851
Manipulation (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cats are not domesticated though or not fully domesticated. They are tame.

[-] sparkle@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

this is a stupid take especially considering that "tame" usually literally just means domesticated

  1. Not or no longer wild; domesticated

adjective: 1. (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated.

verb: domesticate (an animal).

reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : DOMESTICATED

in fact the first definition for "tame" in every dictionary i've looked up just has the word "domesticated" as the meaning for tame. "domesticate" and "tame" are also indirectly cognates, they both ultimately derive from PIE *dem(h₂), just "domesticate" is Latinate and "tame" is Germanic, but that's more of a fun fact than a relevant indicator of meaning.

we selectively bred cats to fit our wants/needs, they live in our house and pester us to support their lifestyle, what about that isn't domestication

this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
851 points (100.0% liked)

Microblog Memes

5670 readers
1507 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
ReadyUser31@lemmy.world
aeronmelon@lemmy.world