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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 82 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You know, that would actually be the funniest possible concept if it actually turned out to be true. We discover the whole wild kingdom is like pulling a toy story on us. All animals are sentient, Our dogs actually speak perfect english.

It's much like HHGTTG said about dolphins.

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

So long and thanks for all the fish!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

HHGTTG

My friend, you can't just randomly drop acronyms like that without spelling it out at least once

Edit: oh, Hitchhikers Guide. Got it.

[–] VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Horses and oxen, which do not talk, are still compelled by man to labor.

[–] madmantis24@lemmy.wtf 3 points 4 weeks ago

True, but I'm sure that we would make them pay taxes or something if they could talk

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the plot of the 2001 film classic Cats & Dogs

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

This brought me childhood flashbacks holy shit