interolivary ( interolivary@beehaw.org ) to Animals and Pets · 3 years agoRiver flowingimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1424
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minus-squareinterolivary ( interolivary@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoInstincts are so weird. And it’s not just animals that do stupid shit based on instinct, or rather it’s not just non-human animals; humans have tons of occasionally counterproductive instincts / cognitive biases too. Edit: found this delightfully 90’s-looking page on the subject of human instincts
minus-squareDenvil ( Denvil@lemmy.one ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoI use dark reader on firefox, and instead of making the page darkmode, it just changed the text to a very similar color as the backround lol
minus-squareinterolivary ( interolivary@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoHa yeah same, I had to switch it to static mode for the site so my eyeballs wouldn’t catch on fire
minus-squarehazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈 ( iamhazel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years ago Human instincts evolved long ago when we lived off the land as hunter-gatherers and took refuge in simple shelters like caves Makes it sound like we stopped evolving at some point. I could be convinced 😅
Instincts are so weird. And it’s not just animals that do stupid shit based on instinct, or rather it’s not just non-human animals; humans have tons of occasionally counterproductive instincts / cognitive biases too.
Edit: found this delightfully 90’s-looking page on the subject of human instincts
I use dark reader on firefox, and instead of making the page darkmode, it just changed the text to a very similar color as the backround lol
Ha yeah same, I had to switch it to static mode for the site so my eyeballs wouldn’t catch on fire
Makes it sound like we stopped evolving at some point. I could be convinced 😅