• @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    I reckon if you showed the picture of the giraffe to a human and asked what’s wrong with it, many people wouldn’t notice anything “off” about its coat.

    • @[email protected]
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      102 years ago

      In fairness to most people, it’s actually brazen to assume one knows with certainty that a giraffe must always have spots, especially as a relatively newborn giraffe.

      Without looking it up, do you know for certain that cheetahs always have spots? Robins a red breast? That no kangaroos have spots? It’s just best practices to be curious and intellectually humble in the face of unknowns.

      • M. Orange
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        12 years ago

        You’re assuming that most people would think they DON’T always have spots. I feel like it’s more likely that people would assume they always do because that’s the popular representation of them.

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          12 years ago

          I’m not assuming that people would think they always gave spots. My point is specifically that I’m happy when people wouldn’t assume that about something they don’t know.

          • M. Orange
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            12 years ago

            I am as well, but unfortunately that isn’t usually the case in my experience.