[quote]I’m not so sure if mankind is all that more sentient than animals. I’ve seen and hear about some really funky, insane stuff that some people do every weekend and it sounds a lot more like what animals do on the Discovery Channel rather than a sentient, intelligent species. The better these people look, the crazier the stories get. I might have a really morbid view of things, but the twenty some percent of humanity that are genetically attractive do nothing but indulge in lust and the other eighty percent kill and rape each other. This is one of the reasons why Humility is my favorite virtue.
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Oh, I think we're VERY much smarter than animals. 

The problem is, being very much smarter than animals does not make us smart enough to act like we should! It's just enough to be dangerous.

I mean, have you seen most animals? The bar is pretty low.

[quote]I suppose there is no harm in telling the ‘gag’ behind the Miranda Kerr avatar.[/quote]

Remain in your seat. Agents are on their way to your location.

[quote]I happened to mention to Ex that my real name is Miranda, upon which he revealed his obsession (?) with Miranda Kerr and repeatedly asked me to have her as my avatar. And being such a nice person (I hope), I changed it.
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I wouldn't say "obsession." But yeah. Obsession. But she's better than Megan Fox no matter what. Or pictures of shoes (no offense to said shoes).