910
Son, we need to have a serious talk!
(lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
910 points (90.3% liked)
Microblog Memes
10305 readers
1176 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
- Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
- Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
Related communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Pandas are ursidae, but not ursinae
Here's the thing. You said a "red pandas are ursidae." Are they in the same order? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies red pandas, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls red pandas bears. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "bear family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of ursidae, which includes things from short-faced bears to dog bears to giant pandas. So your reasoning for calling a red panda a bear is because random people "call the cuddly ones bears?" Let's get raccoons and koalas in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A red panda is a red panda and a member of the ailuridae family. But that's not what you said. You said red pandas are ursidae, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the carnivora order bears, which means you'd call cats, dogs, and other mammals bears, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
(I said pandas are ursidae, not red pandas, but I liked your passion!)
Edit: I forgot about jackdaws
Red Pandas are Ailuridae. So even farther away.