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"It's like having a cheetah for a pet or a Formula One car for commuting."
America, can we talk? Lets just cut the shit for once and actually talk about whats going on without blustering and pretending were actually doing a good job at adulting as a country right now. Were not. Were really screwing this whole society thing up, and we have to do better. We dont have a choice. People are dying. At this rate, its not if your kids, or mine, are involved in a school shooting, its when. One of these happens every 60 hours on average in the US. If you think it cant affect you, youre wrong. Dead wrong. So lets talk.
https://agingmillennialengineer.com/2018/02/15/fuck-you-i-like-guns-2/
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"It's like having a cheetah for a pet or a Formula One car for commuting." (Original Post)
johnnyrocket
Feb 2018
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(23,335 posts)1. Cheetahs are generally not aggressive towards humans.
We're not their prey. I've actually stood right next to one. It had no interest in me or anyone around me, was more interested in things that might be moving in the background, like potential rabbit prey. They were off leash and there wasn't anything preventing them from attacking. They are actually more flight than fight animal.
Replace Cheetah with a Jaguar or Courgar and then we'll want something separating us from them.
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)2. I want the Cheetah for commuting. eom
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)3. I'll take an F1 car for my daily commute!