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Manipulation (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From wikipedia

Adult cats rarely meow to each other. Thus, an adult cat meowing to human beings is generally considered a post-domestication extension of meowing by kittens: a call for attention.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Cats are not domesticated though or not fully domesticated. They are tame.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

this is a stupid take especially considering that "tame" usually literally just means domesticated

Not or no longer wild; domesticated

adjective: 1. (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated.

verb: domesticate (an animal).

reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : DOMESTICATED

in fact the first definition for "tame" in every dictionary i've looked up just has the word "domesticated" as the meaning for tame. "domesticate" and "tame" are also indirectly cognates, they both ultimately derive from PIE *dem(h₂), just "domesticate" is Latinate and "tame" is Germanic, but that's more of a fun fact than a relevant indicator of meaning.

we selectively bred cats to fit our wants/needs, they live in our house and pester us to support their lifestyle, what about that isn't domestication