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sag@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

But cat domesticated us

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But cat domesticated us

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sag@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_cat

    Indeed. I’m a little disappointed that wp doesn’t mention that other than in the naming and talk.

    A link from there:

    https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/are-cats-domesticated

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      I think that’s because the narrow scientific term domestication is used in casual speach with a shifted meaning. And that’s because we don’t have any other expression for animals that you can be friends with that would sound as cool as domesticated (taming is too tame).

      Edit: Sorry, got lost in the threads. I’ll leave it here because it is still kind of on topic. I guess I should also add that domestication is a process and the line where an animal is considered domesticated is arbitrary.

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