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I just find it funny that some Nirvana fans would listen to Plateau by the Meat Puppets and think it was Kurt Cobain singing. Like "He recorded a studio version??"

I wouldn't even know how you could change Africa to something else and be liked. It's a tall order for sure. I enjoy Bob Dylan a ton but understand not everyone likes his voice or even harmonica. "All Along The Watch Tower" could easily be changed and enjoyed because it's the music and lyrics that are loved mostly. Africa is an entire package. I enjoy Dave Matthews Band performing "All Along The Watch Tower". He puts it in his own style some, but that style isn't as different as Jimi.

Lake of Fire is the only one I'd say is maybe better. Especially if we are talking about the MP too high to die version over MPII version.

They are all good songs, though, so I can definitely see your point.

Do a guard dog equals a fighting dog? Protective equals aggressive? Gtfo with that weak bullshit 🙄

A guard dog DOES not EQUAL a fighting dog. No. But a fighting dog does equal a guard dog.

Gtfo with that weak bullshit 🙄

Good argument point

For someone talking a lot about working dogs, you seem utterly clueless about how they BECOME working dogs.

Do you even know how they BECOME working dogs?

A Shetland Sheepdog doesn't need to go to doggie college to learn to herd sheep. It is in their nature to chase and get everything together. You put my sheltie in a field of sheep, and he'll make sure no sheep wanders off.

There is very little training you have to do to get a beagle to hunt rabbits.

Try training a St. Bernard to hunt rabbits...

Dogs aren't machines with certain behaviors hard coded

Since you said it, it must be true

Some might have generational trauma

So you are saying that past generational experiences can shape a breed? That's the opposite of what you are trying to argue.

Many studies have been done about aggression in breeding.

One would be The Russian Silver Fox Experiment.

They took wild foxes and tried to domestic them through selective breeding, and they took aggressive foxes and tried to make more aggressive ones.

Turns out that they could do both, make them less aggressive and more aggressive through breeding.

It has been studied a ton in mice and it has been found that aggression is heritable that follows the Mendelian inheritance patterns with genes located on autosomes. That expression of aggressive behavior is influenced by androgens.

So yes, in a way, we, like dogs, are all "machines" with certain "codes"

You don't have to train a guard breed to not guard any more than you have to train a seventh generation farmer not to farm or he'll just spontaneously start growing crops.

Oh geez

I'll ask you this question.

Set up: Pit Bull and Shetland Sheepdog. Both in separate large pits. Gold bars in middle. Food and water is given to both, but no human contact ever.

Which pit would you want to retrieve the gold bar from?

In your mind, it shouldn't make a difference which pit

Fighting breed = Guard breed

A pit bull will guard you with its life. Not only will it, it can.

Other types are:

1. Herding Dogs

2. Sporting Dogs

3. Hound Dogs

4. Working Dogs

5. Terrier Dogs

6. Toy Dogs

7. Non-Sporting Dogs

8. Companion Dogs (sometimes included within Non-Sporting or Toy groups)

9. Mixed-Breed Dogs (not an official group, but commonly recognized)

Guard dogs fall under working dogs

Working dogs = Guarding, Pulling, Rescuing, Sledding, and Service assisting.

Like you said, the reports are probably skewed to some degree, but that doesn't stop the fact that you're more likely to get mauled to death by a Pit Bull then say a Shetland Sheepdog.

Pit bulls are both able and willing to guard. They will stand their ground or attack.

Could you train your Pit Bull to always run in a precived danger situation? Maybe. But you have to train it.

In conclusion: there's no such thing as an inherently dangerous dog breed

only a dog who needs to be trained in ways they (the owners) are unable or unwilling to do.

If you have to train a dog to do something or else it will "naturally" or "inherently" do something different. Then it is naturally or inherently trained to do that thing, "Guard".

Have you heard the original meat puppet versions? Nirvana basically covered them exactly.

Not saying that's bad. But when you look at songs like "All along the washer tower" by Jimi, or "Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica. Those covers are completely changed to fit their style. In my mind, that's what makes a cover great.

A lot of Nirvana's style is the Meat Puppets

Good covers, but they lack original twists. Meat Puppets even played the music in the unplugged performance. So really it's wasn't Nirvana covering them as much as Kurt Cobain singing.

It's what I have against Weezer's cover of Toto's Africa. Good cover, but it doesn't scream Weezer at all.

Would you rather have 2-3 lines with cashiers or 6+ self checkouts?

I would say I would get out of the store way faster doing self checkout. I call that efficient.

Places like Sam's Club with their Scan and Go checkout. I can scan all my groceries with my phone as I put them into my cart. Then I just walk under an arch with cameras that scans what barcodes it can. Then I walk out the door. I don't even have to wait in line or go to a self checkout.

Cashiers aren't efficient

If the company had to pay cashiers, then the prices of goods are just going to go up. Corporate execs and board members want the money.

So, do you let the Corporate execs and board members save money and hope not to raise prices (maybe lower them), or make them pay a cashier so they are going to raise prices.

Even though I hate the "please place the item in the bag!" "Unscaned item in bagging area!". Self checkouts are efficient, and the future.

8 hous at $15 an hour is $120

Two security cameras. At most $2000

Assuming the register is basically the same price

Do you want to pay a person to stand and scan groceries for 2 weeks for $1200?

Or do you want to spend $1200 on cameras that will last years?

30k+ a year vs. $1200 once

People could steal 29k worth of stuff, and the company would still makes the same profit.

The cameras are basically security theater anyways. No one is ever going to watch the footage unless needed.

The efficiency is definitely there

the ability to create art from scratch is what makes someone an artist

What is "scratch"?

That's the whole argument against AI art.

Did you make spaghetti with pre-made noodles?

Did you make your own noodles?

Did you grind up your own wheat?

Did you make easy mac in the microwave?

Which one is a true chef?

Maybe

Probably

Definitely

Probably not

Does the AI make the "art" or does the artist use AI as a tool.

The chef creates the easy mac. A person cooks the easy mac.

Having AI create the "easy mac", then trying to claim cooking the "easy mac" makes you a chef is what's wrong

But if you get the AI to create the noodles, sauce, meat ball seasoning, etc. And you put it all together well. Then you can claim you're somewhat of a chef.

The hyphen helps people remember partial plates, and you can look up a vehicle fairly easily with a partial plate, color, make, and/or model

T28-5U47 vs T285U47Y

Chances are you'll remember T28 or 5U47 more than T285U47Y.