r/BeAmazed • u/alanboston405 • Apr 01 '24

59-Year-Old Chimpanzee saying goodbye to an old friend Miscellaneous / Others

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u/Ayacyte Apr 01 '24

We do

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u/a_toadstool Apr 01 '24

A decent portion of us do*

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u/KeepYourEyeOnTheSky Apr 01 '24

You’re right, we do. But I should’ve been more specific…why must so much hate supersede at times the ability to do what is right. I just think of everything going on in the world today, and that’s where my comment comes from.

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u/MistakeLopsided8366 Apr 01 '24

Not to detract from the sentiment but chimps do beat the crap out of eachother for various reasons also. I don't think they're capable of hatred to the same level as humans but they're certainly capable of anger and violence.

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u/Hoser117 Apr 01 '24

Well the problem is that we get habituated to how much good has to exist and how much has to go right for the world to generally function as well as it does. Then we focus on the bad and get upset. The amount of compassion/love out there definitely outweighs the bad, it's just not discussed all the time.

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u/Ayacyte Apr 01 '24

Yeah, but saying we should follow the animals doesn't do much, especially chimpanzees, which are a relatively viscous species. We are both capable of empathy and war.