NationStates Jolt Archive

Have you ever stepped back and said to yourself, "Man am I glad I'm not an animal!"? I think it's awesome that we have intellect, tools, civilization, language, and opposable thumbs. In the big scope of things, we utterly pwn all other forms of life. All species must live in fear of the all-powerful human, he who kills whatever he pleases. The lucky few will be put in cages and stared at for the rest of their lives, but the rest shall cower in our greatness. Man, I love being a human. (And no, this is not an enraged outcry for animal rights, so take your bitching/moaning elsewhere, PETA!)

Have you ever stepped back and said to yourself, "Man am I glad I'm not an animal!"? I think it's awesome that we have intellect, tools, civilization, language, and opposable thumbs. In the big scope of things, we utterly pwn all other forms of life. All species must live in fear of the all-powerful human, he who kills whatever he pleases. The lucky few will be put in cages and stared at for the rest of their lives, but the rest shall cower in our greatness. Man, I love being a human. (And no, this is not an enraged outcry for animal rights, so take your bitching/moaning elsewhere, PETA!)
Humans are animals. We're primates. Damn, did you pay ANY attention in 2nd grade science?

He means he's proud to be human as opposed to non-human. I'd agree, but I really couldn't say; I'm not quite human, being that I'm immortal and all.

yea...

spending your life stuck in an office in the city, being a corporate whore, getting paid fuck all and making other people rich, before ending up on a measly pension and dieing alone in a home is much better than how dogs have it

Yeah, being proud of something you did nothing to achieve, there's something worth while... :rolleyes:

I don't know. Being a plant would be kind of cool.

I'd like to be a cat. everything taken care of, no worries, and 22 hours of sleep a day.

Two fish met in the Atlantic Ocean. The first fish said he came from
a part of the sea inhabited by savage sharks. He spent a half-hour
describing his dangers and hardships. Several times he mentioned his
heroic service in saving other fish from sharks. "I don't wish to
appear immodest," the first fish concluded, "but I suppose you could
call me a suffering hero.

The second fish came from a safe and quiet part of the ocean, which he
described to the other fish. He added, "There is no need for heroics
there, for no one ever attacks anyone else. Follow me and I will show
you this peaceful place."

"Don't be foolish," exclaimed the first fish as he swam away. "It
isn't every day you meet a suffering hero."

PEOPLE PREFER THEIR VANITY-BASED IMAGINATIONS ABOUT
THEMSELVES OVER REALITY AND PEACE.

If I could live the life of my girlfriends cat then I would be set for life and happy as could be

Have you ever stepped back and said to yourself, "Man am I glad I'm not an animal!"? I think it's awesome that we have intellect, tools, civilization, language, and opposable thumbs. In the big scope of things, we utterly pwn all other forms of life. All species must live in fear of the all-powerful human, he who kills whatever he pleases. The lucky few will be put in cages and stared at for the rest of their lives, but the rest shall cower in our greatness. Man, I love being a human. (And no, this is not an enraged outcry for animal rights, so take your bitching/moaning elsewhere, PETA!)

I'm glad to be human and alive, although I've never really felt the need to feel superior to animals.

PEOPLE PREFER THEIR VANITY-BASED IMAGINATIONS ABOUT
THEMSELVES OVER REALITY AND PEACE.
And...

Have you ever stepped back and said to yourself, "Man am I glad I'm not an animal!"? I think it's awesome that we have intellect, tools, civilization, language, and opposable thumbs. In the big scope of things, we utterly pwn all other forms of life. All species must live in fear of the all-powerful human, he who kills whatever he pleases. The lucky few will be put in cages and stared at for the rest of their lives, but the rest shall cower in our greatness. Man, I love being a human. (And no, this is not an enraged outcry for animal rights, so take your bitching/moaning elsewhere, PETA!)
No...

...I just say "Damn, I'm proud to be me!"

I'd like to be a cat. everything taken care of, no worries, and 22 hours of sleep a day.

You beat me to it.

Even when I stay home and lounge/sleep all day, I don't have it as good as my cats. (They lay on top of me.)

And...


OH I thought that you had the intellect to figure it out. Nevermind. :p

now, now be nice to the poor pitiful human - why just look at him

why your average animal is, pound for pound, 9x stronger than he,

many can eat things that would kill a human quite quickly.

They've lost all their fur, and surely must shiver in the cold and burn in the sun...

their senses, oh what a joke - and what they can catch with those pitiful eyes, ears, nose and touch - why mostly they just ignore the input!

no tail to help them balance, tottering on two feet instead of a most sensible four...

Passed along from The Questing Cat ( who's computer is once again down - I say it's the fur )

Comve visit the Place Beyond Man, where all those man 'thinks' he has dominion over are welcome.

now, now be nice to the poor pitiful human - why just look at him

why your average animal is, pound for pound, 9x stronger than he,

many can eat things that would kill a human quite quickly.

They've lost all their fur, and surely must shiver in the cold and burn in the sun...

their senses, oh what a joke - and what they can catch with those pitiful eyes, ears, nose and touch - why mostly they just ignore the input!

no tail to help them balance, tottering on two feet instead of a most sensible four...

Passed along from The Questing Cat ( who's computer is once again down - I say it's the fur )

Comve visit the Place Beyond Man, where all those man 'thinks' he has dominion over are welcome.
As a matter of fact we can eat a wider variety of foods than just about any animal. Our vision is more accute than most animals. Walking on two legs frees up our hands to carry things and use tools. Our ability to use tools compensates for the rest.

now, now be nice to the poor pitiful human - why just look at him

why your average animal is, pound for pound, 9x stronger than he,

many can eat things that would kill a human quite quickly.

They've lost all their fur, and surely must shiver in the cold and burn in the sun...

their senses, oh what a joke - and what they can catch with those pitiful eyes, ears, nose and touch - why mostly they just ignore the input!

no tail to help them balance, tottering on two feet instead of a most sensible four...

Passed along from The Questing Cat ( who's computer is once again down - I say it's the fur )

Comve visit the Place Beyond Man, where all those man 'thinks' he has dominion over are welcome.
As a matter of fact we can eat a wider variety of foods than just about any animal. Our vision is more accute than most animals. Walking on two legs frees up our hands to carry things and use tools. Our ability to use tools compensates for the rest.

I'm not particularly pleased with the physical inferiority that comes with being a human. However, the intellectual superiority that it holds is, indeed, quite pleasing. It allows me to enjoy what I do have, and to grant myself what I lack through means that other creatures cannot begin to comprehend. My superiority to other creatures is not measured by my physical body, for where it fails, I shall create machines that will succeed. And, through these machines, my superiority will grow, for they are an extension of my will, and thus, their accomplishments are also mine, and I am made greater by them.

Pride in my humanity is little more than a side effect of existing as a human. For, merely by utilizing this computer, I communicate this 'post' with potentially hundreds of other humans, a feat no non-human can so quickly and effectively accomplish. I exert so little effort, and yet accomplish so very much, such is my might.

For our culture to have advanced so far, this is an accomplishment. And I am a part of it. My pride in what I am is justified, then, for my accomplishments are only accomplishments that a human can make. Our way of life, which is so much a part of us, took great effort to achieve. But we have achieved it, and this state of being which we now take for granted, can only be considered an accomplishment. Look upon our sad, sad history, through all our trials and tribulations. We, who were weak, who could eat so little and barely see, we, who were deaf, who could not smell and were so very cold, we have triumphed, we have become that which is greatest, by way of our tools, which only we could make and use so well.

Take pride in your heritage, weak human, for you've survived another day, and done things no other creature could even dream of. These are accomplishments, and accomplishments deserve pride.



Already, I can hear the grousing. Some of you shout "Man is but an animal, surviving as all animals do!" and I must retort that not all animals can choose to cease surviving.

Some of you bellow loudly that man's quality of life is lacking, that spending his days in a cubical is inferior to the quality of life that the animals posess. But I must ask, is living in dirt and mud, naked and without shelter, hoping beyond hope that your cuts don't get infected, truly better? Is hoping that you have the strength to find and catch your next meal better? Is fearing every day that you'll be caught by something bigger than you, have your throat ripped out by it, and then be eaten while still partly conscious, greater than spending 8 hours in a cubical, typing for most of that time on a computer screen? Better than being able to go home, spending the rest of the day eating easily aquired food, sheltered from the rain and winds, able to not only avoid most cuts and abrasions without effort, but to treat the few you aquire with ease? Better than sleeping on a soft bed, with little fear of predators (yeah, okay, humans make pretty scary predators when they want to be, but most will just take your stuff and leave), and the ability to aquire tools to protect yourself from the few that would endanger your life?

Seriously now, being human is way frickin' better than being the average animal. And people shouldn't be such pedants. We only say "animal" because it's so much easier, and so much more efficient, than "non-human biological life forms in the kingdom Animalia" which is a waste of everyone's time and energy.


On another note, I must sympathize with the first goldfish in Sumamba's story. Truly, there's no great excitement, no sense of great accomplishment, living in a tranquil sea. Peace is boring, just like spending the rest of your days in the old folk's home. Which, by the way, is why I move that we 'put down' all people over 60. It's only right, because as Nadkor so clearly pointed out, it's far worse than the life of the average dog. So, obviously, we must end their silent suffering, just as we do for dogs.

He means he's proud to be human as opposed to non-human. I'd agree, but I really couldn't say; I'm not quite human, being that I'm immortal and all.

Ooh! I'm not alone anymore! ^.^

It is best to assume that we, as humans, are completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things because we have no proof, no visible evidence, that we affect anything that really matters. This is because there is nothing to prove that a continent matters, a planet matters, the universe matters. Even the concept of something mattering is subjective.

Stalin was insignificant because the people he ruled were insignificant.
Hitler was insignificant because the people he killed were insignificant.
George W. Bush is insignificant because the countries he tramples on for fun are insignificant.

It is best to assume that we, as humans, are completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things because we have no proof, no visible evidence, that we affect anything that really matters. This is because there is nothing to prove that a continent matters, a planet matters, the universe matters. Even the concept of something mattering is subjective.

Stalin was insignificant because the people he ruled were insignificant.
Hitler was insignificant because the people he killed were insignificant.
George W. Bush is insignificant because the countries he tramples on for fun are insignificant.

So... justification for anything we like, because it doesn't matter in the end? Cool. *Rapes your female relatives and takes every last dime you have, before setting fire to you.*

Seriously though, I'm proud to be Human. Not because of what we've done so much as what we are. Our capacity for thought and reasoning is an unbelievably gift, and I would take that over the physical benefits animals have every day of the week. (Cats and squid excepted.)

I'm proud to be Undead.

Wait.

Forget that.

So... justification for anything we like, because it doesn't matter in the end? Cool. *Rapes your female relatives and takes every last dime you have, before setting fire to you.*

Seriously though, I'm proud to be Human. Not because of what we've done so much as what we are. Our capacity for thought and reasoning is an unbelievably gift, and I would take that over the physical benefits animals have every day of the week. (Cats and squid excepted.)

not justification. work out for yourself why it isn't.

just reason to shut up about why humans are awesome.

I have to ask...Squid?

Well, the opposable thumbs are kinda cool...but...well, being human means nothing if you don't do anything productive with it. A seeing eye dog or rescue dog spends his life making the world a better place, and I'd rather be that than some human parasite who will never contribute to the common good.