▲ 263 ▼ What hill will you die on? (lazysoci.al) submitted 1 year ago by CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee 376 comments fedilink hide all child comments Fancy cupcakes are 70% icing, really not that nice and a waste of money
[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) So we should make bald men a separate breed of human, and NFL lineman another? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) There's another comment in this thread that points out how slippery a slope it becomes when you try to apply breeds to humans, but that is kind of the idea isn't it? You seem to accept it in the case of dogs. Either way, I don't really have a hard stance either way, was just more curious of your reasoning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I mean, nobody's saying dogs are different races, there's just dogs with different phenotypic traits. When they match a certain known pattern that's a "breed". It's about as real as beer recipes matching certain styles. Race isn't a real thing, it's just sets of traits that people are used to seeing in certain populations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago You assumed I accepted it at dogs just because I pointed out the irony of all cats just being of the house variety. To me dogs are dogs guess what wolfs are dogs too. You dirty ape. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) There's another comment in this thread that points out how slippery a slope it becomes when you try to apply breeds to humans, but that is kind of the idea isn't it? You seem to accept it in the case of dogs. Either way, I don't really have a hard stance either way, was just more curious of your reasoning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I mean, nobody's saying dogs are different races, there's just dogs with different phenotypic traits. When they match a certain known pattern that's a "breed". It's about as real as beer recipes matching certain styles. Race isn't a real thing, it's just sets of traits that people are used to seeing in certain populations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago You assumed I accepted it at dogs just because I pointed out the irony of all cats just being of the house variety. To me dogs are dogs guess what wolfs are dogs too. You dirty ape. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I mean, nobody's saying dogs are different races, there's just dogs with different phenotypic traits. When they match a certain known pattern that's a "breed". It's about as real as beer recipes matching certain styles. Race isn't a real thing, it's just sets of traits that people are used to seeing in certain populations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago You assumed I accepted it at dogs just because I pointed out the irony of all cats just being of the house variety. To me dogs are dogs guess what wolfs are dogs too. You dirty ape. :) permalink fedilink source parent