We need to talk about the capybara
10 Mar '23 09:08Said to be the most good-natured, friendly, and chilled-out creatures in the animal kingdom: it's time we talked about them.
10 Mar '23 10:05@fmf said2008 in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. I'm sitting having lunch overlooking the edge of the jungle and this giant rat thing walks past. Had never seen or heard of a capybara until that moment... they might be friendly but would you approach a giant rodent in the wild?
Said to be the most good-natured, friendly, and chilled-out creatures in the animal kingdom: it's time we talked about them.
10 Mar '23 10:15@a-unique-nickname saidEquipped with the knowledge I now have, thanks to YouTube, yes I would.
2008 in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. I'm sitting having lunch overlooking the edge of the jungle and this giant rat thing walks past. Had never seen or heard of a capybara until that moment... they might be friendly but would you approach a giant rodent in the wild?
10 Mar '23 11:30@a-unique-nickname saidrodent is such a negative term.
2008 in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. I'm sitting having lunch overlooking the edge of the jungle and this giant rat thing walks past. Had never seen or heard of a capybara until that moment... they might be friendly but would you approach a giant rodent in the wild?
10 Mar '23 11:39@yo-its-me saidUsing it as a sweeping smear feels like it's a kind of anti-mammal identity politics.
rodent is such a negative term.
10 Mar '23 12:26@yo-its-me saidWhy?
rodent is such a negative term.
10 Mar '23 12:27@a-unique-nickname saidThe core issue here is, are you a hater?
Why?
Aren't rats, hamsters the like all rodents by definition?
10 Mar '23 13:08@fmf saidSome things are better left in the jungle.
I've smoked Trev33 and his dark ideology about capybaras out into the open.
10 Mar '23 19:37@fmf saidSmear?
Using it as a sweeping smear feels like it's a kind of anti-mammal identity politics.
10 Mar '23 20:00@suzianne saidIt was yo its me who introduced the idea of 'rodent' being a negative term, FMF in reply was merely defending the genera from such indiscriminate negativity.
Smear?
The capybara is the largest extant rodent in the world.
Fact is fact, but you only see insult.
"And so it goes."
10 Mar '23 23:22@suzianne saidWhoosh
Smear?
The capybara is the largest extant rodent in the world.
Fact is fact, but you only see insult.
"And so it goes."
10 Mar '23 23:48@indonesia-phil saidFive red thumbs so far for this, which merely points out an obvious error. Dear me, there are some sad people here, and some who still think that red thumbs have any value.
It was yo its me who introduced the idea of 'rodent' being a negative term, FMF in reply was merely defending the genera from such indiscriminate negativity.
11 Mar '23 00:20@fmf saidDark ideology.
I've smoked Trev33 and his dark ideology about capybaras out into the open.
Back to Top