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The Tibetan fox for me has a permanent β€˜done with this shit’ look that I love.

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[–] Speiser0@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like the sand cat:

It looks like it gets distracted all the time and starts new side projects.

[–] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Litany@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It looks like there is a camouflaged cat snuggling next to the real cat in the picture.

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago
[–] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The screaming hairy armadillo is also good.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Cisco 2600 router.

[–] wheelie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] manned_meatball@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

the body is round

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I have used this phrase a lot, but in the last couple of years I’ve seen usage of this phrase by folks who aren’t Native Americans start to come under fire. I think it’s because it appropriates and makes light of Native American culture.

[–] inspxtr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think what and how it is used for or interpreted as should be a factor to determine whether it is appropriation of Native American culture.

I’m not a native english speaker, and often times the term in my mind can mean zodiac animals. I’m not saying they are the same thing. English is a common language, and people from other cultures may interpret the word differently.

Hence I sometimes wonder whether there are other cultures across the world that use similar terms (eg totem symbolism), or whether such term can mean different things to other cultures. A blanket ban of the specific combination of these two words in english based on ~~one~~ some cultures may seem unfair to others if this is true. If anyone knows or has issues with the logic, please correct me.

EDIT: see the discussion in the comments https://lemm.ee/comment/1954510

EDIT 2: per below comment, Native American shouldn’t be treated as 1 culture.

[–] livus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It's definitely not used with the same level of meaning in pop culture, so maybe we need to call it something else.

Zeitgeist Animal?

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[–] Achaeminus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

β€œLobster, because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives”

[–] Shurimal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

That was a good movie!

[–] Tordoc@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Find your soul mate, Homer!

[–] dan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Some kind of angry potato

[–] deven@kerala.party 4 points 2 years ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago
[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Just remember, if you're white, that's not your spirit animal, that's your fursona!

[–] FunzioneSperimentale@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

I'd like to say penguin, because I love them; but my experience keeps pointing me to a deer, whether I agree or not. My wife's seems to be a bee, for whatever reason. Just weird, coincidental observations that really made us wonder. But c'est la vie, I'm cool with a deer if it is what it is.

But damn, do I love penguins

[–] the_itsb@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

the_itsb = the Ill-Tempered Sea Bass, and though it's a batfish and not a sea bass, I've always thought this guy conveys the ill-tempered part beautifully.

Who I actually am as a person is a little more like some kind of crab. There's the strawberry crab, who is "small, brightly-colored ... known to be quite toxic," which sounds just like me without medication. πŸ˜‚ And then there's the black-eyed hermit crab, who "often inhabits shells left by massive moon snails ... often covered with colorful pink anemone-like hydroids, making this critter even cuter."

[–] doot@social.bug.expert 2 points 2 years ago

nice lipstick on that first one

intercontinental nuclear ballistic missile bean launcher system

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

An octopus. Weird, inquisitive, and can hide when I don’t want attention.
I’d probably taste delicious when deep fried and battered.

[–] d4rknusw1ld@artemis.camp 2 points 2 years ago

Mark Wahlberg

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The finless porpoise

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In my mind, I'd probably like it to be something a bit noble. But my wife would probably say a Golden Retriever. All over the place energy that jumps between couch potato and hyperactive, pack/family oriented, and a bit dumdum. Can't say I totally disagree.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Cat

Grumpy Cat

[–] szczur@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago
[–] spare_muppet@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
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