@Kidsandliz
It would be nice to be a smarter animal… But if I was a dolphin for a day, would I want to go back to being a dull stupid human? That experience made John Urschel give up football. I mean, more the inverse.
@Wookee My first thought was: “How do animals envision their futures?” Then I realized that it was probably just a typo, and was oddly let down. I’m pretty sure that the prospective of the local raccoons is living in my house, once they’ve figured out how to break in and kill me. They haven’t managed it in the last couple of decades, but they never give up trying.
This is the first one in a while that my first instinct answer was on there. Being able to see what it’s like to fly around would be awesome… wait. Drones with cameras. We have that already. And i could buy one now if i wanted.
@phendrick wait. Now I think of it, unless happen to have the day be on the full moon, it will just be view the world from another human’s view. But then, this could be interesting as well.
Something microscopic. Tardigrades and rotifers were first to come to mind, but if it was really happening, I might do some research on the best choice.
@jimmyd103 I gotta agree with you there. Although if you are one in the Puget sound area, be a transient/Bigg’s orca, and not a southern resident because they are starving and dying out.
I WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
TO THE SEA
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
LET MY SPIRIT CARRY ME
I WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
'TILL I’M FREE
OH, LORD, THROUGH THE REVOLUTION
tick tock tick, doo doo do do
tick tock tick, doo doo do do
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
@xenophod why is the eagle flying to the sea though? Is it going swimming? Is it a fishing eagle or just a bald eagle wanting to look for a beach babe.
@OnionSoup Bald eagles out here on the east coast catch fish all the time. So, it could be a fishing bald eagle, looking to hang out on the beach with some friends…
Kinda obvious- dog or house cat- is just hanging out at home. Cheetah- probably have to watch for poachers all day. Angler fish, breathe under water, but spend the day in the dark, gotta be eagle.
If you had shark, dolphin or whale.
Or sea turtle. That would be difficult
Hard choice between a dolphin or a high flying raptor. Both live in a much larger 3D environment. Dolphin would provide a much more novel experience (I’ve seen the sky, I’ve seen things from high altitude, but never really been beneath the sea).
Considering the inevitable disappointment of having to return to a human perspective afterwards, I feel like any prospective option becomes fundamentally flawed.
@therealjrn LAME house cat? Mine live the life of luxury. They have trained me to pet them, cuddle them, feed them on demand LOL… of course you’d see an interesting part of the world being a jaguar presuming you weren’t trapped in a zoo.
Sloth. Then I wouldn’t have to change my persona
@wmbarr Same.
Perspective…
Any large bird that can soar for miles. Also an elephant would be interesting since they are so smart and perhaps also a whale or dolphin.
@Kidsandliz
It would be nice to be a smarter animal… But if I was a dolphin for a day, would I want to go back to being a dull stupid human? That experience made John Urschel give up football. I mean, more the inverse.
Prospective…
/giphy I do not think that means what you think it means
@shahnm Maybe auto correct got whomever wrote the survey post.
@Kidsandliz As a card-carrying member of the grammar police, I have no choice but to act…
@shahnm
/image grammar nazi
Mantis shrimp! They’ve got the most color vision receptors!
@melonscoop I didn’t know that - neat!
@melonscoop That’s a good answer.
@melonscoop also, they are holy-shit fast!
“To a Mantis Shrimp, Kung Fu looks like Tai Chi.”
From a house cat’s
prospectiveperspective, would be seeing the inside of my eyelids all day, since I’d be sleeping most of the time.Prospective? The future of an animal? Maybe perspective?
@Wookee I twitched too.
@Wookee My first thought was: “How do animals envision their futures?” Then I realized that it was probably just a typo, and was oddly let down. I’m pretty sure that the prospective of the local raccoons is living in my house, once they’ve figured out how to break in and kill me. They haven’t managed it in the last couple of decades, but they never give up trying.
Ignoring the wrong word, is this a trick question?
I’d like to see from the perspective of a purple.
(And no, that’s not a typo.)
@PlacidPenguin
/image a purple
@PlacidPenguin a purple? Is this the name of an animal, or are you just messing with my head? Wikipedia seems to think it is the latter
@simplersimon
I want to be a purple.
If you have any questions, speak to one of my spokespeople.
@simplersimon
It is decidedly so
Cannot predict now
Ask again later
/8ball Is purple an adjective?
/8ball Is purple a noun?
/8ball Is purple a verb?
@narfcake @simplersimon
@PlacidPenguin @simplersimon
It is certain
/8ball Will I keep
shakingediting a post for a desired outcome with an 8ball?This is the first one in a while that my first instinct answer was on there. Being able to see what it’s like to fly around would be awesome… wait. Drones with cameras. We have that already. And i could buy one now if i wanted.
Meh. Too tired to have an imagination…
Incidentally, that is also why a bicycle can’t stand on own.
A pilot fish, especially during shark week.
/giphy cthulhu
Something that burrows deep underground that maintains some sort of cave structure. Like an ant or prairie dog.
Werewolf, eyeing all the tasty humans with my infra-red vision.
@phendrick since when do werewolves have infrared vision?
@simplersimon Shh…, I wasn’t supposed to let that secret out. Let them think it is just our keen sense of smell to locate our prey.
@phendrick wait. Now I think of it, unless happen to have the day be on the full moon, it will just be view the world from another human’s view. But then, this could be interesting as well.
@phendrick @simplersimon
Something microscopic. Tardigrades and rotifers were first to come to mind, but if it was really happening, I might do some research on the best choice.
Bald Eagle. Soar around all day and illegal to shoot.
A wolf, obviously! But an inflatable one, also obviously.
@PooltoyWolf
@stardate820926 Doesn’t appear to be working XD
@PooltoyWolf @stardate820926
/giphy boom!
@Kidsandliz @stardate820926 Maybe he was inflating himself with hydrogen.
If your going to be in the ocean, you have to be an apex predator. Orca for the Win!
/giphy orca-for-the-win
@jimmyd103 I gotta agree with you there. Although if you are one in the Puget sound area, be a transient/Bigg’s orca, and not a southern resident because they are starving and dying out.
@moonhat We’re all screwed.
Snow Leopard! (aka Snow Mew)
Eagle, Tiger or Lion… Something toward the top of the food chain. Wait… Tiger Woods… that would be an animal 'pro’spective, right?
Neutrino. Wait, is the answer supposed to be something alive?
/giphy neutrino
just a meh survey question… so meh…
I WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
TO THE SEA
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
LET MY SPIRIT CARRY ME
I WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
'TILL I’M FREE
OH, LORD, THROUGH THE REVOLUTION
tick tock tick, doo doo do do
tick tock tick, doo doo do do
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
@xenophod why is the eagle flying to the sea though? Is it going swimming? Is it a fishing eagle or just a bald eagle wanting to look for a beach babe.
So many unanswered questions.
@OnionSoup @xenophod For the pompatus of love.
@lseeber @OnionSoup That’s a different song…
@OnionSoup Bald eagles out here on the east coast catch fish all the time. So, it could be a fishing bald eagle, looking to hang out on the beach with some friends…
A parrot, so I can see better and brag about it.
In a certain sense my wife is an animal. I’d like to see things from her perspective so I could better understand the choices she makes.
Shark? I like water.
@Targaryen @stardate820926
/wootstalker https://shirt.woot.com/offers/team-left-shark
Team Left Shark
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I’d say cat, but if I wanted to look at me adoringly/hungrily/annoyed, I could just stand in front of a mirror.
Kinda obvious- dog or house cat- is just hanging out at home. Cheetah- probably have to watch for poachers all day. Angler fish, breathe under water, but spend the day in the dark, gotta be eagle.
If you had shark, dolphin or whale.
Or sea turtle. That would be difficult
@naropa Yeah, I didn’t pick any of the wild ones because hunters and predators.
@lisaviolet There are a lot of cats and dogs without homes picking thru rubbish too.
A rabbit because… Well you know why
@OnionSoup
A rabbit so you can be killed so that some kid can have your foot that has been horribly died as a key chain?
No, wait… You were probably referring to the mating…
@jst1ofknd @OnionSoup I never understood “lucky” rabbit’s feet. Didn’t do the rabbit any good, amirite?
A bat so I could sleep all day.
Hard choice between a dolphin or a high flying raptor. Both live in a much larger 3D environment. Dolphin would provide a much more novel experience (I’ve seen the sky, I’ve seen things from high altitude, but never really been beneath the sea).
Considering the inevitable disappointment of having to return to a human perspective afterwards, I feel like any prospective option becomes fundamentally flawed.
Jaguar.
@lakertaylor13 I can’t believe I chose a lame housecat. Jaguar is much better.
@therealjrn LAME house cat? Mine live the life of luxury. They have trained me to pet them, cuddle them, feed them on demand LOL… of course you’d see an interesting part of the world being a jaguar presuming you weren’t trapped in a zoo.