Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

Im friends with Jarkes on Discord, and yes i can confirm he’s doing fine too

TBH don’t blame him for leaving the site, though i think after THAT incident the site seems to be a lot more chill now

@Penguin Dragneel
Yeah. A lot happens over a few years.

@Icicle Niceicle 1517
I don’t blame him either.

I think it’s possible to over-romanticize animals.

@Lord WyrmSpawN
Most tree-huggers do that.

I don’t think the issue is “romanticizing” per se, but more overly humanizing.

One can have very romanic (classical literature version not feral furry) ideations about animals without issue. But when you attempt to make them more human, and leave out the savage aspects, that’s when it fails.

On the same token, one can do the same thing to humans. We must never forget that we are just ape ascended, and capable of just as much savagery as even the most vicious predator.

In fact, more so. As we are supposedly able to “Tell right from wrong” but still often choose to inflict horrible violence.

@Zincy
I was thinking of those who act like nature is great and return to it, and ignores the less “glamours” parts like parasites, animal brutality, and rape.

@Lord WyrmSpawN
So much. Chimps are rather violent and practice cannibalism.
Animals never play fair (fair play is in fact a human idea) and would bite wherever it hurts or attack anywhere it stings.
Many hervibores while wouldnt hunt, so many of them have no problem scavenging meat.
Animals are not really very smart in many areas and their communication is rather different so most conversations are akin to talking to yourself.
Speaking of hervibores, a lot of them are rather aggresive and territorial, predators are hardly the only threats to your health.

I love animals, but I wouldn’t dare approaching a random animal I don’t know because I know they don’t take kindly to strangers. Animals are all about survival and they will be the first to attack in case your first move kills them. They don’t care. They want to live.

Well to be fair, I don’t approach human strangers either.

@WaynePonePone
Yeah but since humans are also members of the animal kingdom and living beings, that also mean protecting our existence is equally valid and any animal who throws the first punch is fair game within the survival game.

@Twi Clown
Which is why I’m still asking my cat to stop scratching and biting me!

@WaynePonePone
Meanwhile any living being that pisses me off I always keep it at distance.

I’m like Robotnik form the Sonic movie, technology is my actual confort rather than people or animals, or plants for that matter.

@WaynePonePone
That’s because house-cats never outgrow the playful phase.

I can confirm the common cat behavior as I received in respond from the momma cat after an attempted belly rubs just a few moments ago lol.

@Count Oxymagomedov Sear
Most cats don’t like their belly rub and see it as a betrayal of trust.

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@WaynePonePone
They show their belly because they trust you and believe you won’t “attack” them here.

@Meanlucario
Oh yeah, that makes sense too. Naturally they show your their most vulnerable place because they really trust you. It’s not like you’re ever going to hurt them but they don’t know that.

Some cats, if they’re handled from a young age around the belly area, become much more amicable to it.

And some are just naturally chill with it.

My cat just lays and purrs if you rub his belly. Though, he’ll bite the piss out of you if you mess with his tail.

@Zincy
Mine just love physical affection, no matter where.

Mines a special needs cat. The misses adopted him a few years ago from a shelter. They think he had gotten hit by a car as a kitten. He only has 3 legs, and the bridge of his nose is crushed and healed weird.

He’s a little love bug though. Follows me around everywhere and sits with me when I’m on my computer.

@Sear.
The rest just happened to catch my attention, sorry.

About your actual post, well I’m not a fighter so if I did do that, I’d lose the fight very easy.

@Mr.Myoozik
I already know you always do that on multiple occasions of some my posts around this site so I’m not accepting your apology.

@Sear.
Yeah I understand

I think social media is a tragedy of human interaction.

Forums are where it peaked. People in forums tend to form more meaningful relationships instead of chasing popularity.

People who need numbers to validate them are sad. The desire to be robot popular stems from low self esteem when building community should be priority.