My inner biologist weeps.

[laser_radiation]

I got into a disagreement with a girl. She has since deleted the conversation and blocked me.

L: A human is a human. An animal is an animal.
She!Sam: Humans are biologically classified as animals.
L: Key word "biologically"
L: You may look/smell/eat/ or live like an animal. You are you not an animal. That is why humans got the name 'humans', and

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[brynspikess]

All rectangles are squares but not all squares are rectangles.

She sounds like an idiot. Hopefully she will reconsider enlightenment one day.

[laser_radiation]

I so very much hope so, but I don't think she ever will.

This is also why I don't get along with most people my age. My intelligence gets in the way. I guess I come across as a 'know-it-all bitch" or some such. (I JUST LIKE LEARNING, OK? *shameface*)

[brynspikess]

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING SMART AND KNOWING STUFF! *hugs* When the Apocalypse comes, it'll be people like us who will figure out how to survive :)

[tsukinofaerii]

an·i·mal
   /ˈænəməl/ Show Spelled[an-uh-muhl]
-noun
1.
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.

Classifications of species! How do the work?! Just because we're the only species to give ourselves a funny name doesn't mean we get to bow out of the kingdom entirely.

[laser_radiation]

But don't you see? That's exactly what it means!

It also means we get to forget everything we learned in high school biology. Because, pffft. Who needs that?