• scbasteve7@lemm.ee
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    24 days ago

    The OP kinda used bad faith arguments, so everyone is pointing out ways that humans excel. They have a good point however. Humans are not superior. We are not the best species. Just about every animal, insect, or parasite can kill us or seriously harm us. Our bodies are not resilient, and have about a thousand built in flaws. Our ‘intelligence’ just creates new dangers that kill us.

    Humans are great in many ways, but we do not sit at the top of everything. We are great at what we do and that’s it.

    Edit: A lot of people aren’t too happy with me talking about the human race in the light I did. The point of the comment was not to say humans are trash and weak. It’s to say that we excel at many things, but we are still way behind other animals in many other ways. There is no one species that is the best. They all excel in many different and special ways. We aren’t the best species.

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      24 days ago

      Right now, I have an infection that I’m toughing out without antibiotics. It’s going away. I tanked a cat playing rough, my palms under some angles can downright stop a scratch. I drank 5 shots of rakija. I have been burned, stabbed, electrocuted, what more do you want?!?

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        24 days ago

        I have been burned, stabbed, electrocuted, what more do you want?!?

        Christ, that cat was playing rough! :o

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          23 days ago

          To be more specific, I pushed a nail into a socket as a kid, and a few other instances I got electrocuted. I got stabbed with a pencil right through the mole on my back by my sister, I set a box on fire at work, and put it out with my hand.

          I ran into this metal pipe that serves as a shutter, I don’t know what it’s called, and the impact bent the pipe. I walked it off and continued working.