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https://xkcd.com/1650/ https://xkcd.com/1650/ But comparing humans to dogs in that matter is kind of ridiculous. This is more like if your sister called and sa
by Declanomous 10y ago
https://xkcd.com/1650/ https://xkcd.com/1650/
But comparing humans to dogs in that matter is kind of ridiculous. This is more like if your sister called and said "I just read about chinese foot binding, and I think it's a great idea so I'm going to do it to my children!" That's basically what people who only accept dogs who have debilitatingly short snouts, etc. are doing.
- zardo 10y agoPeople aren't binding pug's snouts. They just grow into hideously deformed beasts all on their own like people do.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe successive generations of pure breeding are pretty artificially imposed.
- mulletbum 10y agoI think your confusing breeding with tail docking.
- Declanomous 10y agoI'm really not. Foot binding is similarly debilitating to the squished snout. It wasn't possible to choose an example that was literally the same because human's don't breed themselves for deformities. If anything, now that we can test, many people take steps to make sure their children don't end up with debilitating traits. Having back issues when you are 60 isn't even remotely in the same league as the back issues these dogs end up with.
- 13of40 10y ago> humans don't breed themselves for deformities. Except maybe intelligence, I fail to see how the traits we breed for could be considered anything but deformities if a baboon had them.
- Asooka 10y agoRight now the only thing people are selecting for is wanting to breed and ability to provide for one's family. Sometimes. A study of who fucks who would be really interesting, but kind of useless because what would you do with the information?
- redblacktree 10y agoThat second part "ability to provide for one's family" means something though, doesn't it? Our societies aren't perfect, but "ability to provide for oneself/family" does generally mean that they have certain desirable traits.