• Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    It’s actually even more unlikely that they would be able to learn how to talk. This guy’s clearly not a very good scientist if he missed that.

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    2 months ago

    Unlike with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, with Dawkins, I would be quite surprised if he brought that up without being quite specifically asked about it…

    • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s probably from an hour long portrait interview, in which they cover a lot of ground including favourite English literary pieces, and the interviewer tries to tie it to the guest. They would probably ask David Beckham which Harry Potter character he’d have on his football team.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I have a feeling that A.A. Milne might just wanted to call a character the N-word, then first had a dream about how badly it aged, then in a second one how far racist gamers can go to say at least a “censored” version of it online.

    • NABDad@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I came here looking to see if anyone would point out that they are toy animals, not real ones.

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    2 months ago

    If someone released a donkey in East India this would be very plausible. Kangaroos on the other hand…

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure there’s regions where people have pigs and donkeys and there are bears and tigers in the woods.

    However, it would not end up well for the pig or the donkey if they hung out