Thread: The conscious perception of aniamls

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Ha, interesting! I've seen neither! Do baby squirrels look the same, just smaller?

HA! I freaking wish they were like that. No, for the most part (like the majority of rodent babies) squirrels don't develop fur/smell/vision/etc. until a few weeks after they are born. Some people find baby squirrels and mice disgusting, but I don't know... I find myself, some nights, yearning to have something to comfort. It's a trying emotion.

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

You sound like a furry. 0.o

At first, I was just going to type, "well yeah, I'm a squirrel. Squirrels are generally furry. Gets us much public appeal," but Ben said that's not what you meant. ...What exactly did you mean?

~Tamias

Ok..it's been eating at me for too long, and I have to ask:

Tamias...why is it that you refer to yourself as a squirrel?

(and please, with all due respect to my own intelligence, don't give me answer that basically amounts to "because I am." )

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Ok..it's been eating at me for too long, and I have to ask:

Tamias...why is it that you refer to yourself as a squirrel?

Let me guess first. He has a pet squirrel. He really likes his squirrel.

Originally Posted by Tamias

At first, I was just going to type, "well yeah, I'm a squirrel. Squirrels are generally furry. Gets us much public appeal," but Ben said that's not what you meant. ...What exactly did you mean?

~Tamias

Urban Dictionary "furry" : Possibly the strangest sub-culture in all of geekdom. Furries range from being harmless fans fascinated by anthropomorphic characters and animals, to immensely withdrawn or self-abosrbed persons who actually believe, or want to believe, they're eagle-winged fox-like versions of themselves with giant gentalia who wouldn't dare be anything else that could be considered mundane. Furries defy any coventional or unifying definition.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

They are extremely cute, and fearless. If they get out of the nest, they will come right up to you.

Well, if they're not up in a tree. A lot of times, they just drop, from what I've been told. But ground squirrels don't have to worry about that (at least I don't.)

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Let me guess first. He has a pet squirrel. He really likes his squirrel.

Let me be the first to answer! Nope! To respect Oneironaut's intelligence: I refer to myself as a squirrel because, in all manner and being (outside of being able to read at a college level, I suppose), in every glance, smell, touch, and analysis... I will appear to be as such. Let us take the time to question reality. As defined by several brave and intelligent men throughout the generations (Sir Isaac Newton; Albert Einstein; Weird Al), our universe - our reality - operates according to strict, unwavering laws: two bodies will always gravitate towards each other, what is in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an external force, etc. But according to Morpheus (from The Matrix): "What is real? How do you define real? If real is something that you can see, and touch, and smell and taste, then reality is just electrical signals interpreted by your brain." We are bound by our senses, and to the knowledge of generations past, at the same time. Our fathers say "this is a squirrel. He cannot learn to read or write or use a computer or beat Super Mario Bros!" and so we adopt that same position, and we believe what they believe.

But this isn't their reality. It is your reality, determined by what you know, what you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. And if you take just a moment to contemplate the possibilities of your reality, you might just realize that a technologically inclined squirrel is only a minor anomaly. Awaken the child inside you, and you will remember that things that are "impossible" are not truly impossible, they are just waiting to be discovered! I can't possibly offer any more sensible explanation.

Oh, and I eventually aced Super Mario Bros. It was awesome. Ben had to make this modified controller, because on the original NES controller, the directional buttons and the jump button were too far apart! I'll get a picture up eventually.

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

Urban Dictionary "furry" : Possibly the strangest sub-culture in all of geekdom. Furries range from being harmless fans fascinated by anthropomorphic characters and animals, to immensely withdrawn or self-abosrbed persons who actually believe, or want to believe, they're eagle-winged fox-like versions of themselves with giant gentalia who wouldn't dare be anything else that could be considered mundane. Furries defy any coventional or unifying definition.

...Sorry, this is bugging me: you (or whoever wrote that definition) misspelled "absorbed," "conventional," and "genitalia." Three errors in a single definition kind of detracts from this entry's credibility. I'm... very fascinated with animals, me and Ben both. He wants to go to college for a major in Veterinary Science, and then he wants to be a Wildlife Rehabilitator. And I pretty much look like a squirrel already, and I already believe it, and so unless I'm dreaming and I'm actually human (...? hold on... nope)... I don't know what else to say. Wings might be cool, I guess... Wait, by defying that definition (which seems pretty unifying), am I a furry? Or do you need to believe you're... something else... as well? I'm so confused...

~Tamias

Originally Posted by Tamias

...Sorry, this is bugging me: you (or whoever wrote that definition) misspelled "absorbed," "conventional," and "genitalia." Three errors in a single definition kind of detracts from this entry's credibility. I'm... very fascinated with animals, me and Ben both. He wants to go to college for a major in Veterinary Science, and then he wants to be a Wildlife Rehabilitator. And I pretty much look like a squirrel already, and I already believe it, and so unless I'm dreaming and I'm actually human (...? hold on... nope)... I don't know what else to say. Wings might be cool, I guess... Wait, by defying that definition (which seems pretty unifying), am I a furry? Or do you need to believe you're... something else... as well? I'm so confused...

~Tamias

I didn't write it. It was from urbandictionary.com

Well done. Furry.




Actually, there's something michaeljacksonish about the whole unlocking the child within thing.. I don't know.. weird.

Originally Posted by Tamias

Let me be the first to answer! Nope! To respect Oneironaut's intelligence: I refer to myself as a squirrel because, in all manner and being (outside of being able to read at a college level, I suppose), in every glance, smell, touch, and analysis... I will appear to be as such. Let us take the time to question reality. As defined by several brave and intelligent men throughout the generations (Sir Isaac Newton; Albert Einstein; Weird Al), our universe - our reality - operates according to strict, unwavering laws: two bodies will always gravitate towards each other, what is in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an external force, etc. But according to Morpheus (from The Matrix): "What is real? How do you define real? If real is something that you can see, and touch, and smell and taste, then reality is just electrical signals interpreted by your brain." We are bound by our senses, and to the knowledge of generations past, at the same time. Our fathers say "this is a squirrel. He cannot learn to read or write or use a computer or beat Super Mario Bros!" and so we adopt that same position, and we believe what they believe.

But this isn't their reality. It is your reality, determined by what you know, what you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. And if you take just a moment to contemplate the possibilities of your reality, you might just realize that a technologically inclined squirrel is only a minor anomaly. Awaken the child inside you, and you will remember that things that are "impossible" are not truly impossible, they are just waiting to be discovered! I can't possibly offer any more sensible explanation.

Oh, and I eventually aced Super Mario Bros. It was awesome. Ben had to make this modified controller, because on the original NES controller, the directional buttons and the jump button were too far apart! I'll get a picture up eventually.

Lol. So, basically "you do, because you choose to?"

That was either profoundly existential, universally conscious, or hilariously nonsensical. I can't figure out which.

Either way, nicely done.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Lol. So, basically "you do, because you choose to?"

That was either profoundly existential, universally conscious, or hilariously nonsensical. I can't figure out which.

Either way, nicely done.

...Well, Ben says I'm nonsensical in a "not-funny" kind of way. I think he was joking.

And thank you, I try EDIT: <--- So that's what those smiley faces do! How cool! <3

EDIT EDIT: Ha, I just realized you have a Morpheus quote in your signature ^_^

~Tamias