges the tablet over to them. "This is Lady Heather Button and Sir Orchid." 
On the tablet, there's a greyscale image of a smartly dressed woman and a surprisingly large.. rabbit with a neat bowtie. 

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my want to watch carmen sandiego vs my want to not give into capitalism: fight 

((solution: read fanfic)) 

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me: starts yelling at the misbehaving students
the teacher they disrespected:

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1 hour ago, wikipedia [he/him] said:

me: starts yelling at the misbehaving students
the teacher they disrespected:

But what did they do/say?

[Lilytuft]

I challenge to become Uncyclopedia for a day.

Basically spread misinformation about anything you want (you can add a little disclaimer at the end of each post)

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16 hours ago, Spacestar TheThundersuncat said:

But what did they do/say?

we were in debate club and things got out of hand so as helping teacher i had to play the enemy essentially