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AZJonnie

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5. Unevolved. Exactly. Reptilian brains.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:01 AM

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Not many reptile species express behavior we'd associate with sentient cooperation between members of the same species, not even as much as many fish that evolved before them. So, I think reptiles make good analogy for the greedmongers of the species homo sapiens.

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Some numbers regarding the Bezos destruction of the Washington Post: [View all] dgauss Yesterday OP

3% of 350 billion is about 10 billion, not 100 million. You mean 0.03%. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #1

Holy shit you're right, Worse than I thought with my hasty math. dgauss Yesterday #2

Indeed. 0.03% is an acceptable rounding error for most purposes. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #4

Despite their billions canetoad Yesterday #3

Unevolved. Exactly. Reptilian brains. AZJonnie Yesterday #5