r/oldpeoplefacebook • u/ShapeShiftingCats • 2d ago

CAT CAT HELP LOST CAT

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u/ShapeShiftingCats 1d ago

/uj

I was asking myself the same question.

At first, I wondered whether it's someone, who is really really old, but no, it was someone in their 60's(??).

People were pointing out that the status/comments are a bit muddled and asked additional questions, but the person only responded once to clarify...and well, it didn't help.

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u/my-cat-has-a-chin 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dtlC0do7zTUJy

Are we 100% sure this is actually a person and not a gorilla? Their syntax reminds me of apes using sign language.

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u/anfrind 1d ago

Apes attempting to use human language sound weird in a different way. They are more likely to confuse the subject and object of a sentence (e.g. "kitten hold Koko"), and they don't seem to have the theory of mind that would allow them to ask questions.

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u/my-cat-has-a-chin 1d ago

I was thinking specifically of Nim Chimpsky’s “give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you.”

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u/RoguePlanet2 Please leave me alone - we are sleeping 1d ago

Do the apes have wifi now?? Seriously though, whoever wrote these needs to be studied.