r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Reasonable-Pop-9933 • 2d ago

The amazing agility of a Border Collie

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u/No-Persimmon-4150 2d ago

I wonder if donkeys see another donkey moving quickly and say to each other "that boy's haulin dogs".

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u/CasanovaJones82 2d ago

I'd assume that donkeys don't speak English, they speak donkey. So who knows?

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u/Active-Initiative-32 2d ago

But do we speak human?

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u/empatheticsocialist1 2d ago

No, silly. We're speaking English

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u/Active-Initiative-32 2d ago

Human -> English ✅

Human -> Human ❌

Donkey -> English ❌

Donkey -> Donkey ✅

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u/DMoney159 2d ago

English is just a subset of human

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u/MrChocolateHazenut 2d ago

But I'm Hispanic and Belgian, Im not English

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u/EvieMarie19 1d ago

Kinda? We've named our languages, but maybe to animals it's 'human'.

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u/Masterpiece_1973 1d ago

We don’key really know

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u/dalnot 2d ago

I like the implication that we are dawgs watching this dog. Hell yeah dawg

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u/SquisherX 2d ago

Even if they did speak English, I don't think so.

The term comes not because Donkeys are super fast, but because they can haul lots of stuff. Aside from Dogsleds, dog's really don't haul anything.

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u/dedido 2d ago

They do not.

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u/gymnastgrrl 2d ago

Technically true but you spoiled all the fun. Boo. lol