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Comment by y0eswddl

4 months ago

hard to form an emotional connection with the emotionless

Says parent post, while thinking a stack of rocks that looks a little like a fat raccoon is kind of cute.

Humans are designed to form emotional connections with non emotional things. Its sort of our whole deal.

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Eh, People form emotional connections with inanimate objects, so I'm unsure if that's a good enough argument tbf.

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