My television boyfriend will be so happy about the end of domestic spying! But he is hotter when he is pissed, though. The Shakespeare starts flowing and everything.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Jan 17, 2007 1:49:16 pm PST #3660 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Scrappy - Jan 17, 2007 1:50:25 pm PST #3661 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Animals have feelings, but they aren't OUR feelings. Anthropomorphizing them means we assign human feelings to them.
ETA: Or what Burrell said way better.
DavidS - Jan 17, 2007 1:51:48 pm PST #3662 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Then why do you refer to ascribing feelings to animals as "anthropomorphizing" them?
I said "ascribe human feelings" to them. As distinct from animal mammalian feelings. Cf., Scrappy's points on this issue.
Allyson - Jan 17, 2007 1:53:00 pm PST #3663 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm so confused.
How do we know animals have feelings, again?
Scrappy - Jan 17, 2007 1:53:55 pm PST #3664 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Scrappy - Jan 17, 2007 1:54:04 pm PST #3665 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
You can tell by watching their behavior, for one thing.
DavidS - Jan 17, 2007 1:56:35 pm PST #3666 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How do we know animals have feelings, again?
Why would you presume they don't? The certainly express happiness and desondency and boredom and anger and fear.
I'd even go so far as to say that I've seen mammals grieve.
erikaj - Jan 17, 2007 1:56:36 pm PST #3667 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I talk to my dog and my cat all the time. But I don't exactly think they answer. It is nice to talk to them because you know they won't put your junk on the street.
Burrell - Jan 17, 2007 1:56:45 pm PST #3668 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
If by known you mean scientifically verified, I don't know that it has been proven animal have feelings. So it turn out that when we say we know--or at least when I say it--I should properly say that I believe it.
DavidS - Jan 17, 2007 1:59:28 pm PST #3669 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oooh, look. It's World of Warcraft Mania!