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The squirrel cares.

by ISL 9y ago

The squirrel cares.

thaumasiotes 9y ago
The squirrel is pretty unlikely to care about the relative warmth of its tail vs other tails. I tried to ask my mother once what women typically considered to be the dimensions of female attractiveness (e.g. breast size is something people commonly care about, while toe length isn't). Instead I got an answer consisting of a list of things a woman trying to be attractive would do before appearing in a public place. I asked whether facial features weren't considered a big part of attractiveness, and the reply was that yes, they are, but women devote almost no time to their facial features because they are basically impossible to change. SImilarly, a squirrel may be too cold, or too hot, but it can't really change its tail.
- Parcissons 9y ago
  And that was the groundbreaking moment my hair extensions buisness moved into the park.
- sterlind 9y ago
  besides makeup, you mean? remember, you're not looking at faces through an accurate depth camera, you're inferring facial geometry through color vision. mascara draws attention to the eyes, away from the chin. eye shadow provides the illusion of depth, which, combined with subtle application of blush or contouring foundation, totally changes the shape you see. you're really only inferring an oval from a small handful of points. you can control those points by accenting and concealing. not to mention hairstyles! bangs! glasses! rhinoplasty! but it's a time and money sink, and we're increasingly okay with our faces as they are.
  - thaumasiotes 9y ago
    You get to look at someone's face from many different angles while it moves around. The "accurate depth camera" model is more accurate than the "it's an optical illusion" model. Surgery is indeed a way to alter your facial features, but it's more intrusive than most.
olympus 9y ago
They aren't in the target audience. Squirrels can't read, plus even if they did the squirrel university library didn't pay $10k for the subscription to access to the journal the paper is published in. Even if the squirrel was able to access the article, the follow up research the squirrel does won't be indexed by Google so I can't add to my H-index (my H-index is a whopping 1 btw), so none of it really matters.

The squirrel cares.

by ISL 9y ago

The squirrel cares.

The squirrel is pretty unlikely to care about the relative warmth of its tail vs other tails. I tried to ask my mother once what women typically considered to be the dimensions of female attractiveness (e.g. breast size is something people commonly care about, while toe length isn't). Instead I got an answer consisting of a list of things a woman trying to be attractive would do before appearing in a public place. I asked whether facial features weren't considered a big part of attractiveness, and the reply was that yes, they are, but women devote almost no time to their facial features because they are basically impossible to change. SImilarly, a squirrel may be too cold, or too hot, but it can't really change its tail.

Parcissons 9y ago
And that was the groundbreaking moment my hair extensions buisness moved into the park.
sterlind 9y ago
besides makeup, you mean? remember, you're not looking at faces through an accurate depth camera, you're inferring facial geometry through color vision. mascara draws attention to the eyes, away from the chin. eye shadow provides the illusion of depth, which, combined with subtle application of blush or contouring foundation, totally changes the shape you see. you're really only inferring an oval from a small handful of points. you can control those points by accenting and concealing. not to mention hairstyles! bangs! glasses! rhinoplasty! but it's a time and money sink, and we're increasingly okay with our faces as they are.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  You get to look at someone's face from many different angles while it moves around. The "accurate depth camera" model is more accurate than the "it's an optical illusion" model. Surgery is indeed a way to alter your facial features, but it's more intrusive than most.

olympus 9y ago

They aren't in the target audience. Squirrels can't read, plus even if they did the squirrel university library didn't pay $10k for the subscription to access to the journal the paper is published in. Even if the squirrel was able to access the article, the follow up research the squirrel does won't be indexed by Google so I can't add to my H-index (my H-index is a whopping 1 btw), so none of it really matters.