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@LouisIngenthron There is a cuteness to all of these for me. But there is also a fear of being bitten or stung in 3 of those cases.. While I wouldnt want to coudle or touch any of them I absolute can see them as cute in their own ways.

@freemo There is the other side of this, look incredibly ugly, don't get eaten. There is a canny valley of edible food ?

@LouisIngenthron

So started a poll here: qoto.org/@freemo/1112962894151

It is very early but so far 80%+ think all animals, including insects, are cute :)

@freemo Are you sure its just not an evolutionary trait on behalf of the meat. Look Cute, don't get eaten.

Do you find almost all animals cute?

@LouisIngenthron Perhaps, but its not as unusual as it sounds... I do know lots of people that find almost all animals to be cute. maybe ill do an informal poll to see how much in the margins I really am :)

@LouisIngenthron While there might be some truth to that I find things cute that are completely foreign to human likeness. In fact I find most animals, even insicts, to be cute.

Also if this truely is a disadvantage to wanting to eat them I would think our brains would have created some extra barriers.

I just added a feature to Fedipage that now lets me combine the activity from multiple gitlab servers into a single git activity heatmap.

Check out my home page where I now combine all the git servers i work on in one activity heat map:

jeffreyfreeman.me/

If you want the code to replicate my site (a hugo based static site generator with full ActivityPub support) check out: fedipage.com

Why are we genetically programmed to find animals so cute? I would think as an omnivore finding your food cute would be counterproductive.

My hypothesis is that we are supposed to eat meat as a last resort and prefer vegetables. So their cuteness acts as a deterrent so we prefer them less...

Though the fact that meat tastes so good would seem to be a counterargument to that theory...

@nixCraft I use my SSH key as my actual key not a 2fa.. no need to add a password..

One main reason i love this is i dont have to setup my key everywhere... my ssh key is determined by the card int he slow

@mapto

Well for starters we already have full text search, weve had it for years.. My guess is you mean they are doing something new in that regard youd want us to integrate?

Merging back from 4 itself doesnt make sense.. but i can of course pull in any features we may be lacking on a case by case basis.

@ChrisWilms23 @helenczerski @davidho @gabipurcaru

What are some of your top personality/mental weaknesses?

I'll go first.

1. Impatience
2. Letting go of that which is not meant for me
3. Assuming people know and understand more than they do (including about me and my intentions).

That time I was stuck in a Stampede at and got some amazing photos!

Jeffrey Phillips Freeman  
Buffalo Stampede at Yellowstone Read more here: https://jeffreyfreeman.me/photography/yellowstone-stampede/ #Nature #Animals #Freemo
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