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MossyFeathers , to Today I Learned in TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.

As bigfig said, your cat probably doesn't have a chin. That said, you might consider feeling your cat's chin to see if it's actually a chin and not just fluff or something.

If you feel a boney protrusion similar to a human's chin, then you should unironically contact an evolutionary researcher. They might be fascinated about your cat having an actual chin as humans and only humans (not even neanderthals) are the only known chin-havers. Who knows, your cat might be the "missing link" between chinned and chinless humanoids.

MossyFeathers , (edited ) to Today I Learned in TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.

Many animals, including most felids and canids, have a fifth toe (aka dew claw), which could potentially evolve into a thumb. You don't normally see it on domestic dogs though, because if I'm not mistaken, it usually gets cut off when they're a puppy due to it being weak and having a tendency to get caught on things.

Alternatively, there is polydactylism in cats, which can give them extra toes that can help them grab things (I've seen a video of a polydactyl cat using it's extra foretoe like a thumb, though I can't find it). It seems possible that, overtime, an extra foretoe like that might eventually provide enough of a evolutionary benefit for it to become a standard feature.

If cats evolved human-like intelligence, they'd absolutely have night clubs of some kind. That said, I'm not convinced that cats don't already have human-like intelligence and aren't just choosing to not use it, but that's beside the point.

Walking bipedally is something a lot of smaller mammals can do as well, it just isn't their normal mode of locomotion because their bodies aren't currently designed for it. Going the evolution route again, however, and it's possible that a species might eventually decide to stand up like humans did. Edit: I forgot about birds, dinosaurs and semi-bipedal mammals like the pangolin. Birds and pre-historic theropods walked on two legs, and pangolins have heavy tails they can use to balance on their hind legs so their forelegs are free to dig at ant mounds. So humans aren't the only animals that walk on two legs.

The wing things are part of her clothing.


You're correct that being bothered by a chin alone is strange, but,

A) people have weird things that bother them, sometimes illogically

B) I kinda look at anthropomorphic animals as being evolved from their real world counterparts, so I tend to rationalize things in regards to how they might have evolved. It makes it more believable for me.

C) iirc, in the context of the movie that specific character is from, thats actually someone's VR avatar. As such, it makes sense to make human concessions like opposable thumbs, five fingers and toes (cats technically have five toes on each forepaw, four toes on each hind paw), walking plantigrade, etc. A chin seems like an odd concession to make. From the article, it doesn't really give humans any really evolutionary advantage so it's not like you're gonna be unable to do something because you don't have a chin; and based on what I've seen in the furry community, chins on anthros doesn't really seem to have much of an aesthetic appeal either (otherwise nearly every fursona would have an obvious chin).

D) It just looks weird. Idk man, it just looks weird to me.

That said, I don't tend to mind hybrids or mythical creatures like gryphons, dragons, dragon-cats, or whatever, so idk. It just looks weird to me and I guess the thing about humans being the only ones with chins is a explanation and justification for why I find it weird-looking.

MossyFeathers , to Today I Learned in TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.

This is why it bothers me when artists add chins to animalistic characters. It looks so wrong. An example:

https://pawb.social/pictrs/image/c50858ec-4a60-41ce-ac1d-71ad171a4fc0.jpeg

Like, shit. Cool character design but you gave the cat lady a chin. Cats don't have chins, why did you give her a chin?

MossyFeathers , to Streetwear in Wrong Answers Only: what is this style called?

Pastelpunk windcore.

MossyFeathers , to Streetwear in Quadruple Windsor Knot

Formal Jesterpunk.

MossyFeathers , to Android in Blackmagic Camera app with pro video controls lands on Android

Nope, CPU-Z says it's a Snapdragon 8. It's a factory-unlocked US model on verizon, and I doubt a EU/ROW phone would support Verizon frequencies (it used to be that phones in the US had to be made for carrier-specific bands, but that might have changed with LTE), but I used CPU-Z just to double check.

MossyFeathers , to Android in Blackmagic Camera app with pro video controls lands on Android

I dunno, didn't work for me.

MossyFeathers , to Android in Blackmagic Camera app with pro video controls lands on Android

I gave it all the permissions it said it needed.

MossyFeathers , to Android in Blackmagic Camera app with pro video controls lands on Android

I used the nodpi version on apkmirror. It's not that the app doesn't run, it launches just fine. It's that it doesn't appear to be able to access the cameras, it's just a black screen and if I try to record then it crashes.

Also, I just tested it with the apkm via SAI from f-droid to make sure it wasn't an issue with the nodpi version; and I got the same result. The UI and everything loads fine, there just isn't a camera preview and it crashes if I press the record button.

MossyFeathers , to Android in Blackmagic Camera app with pro video controls lands on Android

but you should be able to sideload from apkmirror and get it to run with some limitations depending on your phone hardware.

S22 ultra here, app runs but none of the cameras work.

MossyFeathers , (edited ) to memes in We are a failed species

I don't drink and that sounds amazing.

Edit: in case anyone's curious, I'm don't tend to drink because I don't really like the taste of alcohol, and cocktails are too tasty. I need something that tastes good, but not so good that I feel tempted to become an alcoholic. I'd bet that the French toast brew is tasty enough for me to enjoy the flavor, but not so tasty that I'd want to drink it every day. That said, I have had people tell me, "oh this beer is amazing you have to try it" and then it tastes like shit, so it who knows.

MossyFeathers , to World News in Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake'

Probably icbm tech or something, it's pretty much all they have left.

MossyFeathers , to memes in Almost all of the American ones I've heard of are terrifying.

Like father, like son.

Not flesh, nor fish nor bone,

A red rag hangs from an open mouth.

Alive at both ends but a little dead in the middle...

MossyFeathers , (edited ) to memes in Almost all of the American ones I've heard of are terrifying.

I like Not Deer. Weird Birds are in a similar vein. I doubt they're established well enough to be considered a cryptid, but they're kinda similar.

https://pawb.social/pictrs/image/4b33513c-b120-46e8-b252-41175043ca6d.jpeg

MossyFeathers , to Streetwear in Wrong Answers Only: what is this style called?

Big-hair combatpunk. It's a form of punk that celebrates the military industrial complex (but only ironically) by donning aggressive-styled leather attire. The main identifier, however, is their big, brightly colored hairdos which are meant to signal that you shouldn't take their MIC worship seriously.

They can be separated from the recent "fashair combatpunk" offshoot movement by looking at the color of their hair. If their hair is colored in red and black or sports the colors of their native flag, they're likely fascists and should be avoided at all costs.

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