Poll: Are you Human?

[Twilight_guy]

Yes. Anyone who defines themselves as not being human has quiet an interesting psychological state and clearly quiet unusually identity of self. I would think "human" is a vary basic definition of self and people who don't grasp it would have to be complete alienated from most and might not identify with anything.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

No. I am Godzilla.

PHEAR ME!

..Yes, I am quite human.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I bet you ... something.... that given enough time a dog could drive a car.

I will take that bet, sir, and direct you to the nearest Disney movie that stars a dog.

 

[thahat]

yes, for there is nothing else i can be.
only humans are like this,
this being the top of the best, and the lowest of the low.
therefor, everyone is human here. unless their raised by bears or whatever maybe XD

 

[teqrevisited]

Yes, because for all my just intentions and tolerance I am deeply flawed.

 

[silversnake4133]

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Are you a grapefruit? Yes, no, maybe? I do not mean a physical grapefruit, this is open to interpretation. What makes you believe you are or are not a grapefruit? Are you juicy and full of citrus flavour? Or are you dry and tough.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that with the lack of any operational definition herein, basically your not asking a question. Your saying "lets shoot the shit", what will people say? This is fine, but by the very nature of forums, generally speaking we are just "shooting the shit" regardless. Perhaps actually think of a question instead of undefined and meaningless vagueness. Then you can actually guide the conversation somewhere interesting.

Well, technically I did ask a question, quite a few in fact. I wasn't really seeking a "correct" answer. I wanted to see how people would respond. I kept it vague because of how specific the adjective "human" is. Basically, I'm not conducting research, I'm not seeking answers, I just wanted to get people to think and hope that they would ask themselves questions about their daily routines.

I knew that many people would respond with "Why yes I'm human, are you stupid?". They think logically, and don't really want to question trivial matters. But why shouldn't you? As a species, we have developed the comprehension and mental capacity to question our world, and honestly if we don't are we really any better than a machine that is programmed to obey certain tasks? Do we really THINK anymore or do we just DO because we were told to?

The human race wouldn't be as advanced as it is now if we didn't question our world and search for those answers. Plus, I did say that if you didn't want to respond, you didn't have to. I wasn't forcing anyone to participate, but it's only natural to respond with a bitter intent, we are only human...or are we?

 

[Latinidiot]

why yes, I am human. I share physical traits with my fellow species, who are also called humans. Also my genome represents that of the nearest bipedal apedescendant whith an astonishing accuracy of 99.9999 percent.


No wait nevermind. The nearest bipedal person here is secretly from Betelgeuse.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Yes, because to a large extent I don't buy into pretentious crap. Unless said pretentious crap is spouted by Streetlight Manifesto lyrics.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Yes.
Now please stop this existential bullshit. I just got back from philosophy group with a guy who never grew out of the sulky teenager (faux)misanthropical mindset.
"Wah wah humans aren't worth anything, wah wah animals are better".
And a human-centric *****.
"Wah wah humans are claerly superior, wah wah, IQ and 'LOVE', wah wah"

Murderous rage doesn't even come close to my feelings on the matter.
Besides, what the hell does it matter?

WAH WAH ANTHROPOLOGIST STUDENT WAH WAH
As a species, as soon as we got the intelligence for it we've kind of always been asking the question "what does it mean to be human?" Yeah on a level knowing the answer probably won't effect your day-to-day life all that much. But on another level, understanding it could help with interpersonal interactions, something our species is almost ENTIRELY dependent on. Except for a few hermits.

1) Are you saying that I'm an anthropoligist student? Because I can honestly say I've never studied antrhopology in depth (we've had some superficial classes on it in social studies, however).

2) I'll admit, I wasn't thinking straight while posting the post you quoted, and realize I might not've been totally rational.

3) I admit, you have a point in saying that the definition of what it means to be human could potentially be beneficial to interpersonal interactions, and have pretty much no counter-arguments.

 

[Emurlahn]

I am not a human, I am a ginger!!!

(Sorry, went for the comic approach)

 

[Blackality]

I last time I checked, 23 pairs of chromosomes.

So the answer is yes.

 

[moonlantern]

No, I'm a female dog.

 

[Uncreation]

Negative, i am a meat popsicle.

 

[Hader]

I don't know. I know I have bad vision, so I might see myself as human, but I could be Turian for all I know.

 

[rokkolpo]

Nope, I am a three legged kitchen appliance.

OT: the point of this, I most likely missed.

 

[Durgiun]

I'm human because of my human psychology, I'm human because I have all the failings of a human. I'm human because I have all the virtues of a human.

 

[Your once and future Fanboy]

No I am not human, I AM Your Once And Future Fanboy.

(LV 20 wizard/ Lv 15 rouge, Quasi-Deity CN)

 

[interspark]

i tend to think from a scientific point of view. biologically, yes, i believe myself to be a human, im humanoid, i have one heart, two lungs, rib cages, so yes, i believe i am human.

as for the question i voted "i dont know". i really haven't acomplished much in my life, and i've always told myself that i'd start "living" once i move out of my mum's house (im 18), and i don't think that's entirely wrong, i certainly plan to make some great achievements in my life! and those are plans i intend to follow!

 

[interspark]

I last time I checked, 23 pairs of chromosomes.

So the answer is yes.

when the hell did you check that???

 

[Amphoteric]

I have the DNA of a homosapien and that makes me human.