No, but they do have an effect on emotional states.

What’d you call me?

I want to eat

I want to have shelter

You know… I don’t think it really works for all things.

Did that have to do with his comfort and safety, or just some hobby he uses to trick people into giving him money?

These people use their power and influence to stave off time and death as their prime motivator, just look at his hairline for the best evidence.

What about the lonely milfs in my area? You can’t tell me they don’t actually want my body…

You do understand that, unlike most wild animals, humans change at a much faster rate, right?

The point isn’t “humans did this (though admittedly I did throw a little jab in there)”, the point is “drastically changing an environment can have devastating consequences”.

Cooking takes time, ingredients, and if you want it palatable, ability. Fast food takes driving up to a location and saying “give me something easy”.

It’s not as fast as it used to be, but it’s still relatively quick, especially if it’s on your way home from wherever you are. Any extra time is just spent doomscrolling on your phone or listening to your preferred media pundit.

So… a predator it was unfamiliar with and had no defense against?

Tell that to the Northern White Rhino.

Don’t forget his terrorist fist jab.

In after someone gets irrationally angry about people getting irrationally angry.

Because their evolutionary defense is literally defense, and not just having enough numbers to overcome predation.

Sure, there are species that exist without predation, but introduce predators (like humans) and oh, would you look at that… extinction!

Life is complex, and doesn’t have any one single explanation for how it exists.

Indeed, he didn’t create the party, he just says the quiet part out loud.

O’Doyle rules!

Because it’s nothing more than a popularity contest for them. This isn’t the future of the country (or world) for them, it’s junior prom.

I guess repeating continuing to make analogies in what appears to be a serious tone seems like an odd way to make the argument that the original analogy is broken. You’re not pointing out any flaws, using the current analogy to show how it doesn’t work… just changing the setting while keeping the overall analogy completely the same.

It’s like going to a brothel and continuing to have sex with prostitutes then saying the brothel is broken… sorry, I had to.

…except this isn’t explicitly a Linux website. Sure, it’s probably run by people who use it extensively and populated mostly by people who use it at least regularly… but it’s in no way a Linux dealership. I came here specifically because it wasn’t trying to sell me something.

If you’re trying to say that’s not the case, and that the fediverse only exists as a mechanism to sell people on linux… it might be time to give up on it, I suppose.

And as we all know, only extremes exist! The middle ground is an illusion!

Because the bar you’d normally go to removed all the comfortable chairs and started selling ad space directly in front of your face.

“Are you fucking sorry?!”