Natasha Tori Maru

I think you misunderstand Ralston if this is your takeaway.

I tell you what is fucked - turd dog owners who let their dogs out and run their yards, while expecting delivery people to drop parcels on their doorsteps. Dog owners who let their poorly trained dogs off lead, and don't give a fuck that some people are scared of dogs. Older people who have 'my cute little harmless King Charles Cavalier' jump on them, break their skin on their legs and get infections. Or fall. Older folks are fragile as fuck. Owners who just dgaf about their dogs training because they are small. Letting the dog get away with murder. I actually find most large dog breeds are better trained in general.

https://neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-05-take-me-to-your-leader/ What the hell? Am I so out of the loop I didn't hear about Neil Degrasse Tyson doing a complete 180 on the UFO / NHI phenomenon? Last I heard he was staunchly a denier - so much so he was continually denigrating the whole dialogue around the topic. Either someone has given him direct insider intel, OR - he's in it to ride the wave of cash surrounding news on the topic. Do we think it's going to be slop? I've personally never been a fan of Neil, or his takes.

Rolf I like to remember what @Hojo once said - never trust an old white dude guru (or some such words), white people did some bad voodoo juju in our past 🤣🤣🤣

This comment is peak stupidity. 100% gotta be trolling.

@9735557264 Can you describe for us what you mean by 'alpha male'? This will give an outline for the types of character traits, values and qualities you wish to cultivate.

If you were approaching this in good faith, I wouldn't have to explain anything to you. This isn't between me and you per se - it is you attempting to counter argue with the OP. I am just pointing out poorly presented takedown attempts. Maybe you have lots of experience having mature good faith arguments - but this statement belies what appears to be the exact opposite. False certainty - or just over-certainty, can be a pitfall. Peace

@Willy Phallicus You essentially misrepresented what was being argued so you could try to tear it down. It indicates that you weren't interested in having a good faith discussion.

@Rafael Thundercat in this instance I understand not engaging with the user in question 👍 it's hard to approach a topic like this in good faith for many users. And when someone strawmans, you already know they have too much certainty to be open to anything new. I think engaging a bit more in general will help clarify your stance in your own words, as you understand the topic. Because you understand in a unique way that is worth exploring, and it is hard to do that when you link an external video. I understand the language barrier, I think you express yourself well. And hey - you are probably doing better than most users here who only know one language 🙃

@caspex thanks for your thoughts ⚡

@Willy Phallicus strawman - nice try though. At least try to understand what OP is presenting and try not to bring your loaded definition into play. You misrepresent what is being spoken about. The links are about egalitarianism over the extremist matriarchal society you are trying to convince yourself is being spoken about. Ask OP what he means. And @Rafael Thundercat I think it would be great if you addressed users in writing rather than spam external videos in reply constantly. It'll help your case more for sure.

@Basman I think you are going too far to try to make a case that isn't there. Dog owners who go overboard with their dogs, treating them with the same sort of care they would a child, are not thinking their dogs ARE humanoid. There would be some psychotic individuals out there who might be off the rails with it. But this isn't the typical dog owner who goes way above with their animal. You actually cannot know what sort of emotional needs a dog is fulfilling. You cannot know or quantify another's experience of the matter at all. I assume you mean anthropomorphism? Wrong is just your moral judgement. A bias. Which you never have to justify - but I admire the effort LOL I totally own my bias - that's the difference

rofl i'm too employed for this soz

@LoneWonderer I LOVE! Whatever we have done to dogs to make them adore and bond to humans - it's real now. The joy I get from my girl - no words. She comes with me to the office while I work so she isn't alone in an apartment all day. 3x walks. I cook her meals because I just cannot bare to think of a being under my care living off nothing but dry kibble and packaged MyDog shit. She is a minipoodle, but unlike most small dogs, is highly trained and doesn't bark. I put lots of time into training her - and she trained me as well. To be more diligent, attentive and careful. I learned a lot through caring for her. It was a symbiotic enriching process. Sometimes I am legit dead at the end of the day, no energy, falling asleep throwing a ball against the wall for her. Worth it!

Because humans, over the span on 15,000 - 30,000 years, brainwashed dogs into bonding with us so hardcore - we altered their evolutionary biology to need and want to work with us tl;dr we are cu***