@[email protected] to Comic StripsEnglish • 5 months agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]vegan
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•5 months agoHow do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish17•5 months agoTwo monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!” The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.” The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
minus-squareFishbonelink3•5 months agoThe takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlink6•5 months agoI’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoHad to look that up too. My immediate reaction was wondering if Thalasin works for them too? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo
How do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
Two monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!”
The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.”
The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
The takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
It’s a zen parable, so… yes.
Hidden gem. Thanks!
I’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.
sonwhat?
Sonder is the inverse of this:
Had to look that up too. My immediate reaction was wondering if Thalasin works for them too?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo