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Would you rather be able to speak to animals or speak any human language you want?
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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
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Any human language.

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frankenswine lemmy.world frankenswine@lemmy.world
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isn't that the same?

animals for sure

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
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Second one. That would be so cool/special.

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Aurenkin sh.itjust.works Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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Animals, they are way better than humans anyway. Although they do say never to meet your heroes....

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potoooooooo 🥔 lemmy.world ivanafterall@lemmy.world
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It'd just be hours of "LET'S FUUUUCK! LET'S FUCK, LET'S FUCK, LET'S FUUUUUCK!" every damn morning.

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SpaceNoodle lemmy.world SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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Yes

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HairyHarry lemmy.world HairyHarry@lemmy.world
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Human languages for sure.

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karashta piefed.social karashta@piefed.social
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Any human language...

Does this mean I know Proto-Indo-European, too? Or only currently living languages? Or only languages we have written representations of?

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Secret_Music piefed.blahaj.zone Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Ooh this is a fun question. I would definitely go for speaking to animals. Human languages can be learnt with study in the real world but speaking to animals on more than just a basic level is magical or super powers type shit.

I get visions of living in a cabin in the woods chatting with my bird and squirrel and fox friends. And developing an understanding with the local bear to watch each other's backs.

Or raising armies to help with the uprising.

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neidu3 sh.itjust.works neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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It'd just be hours of "LET'S FUUUUCK! LET'S FUCK, LET'S FUCK, LET'S FUUUUUCK!" every damn morning.

"HEY HUN, YOU WANT SOME OF THIS BEEFCAKE? YOU AND ME BABY, LET'S SMASH! OR ANYONE ELSE?"

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lath lemmy.world lath@lemmy.world
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Flawed question. Humans are animals and all animals speak the language of "fuck!".

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Tywèle [she|her] lemmy.dbzer0.com Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Definitely animals. I want to be able to speak to my cat. Although speaking any human language would certainly be useful.

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cloudless Moderator cloudless@piefed.social
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Animals.

I can learn human languages if I want, but animals are much trickier.

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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Ooh this is a fun question. I would definitely go for speaking to animals. Human languages can be learnt with study in the real world but speaking to animals on more than just a basic level is magical or super powers type shit. I get visions of living in a cabin in the woods chatting with my bird and squirrel and fox friends. And developing an understanding with the local bear to watch each oth...

Oh that's a lovely vision! Can I move into your cabin?

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MyDogLovesMe lemmy.world MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world
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There was a gorilla that learned sign language. It learned hundreds/thousands (?) of words.

…once you got past the initial cool/cute/fun factor, conversation was about as stimulating speaking to a toddler.

Animals? Cool but likely useless.

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zero_spelled_with_an_ecks programming.dev zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-19
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Dr Dolittle giving a horse an eye exam

How else are you going to know if your horse needs glasses?

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Secret_Music piefed.blahaj.zone Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Oh that's a lovely vision! Can I move into your cabin?

Oh absolutely you would be more than welcome. I think in this vision, it would be certain people that can hear what others can't. And you would definitely hear them too!

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Today lemmy.world Today@lemmy.world
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I wish that some of the people around me only spoke in meows or barks.

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Madzielle lemmy.dbzer0.com Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Definitely animals. I want to be able to speak to my cat. Although speaking any human language would certainly be useful.

I just want to talk to my tiger cat for 5 minutes so I can convince him to wear kitty socks in the winter, he'd be warmer and less grumpy. He likes to "tent" in these months, and his little baby feet are always so cold!

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I wish that some of the people around me only spoke in meows or barks.

I've got great news, but you'll need to start making transfem friends

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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If I'm able to speak cat, does that mean my cats will actually listen to me? or will they just stare blankly at me and stick their tongue out when I ask them to get out of my bedroom?

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
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Human language. Then I could watch undubbed Anime and stuff again because I can't read too much.

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sylver_dragon lemmy.world sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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While some of the more intelligent animals could be interesting to see just how far they could go, most animals are going to mostly be vocalizing for the purposes of procreation. The wonderful sounds of the forest are millions of bugs and animals screaming, "hey, wanna fuck?" as loud as possible. Other vocalizations will be similarly utilitarian like, "look out, predator", "holy fuck this hurts" or "back off!" Not exactly stimulating conversation.

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