• TheLazyNerd@europe.pub
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    ACKTCHU-ALLEE, stealing is a legal construct. Laws only apply to humans, so whale sharks cannot engage in stealing.

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      Aren’t legal constructs are a subset of social constructs though? Also, I feel like the concept of stealing may predate laws though I have no evidence for this.

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          so we were eating chicken something. probably fajitas idk this was a while ago. my first soulcat was keeping my older brother’s chair warm while he was in the bathroom, just sitting there like they were part of the conversation. suddenly out of the corner of my eye i see this, but with a strip of chicken:

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            That’s not theft. We only see it as theft because the cat does it sneakily, but it only sneaks because if it didn’t the fajita might have escaped, as cats assume all food other than wet food and kibble is like mice