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If you were in a room with your own pet and 99 identical pets, how would you pick out your pet (aside from calling their name)?

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  • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

    Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

    Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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    I have a parrot, i just need to say β€œwho wants a blueberry?” And that little fucker will fly to me and start demanding his treat.

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    • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

      Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

      Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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      "Wet food?"

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      • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

        Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

        Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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        I call my dog Yardstick because she only has 3 feet. Pretty sure I could pick her out, besides the fact that she'd be glued to my leg.

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          He would be the dead one.

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          identical

          You now have 99 dead pets

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          • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

            Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

            Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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            If they are truly 'identical' down to every atom, unless we are talking about spiritual things, they are simply all the same?

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              I've had the same gerbil for almost 30 years. I doubt I'd notice if someone swapped it into identical colored one in the middle of the night.

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              Wow, I didn't know they lived that long. How long do they usually live?

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              • kerntucky@infosec.pubK [email protected]

                Wow, I didn't know they lived that long. How long do they usually live?

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                It was supposed to be a joke. They live around 2 to 4 years.

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                • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                  Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                  Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                  Can I have props?
                  If yes, give me a kitchen sink, cutting table and some tomatoes.

                  Upon the mere sound of water running in the sink, my little bastard will run to my feet and start yelling because he thinks I'm preparing meat. Then I show him I'm actually preparing a salad, and offer him a tiny piece of tomato.
                  He sniffs and walks away in one swift disinterested motion.

                  Whoever doesn't scream at my feet when I'm at the sink, or shows any interest in the tomato is out of the list πŸ…

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                  • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                    Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                    Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                    His soft little meows. I'd try to mimic his "Outside" button, and see which one comes running and beseeches me with the most pathetic whining. To confirm I'd pick him up and see if he makes a dramatic, offended meow.

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                      If they are truly 'identical' down to every atom, unless we are talking about spiritual things, they are simply all the same?

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                      Answering the question of whether they would all be the same definitely gets into the spiritual side of things, its impossible to separate.

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                      • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                        Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                        Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                        By "identical" I'm going to mean you want me to pick Izzy out of a lineup of 100 female grey cats.

                        Wait and see which one starts yelling at precisely 3:45 PM. That'll be my Izzy, that's her loudest meal time.

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                        • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                          Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                          Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                          I feign striking my wife in anger.

                          We shared a house with my wife's brother. He was an alcoholic, and got uppity one night. I was at work, so not home.

                          Our dog made sure he regretted being an aggressive ass towards his sister.

                          Then I nearly got assault charges for making sure he remembered why he was bruised and scratched up the next morning after I got home from night shift. The canine puncture was his own fucking problem. Note: I didn't lay a hand on him, was just accused.

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                          • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                            Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                            Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                            So I'm in a room with 100 cats, one of which pesters me for love and affection about a thousand times a day. I could just sit down and wait for her to come over and scream like she's in immense pain as she usually does. If that didn't work I'd clap my hands and look around. The room should look something like this

                            😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
                            😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳☺️😳😳😳
                            😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

                            because she knows me and is used to me being noisy sometimes.

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                            • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                              Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                              Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                              Do that little side-mouth click.

                              "chk chk" means food and they know it

                              edit: Cats are trainable AF with sound cues. Ever time I opened the front door I did a twee-twee-twee whistle with my teeth. It taught them that when they hear that sound, it's the opportunity to go out or come in. If I wanted to call them home I'd open the door and do the distinctive whistle, within 10 minutes they'd be hovering at the front looking to come in

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                              • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                                Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                                Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                                I know his meow.

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                                  I feign striking my wife in anger.

                                  We shared a house with my wife's brother. He was an alcoholic, and got uppity one night. I was at work, so not home.

                                  Our dog made sure he regretted being an aggressive ass towards his sister.

                                  Then I nearly got assault charges for making sure he remembered why he was bruised and scratched up the next morning after I got home from night shift. The canine puncture was his own fucking problem. Note: I didn't lay a hand on him, was just accused.

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                                  Dad's Doberman would only attack if he thought my stepmom was threatened. They'd play fight to encourage him.

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                                  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.worksC [email protected]

                                    By "identical" I'm going to mean you want me to pick Izzy out of a lineup of 100 female grey cats.

                                    Wait and see which one starts yelling at precisely 3:45 PM. That'll be my Izzy, that's her loudest meal time.

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                                    I don't have to wait. My pig runs when I whistle. It's storming right now and he'd bolt out into the rain if I whistled.

                                    Alternatively, bring in the lady next door who feeds him almost daily. He'd started honking and pigging and running to her.

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                                      I don't have to wait. My pig runs when I whistle. It's storming right now and he'd bolt out into the rain if I whistled.

                                      Alternatively, bring in the lady next door who feeds him almost daily. He'd started honking and pigging and running to her.

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                                      honking amd pigging. your pig pigs? or sometimes doesn't pig?

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                                        If they are truly 'identical' down to every atom, unless we are talking about spiritual things, they are simply all the same?

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                                        Identical in appearance only, otherwise the question makes no sense.

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                                        • balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneB [email protected]

                                          Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

                                          Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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                                          Vegetables that normal dogs don't like.

                                          And I mean, I assume my guy would come come over to me on his own, too.

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