You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals
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mrfahrenheit
· 4 years ago
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Hell yeah, no clothes!
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dr_richard_ew
· 4 years ago
Pooping anywhere we want! Hell yeah!
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Animals literally do leave trash. Predators leave the the parts of prey they don’t want or any use, herbivores often drop bits of plant and seeds. The ecosystem has just adapted to their trash, and most of it bio degrades. But then you have animals like raccoons, many birds, bears and so on, who may take human trash like plastics, shiny objects etc. so I mean- animals DO leave trash, it’s just that a habitat an animal is “native” to generally has adapted to recycle or otherwise use this trash. Of course- animals don’t generally know or respect private property or ownership of land- so.... I mean... the idea of a “park” is itself human. I doubt they’d let you build your home there without paying...
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creativedragonbaby
· 4 years ago
But wouldn't trash by our definition be defined as non-degradable items? Corpses are generally not considered trash
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guest_
· 4 years ago
One might think that- but no. A bio degradable item like the leftover bites of a burger are considered trash even though they biodegrade. While “Trash” “Rubbish” “refuse” and so on have various formal and informal uses by industry and culture etc- when dealing with trash (items) the key delineator is that the item must be discarded to be trash. It’s status as bio degradable doesn’t actually factor in. Like the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The Lions Trash is the vultures treasure because the Lion discarded it and the vulture did not.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
As to corpses, corpses occupy an odd space. They could technically be called “items” but most cultures continue to treat them as people or as some degree of such. We tend to anthropomorphize or venerate corpses of humans or creatures we had strong emotional connections to as an individual or species.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
So generally speaking, corpses are not commonly discarded outside the commission of crimes and such. A body left is rarely treated as discarded by society. It’s rare to find in law that property rights exist for a corpse. You cannot own it, it is not treated like property in a traditional sense- being both a person and a thug at once. The concept of desecration of a corpse is strong in most modern societies and laws, you won’t likely find any laws about disturbing or desecrating a banana peel or a plastic cup.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Another thing to consider is that a corpse is a hazardous material. It presents bio hazards. But (human) corpses are generally treated with far more severe penalties in law and society for what is deemed improper disposal, even when compared to most like for like hazardous materials. Throwing 150-200lbs of ground beef in the dumpster won’t net you the criminal charges or penalties of throwing a human body- whole or ground- in the dumpster.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
But- the last thing to consider is there are and have been cultures that do not generate human remains and consider them more or less “objects” without significance. It’s relatively rare to find cultures without funeral or burial rights or other concepts of spirituality or significance to a dead body, but they exist. In such a culture a body could and likely would be considered trash.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
A cannibal might likely discard the unusable remains of a corpse. Those participating in genocide, especially motivated on ideologies involving the dehumanization of another group- will often treat corpses as objects that simply need efficient “disposal,” we tend to see used by groups like the Nazis, very sterile language to refer to their atrocities. Terms like “disposal” or “processing” as opposed to terms like “kill” or “bury.”
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guest_
· 4 years ago
So the treatment of corpses as not garbage is more cultural and contextual than inherent. We don’t consider corpses trash because it offends our cultural morals and principals. One would have a difficult time with a proposal to use human corpses to supply clean energy or to make “vegan” or “green” leathers and other products from human remains. The idea of human remains as a good source for humans or livestock is cultural nightmare fuel, and the taxidermy of a loved one would likely see you in court even if many funerals essentially practice some form of that in embalming and such for temporary “viewing.” So a corpse...
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Tl:dr and conclusion- a corpse is a special case in most modern law and society due to the veneration we give certain (especially human) remains. But that’s a cultural construct partially based around practicalities like disease and partially based around belief and self image.
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