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Yuyarl @sh.itjust.works

6mo ago

Tough choices

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- Damn straight. Its the same thing.
Counterpoint: what if a French person flirts with you and you end up falling for them
- T'as de beaux yeux tu sais ?
  
  Mon dieu!
You can speak to every animal. Having them understand or talk back is a different matter
- The result is the same. Sooner or later, one of the animals is bound to respond favorably.
- Ah, thats just a matter of semantics
Bee Movie (2007)
Humans are animals tho?
- Speak for yourself!
  
  Well obviously sophisticated people like you and I are above the rest of those primate mammal scum. 🎩🧐
Every language includes animal language
- Also, every animal includes humans
- For those unaware (came here to post it, but you beat me to it, so...):
  
  If it has a greater than human intelligence, and the Test implies the floor for consent is your own species limitations, doesn't that mean it's violating our consent?
Easy. Every language. Some foreigner from another country talks shit about me? Be prepared to be verbally assaulted back in your native tongue. Probably never happened, but it's definitely a scenario I wish would for that exact reason.
reminds me of the book series Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster.
It's a Rachel and Tobias situation!
Imagine if by language result to understanding a frequency sent by aliens long gone. What we used to consider noise would suddenly become a nightmare we hear everyday since it just keeps repeating the same exact message. Talking about extending a warranty for a car.

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