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johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts)
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 10:14 PM Feb 2018

"It's like having a cheetah for a pet or a Formula One car for commuting."


America, can we talk? Let’s just cut the shit for once and actually talk about what’s going on without blustering and pretending we’re actually doing a good job at adulting as a country right now. We’re not. We’re really screwing this whole society thing up, and we have to do better. We don’t have a choice. People are dying. At this rate, it’s not if your kids, or mine, are involved in a school shooting, it’s when. One of these happens every 60 hours on average in the US. If you think it can’t affect you, you’re wrong. Dead wrong. So let’s 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 OP
Cheetahs are generally not aggressive towards humans. ffr Feb 2018 #1
I want the Cheetah for commuting. eom sfwriter Feb 2018 #2
I'll take an F1 car for my daily commute! Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #3

ffr

(22,670 posts)
1. Cheetahs are generally not aggressive towards humans.
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 10:31 PM
Feb 2018

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.

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