r/gifs • u/arbili • Sep 15 '14
Dolphin playing with air
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u/pangers Sep 15 '14
Douglas Adams was right
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u/Groovatronic Sep 15 '14
"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."
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u/Za_Dolphin_King Sep 15 '14
It doesn't take much to entertain us
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u/goatcoat Sep 15 '14
Haha! Ain't that the truth. Hey man, want to come over to my house, chill out, eat some fish, and maybe blow some bubbles?
Oh wait, I can't. I have to work tomorrow.
Fuck, I want to be a dolphin.
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Sep 15 '14
Hey man, want to come over to my house, chill out, eat some fish, and maybe blow some bubbles?
I don't see why you can't do this as a human.
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u/bsjay Sep 15 '14
He has to work tomorrow.
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u/canyeh Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14
What kind of bubbles are we talking about that make one unable to work the day after?
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u/Za_Dolphin_King Sep 15 '14
Its pretty fucking great to be a dolphin
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Sep 15 '14
One one hand, they don't have internet. On the other hand, they don't have Comcast.
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u/Spekingur Sep 15 '14
One one hand, they don't have internet.
How do you know? Maybe they've got an internet in a form we haven't thought of yet.
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u/AdClemson Sep 15 '14
Here is an option for you!
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrcmjpng01r2k26vo1_400.jpg)
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u/Donald_Keyman Sep 15 '14
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u/RADICAL_DUDE_33 Sep 15 '14
Hahahaha source???
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Sep 15 '14
I don't remember voting for you
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u/Za_Dolphin_King Sep 15 '14
Uh uh ............. shit
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u/Garper Sep 15 '14
What'd he think this was some sort of democracy? Kings get their power from sword throwing watery tarts.
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Sep 15 '14
Oh there you go again. I mean, if I went around saying, "I was an emperor just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me" they'd put me away!
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Sep 15 '14
That's not a dolphin, that's a beluga whale. And anyone who thinks that cestaceans (includes dolphins and whales) aren't intelligent, sentient beings should watch things like this. Props to the countries that have classified them as non-human persons.
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u/yelnatz Sep 15 '14
Are those really belugas? They look too fit to be one.
All the belugas I know are fat asses.
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u/sumfish Sep 15 '14
You are correct! Those are actually finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaorientalis).
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u/Itisarepost Sep 15 '14
Looks more like a Jackdaw to me.
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u/Zarrq Sep 15 '14
Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds 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 jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
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u/Stuck_In_the_Matrix Sep 15 '14
It's a damn shame Unidan had to resort to sophomoric tactics to get extra votes. I really enjoyed his educational posts. It makes no sense that he had to create his own little vote brigade with alt accounts to inflate his initial post scores -- he was already very well liked.
Oh well.
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u/Fhajad Sep 15 '14
The worst part to me was he applied his usual happy-go-lucky attitude to it.
"Hi! Unidan here, yep I'm a shitbag that used alts to upvote my content. :)"
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u/Stuck_In_the_Matrix Sep 15 '14
Yes -- that was a bit weird to read. It seemed like there was a real lack of remorse from him when he said that like he did. Good point!
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u/altbekannt Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14
what would you recommend instead? self-flagellation?
he made a mistake, apologized and went on. I honestly can understand that the situation is a bit tense, but how everybody suddenly hates him reminds a bit of the dark age. it's only upvoting after all.. and he's not the only guy who's doing that, but one of the few who got caught. although definitely not cool, it's not the end of the world either.
edit: words
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u/randomkidlol Sep 15 '14
According to gyfcat, theyre Dopey Adorable Albertosauruses and not belugas.
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u/ponchoandy Sep 15 '14
You think that's fat? Do you see the sheer amount of muscle that thing is flexing?
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u/sumfish Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14
Those are actually finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaorientalis).
edit: ... and I totally agree, they are way too intelligent to be kept in little cement tanks.
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Sep 15 '14
if they're so smart, how come they can't get out then?!
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Sep 15 '14
Yep. You know how just about anyone will agree that life sucks? Life sucks because of our intelligence. It forces us away from the simple pleasures of life.
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u/Saturnix Sep 15 '14
Have you ever heard of meditation?
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Sep 15 '14
I have, however I thought meditation was about focus and calming...?
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u/Saturnix Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14
Not only. Meditation is the most ancient remedy to that problem. Intelligence turns you away from the simple pleasures of life just because you're "in" your intelligence instead that in the present moment (which, by the way, is also filled with intelligence but of a different kind). Your intelligence can only know reluctance, ambitions, desires, the past, the future, words, divisions, names, categories, enemies/friends, slavery/freedom, happiness/sadness, good/bad, moral/immoral, right/wrong, ecc... None of these things are real, they are just the result of what you call "intelligence". How can you expect to answer any meaningfull question when the only way you have to understand any answer uses things which are not real (i.e. things which have no intrinsic qualities)? True intelligence is to be aware of this: what you see in not reality alone but your projection of it, your interpretation. To be aware of the qualities of a little portion of yourself or of the world, as it is here and now. To bring this awareness outside of meditation, in your daily life.
Awareness is the only key and meditation is the best way to develop it. Many says you have to meditate to overcome fear, anxiety, sex problems, sleep problems... All of these are only results of what you defined as "intelligence" (the intelligence that forces you away from the simple pleasures of life). They are used to attract people into meditation but, really, the only goal is to bring awareness into your life, into your intelligence. It does not "solve" you problems: it only allows you to live them with more awareness, not as "problems" but as a part of a reality which you accept. This also happens to solve the problem, but really: this has nothing to do with meditation itself.
Your intelligence is like a wild guest behaving madly in your house. He's not your enemy: he is just desperately searching for the owner. Your consciousness is the owner of the house: the awareness of the present moment. Once the owner is in the house, the guest will be more calm and respectful: he doesn't need any answer, he knows (only those who don't know need answers).
If intelligence forces you away from life you can solve this either by becoming an idiot or accept your condition and live it fully but with more awareness. Your experience is everything you have. From your point of view, your entire life just lead to this instant (you can't be sure there will be another one - surely there won't be another like this one). Awareness is to bring your attention to it. Your attention is the gate of what enters the mind. Since this is instant, this experience, is the only thing you really have, to let it in your mind is to become friend with reality.
with this "premise", to answer your question: it could be. It happens to be easier to be aware when focused and calm, but this stillness can be fake. For instance: you might have a doubt about somebody which you don't express, some hate, some reluctance, some happiness, some past experience hidden in your "subconscious". Any emotion which is not expressed will torment you and present to you in different forms: my mind, for example, is full of repressed emotions. As you can see, whatever stillness I might reach would be completelly fake. On the contrary, I should bring my awareness to whatever is hidden to me (and there's no telling what it could be).
Somebody insults me, now I'm angry. I have 2 choices: repress or express. In either choice, what really is important is awareness. In this context it is better to express, because it is easier to be aware of something I see. If I repress, I can also be aware of the emotion that an insult made on me. Both are valuable lessons but I hope that nobody will look at meditation as simple repression.
There are masters who made classes where a group of people would act as to recreate difficult conditions from your childhood: the classes would end when you were to totally freak out and all the repressed anger/frustration comes to an expression. There are meditations where you jump and screm for 10 minute before actually entering it. Stillness is the goal but there are many way to allow it.
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u/Za_Dolphin_King Sep 15 '14
Fuck it I still own it
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u/Bleue22 Sep 15 '14
Cetaceans have been observed playing, solving complex problems, engaging in recreational sexual activity and watch things for sheer entertainment.
If we could get them to complain about politics and their spouse's cooking/laziness then this whole argument would go away.
In all seriousness, has anyone ever tried asking them whether they prefer it in aquariums or in the wild? I know a lot of guys who would say yes to being fed and housed and entertained and provided with mates in exchange for one wall of their house being made of glass and people paying to watch him live.
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u/anusclot Sep 15 '14
Living the rest of my life in my small apartment while tiny humans bang on my window all day in exchange for free food? Sounds great...
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Sep 15 '14
Non-human persons? What a laugh. How about we just call them animals and we treat animals nicely?
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u/InfanticideAquifer Sep 15 '14
Because a "person" is something with rights whereas being an "animal" confers one no legal status whatsoever.
Perhaps you think that all animals are people. But many people think that no non-human animals are people and some think that only a few non-human animals are people.
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u/day7seven Sep 15 '14
Over time people could change their thinking. Like in the past other groups who weren't treated as equals eventually are thought of as equal as time goes on. We didn't need to call women "non-man men" or coloured people as "non-white whites" in order for them to be treated with respect.
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u/errorprawn Sep 15 '14
I think it's fair to say that a dolphin has more in common with a human than with a jellyfish.
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u/Shiroi_Kage Sep 15 '14
non-human persons
Is that what kids are calling animals these days?
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u/AprilFoolsGold Sep 15 '14
Hookah
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u/ChoggyMilgAndGoogies Sep 15 '14
If you ain't blowin bubbles cos you got a good job, then by all means make your paper, boo-boo. But if you ain't got no job and you ain't blowin bubbles, I don't know what the fuck you are doin with your life.
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u/FinancyMan Sep 15 '14
They look like beluga whales... Anyway, that's not the point I am making... Have we ever considered giving these creatures scuba gear? It seems they would be capable of figuring it out... Then we could create a whole species of mechanical whale/robot/dolphin/robot hybrids that live underwater... Oh wait... they already live under water....
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u/Gideonbh Sep 15 '14
So give them reverse scuba gear so they can walk on land!
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u/t3hjs Sep 15 '14
Except they already breathe air.
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Sep 15 '14 edited Sep 15 '14
We should give them a vehicle instead, I posted some sketches on reddit earlier this year :
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Sep 15 '14
I think the fact that you put so much effort into this is absolutely hilarious.
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Haha I didn't put that much effort, it was quickly drawn and the idea for the second sketch was from a redditor. Also I really did those, under the account /u/coolnewjeans.
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u/_beast__ Sep 15 '14
Why not just make it so that the action of swimming causes the vehicle to move. Then it would be like they were swimming on land.
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Sep 15 '14
Theoretically, with the amount we know about robot technology now, along with the progress we're making with mind-controlled mechanics, it SHOULD be possible to create some kind of mecha-suit for cetaceans.
But then obviously we'd all be fucked if dolphins had digits.
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Sep 15 '14
I mean really though can this happen? I would love to have dolphin robots in our lifetime.
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u/vodkaNtoast Sep 15 '14
"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."
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u/gfuhhiugaa Sep 15 '14
It's always fascinating to see how intelligent dolphins are
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u/sumfish Sep 15 '14
Close, but those are finless porpoises. Irrawaddy dolphins have a little dorsal fin while these guys don't.
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u/The-Beckles Sep 15 '14
Baby belugas are darker in colour, but when they are that skinny they're newborns. When they get to about 2 months old, they're a lot fatter than that and not nearly as long. Other posts have stated that these are actually finless pilot whales. :)
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u/Spitfires Sep 15 '14
THEY ARENT BELUGAS YOU IDIOTS
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Sep 15 '14
This entire thread is chaos... this is what happens Unidan, when you leave us to our own devices
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u/Donald_Keyman Sep 15 '14
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