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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 04:15:06 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
   I suddenly had the phrase "stop anthropomorphizing people" in my head and I wondered who else might have thought of this phrase, obviously I wouldn't be the first one, and now I have a whole bunch of genuinely interesting-looking tabs open, including a scientific study of why cuddling teddy bears makes people feel better.
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 08:43:00 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     Sadly none of them turned out all that interesting at a closer look, so I'm not coming back with any links.
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 08:49:06 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     "Imagining Others’ Minds: The Positive Relation Between Children’s Role Play and Anthropomorphism"
     
     This one does still look interesting, I just don't have the brain to read it today.
     
     www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 08:51:06 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     And here is "Touching a Teddy Bear Mitigates Negative Effects of Social Exclusion to Increase Prosocial Behavior", also not read:
     
     journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11…
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 08:53:18 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     Go out, stretch your legs,get fresh air, touch grass with your feet, touch a teddy bear with your face.
   • rellik moo (idlestate@toot.cat)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 11:09:36 UTC rellik moo

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     @clacke

     the one place I've encountered it: Brian Cantrell is on video giving a talk where he says "stop anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison"

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   • varx - social alt (varx@cybre.space)'s status on Saturday, 28-May-2022 16:50:45 UTC varx - social alt

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     @clacke Perhaps relatedly, in discussions of animal consciousness, I sometimes wonder whether people are conscious or if that's just a misinterpretation of the evidence. (All people, not just some.)

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