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I was actually able to pet a cheetah and they actually purr just like house cats. I love felines so much

>>8465

I was actually able to pet a cheetah and they actually purr just like house cats. I love felines so much

The marks on a cheetah's face from its eyes to its chin always seemed to me to be a clear sign of some sort of intelligent design, even if not in the pop philosophy / pop theology sense of the word. It's just such a bespoke detail, how could it not have come from the touch of the divine...

>>8467

>>8465 The marks on a cheetah's face from its eyes to its chin always seemed to me to be a clear sign of some sort of intelligent design, even if not in the pop philosophy / pop theology sense of the word. It's just such a bespoke detail, how could it not have come from the touch of the divine...

this is such a midwit thing to say

>>8470

>>8467 this is such a midwit thing to say

You sound personally attacked by such an innocuous comment.

I haven't posted here in a while, was convinced that place died last year. It's nice to see it active again. Good morning to you /pt/ anons!

It would be nice if this place was a little more active. Guess I'll have to start contributing.

Forgive me bringing the Daily Topic Slop in here, but Tourette's is a neurological disorder, not a personality disorder or a mental illness. Yet, all three deal with the brain, and when you get down to it, the boundaries between neurology and personality are not just blurry, they are twisted and parabolic. I also have a neurological issue (epilepsy) with similar "involuntary tics" and it's an issue that really leaves you confused as to what is voluntary and what isn't. People with neurological issues, myself included, are extremely defensive about the fact that neurological diseases are physiological and out of our individual control outside of medical therapy. However, I have been able to "will" myself in certain extreme situations to not seize up (an exceptionally difficult thing to do, which will never be seen or heard or understood or acknowledged by anyone). This is basically a taboo concept in disability circles because it has the potential to qualify all the skepticism and accusations from outsiders that we're "just faking it" or can "just get over it". Certain psychiatric disorders like depression have also been roped into the same dynamic in the past decade or so with the discourse focus morphing into "brain chemical imbalance", and they also get very thorny at the idea of the potential of willpower if not eliminating the issue, at least softening or mitigating it a little. Of course Western/American thinking is so entirely calcified around this dynamic that I doubt I'll see any inquiries in the opposite direction in my lifetime if it ever happens at all. When I watched an older video featuring the Tourette's guy, there was a very slight element of knowingness/intention that came through to me. Not enough to invalidate the disorder, not enough to throw him in a dungeon because it makes people uncomfortable (just like seizing on the floor makes people uncomfortable, and I know I myself would have been thrown in the dungeon even 60 years ago), but it's there. This is just the human condition, no more, no less. I say this not to give credence to any overreacting culture warriors online (I moved around the hot button topic itself, and I hope the more smooth-brained posters here follow suit), simply putting it out there for any calmer, more curious minds here.

Also, it's really rich to see arr ess pee sentimental about disabilities now when three years ago Hork was routinely shitting on and mocking epileptics and Cumtown riffs about people with Downs were commonplace

>>8518

Forgive me bringing the Daily Topic Slop in here, but Tourette's is a neurological disorder, not a personality disorder or a mental illness. Yet, all three deal with the brain, and when you get down to it, the boundaries between neurology and personality are not just blurry, they are twisted and parabolic. I also have a neurological issue (epilepsy) with similar "involuntary tics" and it's an issue that really leaves you confused as to what is voluntary and what isn't. People with neurological issues, myself included, are extremely defensive about the fact that neurological diseases are physiological and out of our individual control outside of medical therapy. However, I have been able to "will" myself in certain extreme situations to not seize up (an exceptionally difficult thing to do, which will never be seen or heard or understood or acknowledged by anyone). This is basically a taboo concept in disability circles because it has the potential to qualify all the skepticism and accusations from outsiders that we're "just faking it" or can "just get over it". Certain psychiatric disorders like depression have also been roped into the same dynamic in the past decade or so with the discourse focus morphing into "brain chemical imbalance", and they also get very thorny at the idea of the potential of willpower if not eliminating the issue, at least softening or mitigating it a little. Of course Western/American thinking is so entirely calcified around this dynamic that I doubt I'll see any inquiries in the opposite direction in my lifetime if it ever happens at all. When I watched an older video featuring the Tourette's guy, there was a very slight element of knowingness/intention that came through to me. Not enough to invalidate the disorder, not enough to throw him in a dungeon because it makes people uncomfortable (just like seizing on the floor makes people uncomfortable, and I know I myself would have been thrown in the dungeon even 60 years ago), but it's there. This is just the human condition, no more, no less. I say this not to give credence to any overreacting culture warriors online (I moved around the hot button topic itself, and I hope the more smooth-brained posters here follow suit), simply putting it out there for any calmer, more curious minds here.

I have no control over my very regular periods, but whenever they are gonna happen at a bad time, I just think "Please don't" and they are magically late or early. It's not just the brain, the whole body is susceptible to mood and will (see also pregnancy denial and pseudocyesis, or any culture bound syndrome). But yeah, it's tricky because even partial control implies some level of responsibility, and some make the jump and think that every sick person chooses their disease. On the other end, I've met people relishing in their diagnosis, and I can't help but feel uncomfortable by the self-abandon it suggests.

I hope I have a nice day too ;^)

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>>8467

>>8465 The marks on a cheetah's face from its eyes to its chin always seemed to me to be a clear sign of some sort of intelligent design, even if not in the pop philosophy / pop theology sense of the word. It's just such a bespoke detail, how could it not have come from the touch of the divine...

been thinking about this the longer I study biology and anthropology. one example that really caught me was sickle cell disease. thousands of people are cursed with this terrible disease and an early death in exchange for greater malaria immunity for the rest of the population. the fact that nature could do this entirely rational and cruel calculus by itself (even if you chalk it down to maximizing fitness) just really feels like there's some sort of higher-order intervention going on. same thing with how a decent chunk of the math we use just follows logically and "fits" nicely despite there being no evolutionary advantage afforded by being able to understand all these abstract concepts.