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Dog Poems (i.imgur.com)

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[–]XtraReddit 219 points220 points ago

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This is old and it was mentioned that dogs see red as yellow and blue as blue so it would be "roses are yellow violets are blue."

[–]Psythik 94 points95 points ago

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This man is right. Stop downvoting him.

[–]crod242 14 points15 points ago

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So being a dog is like being permanently stuck in the Gap?

[–]cottonball 5 points6 points ago

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Oh, I see. So, most warm colors = dull yellow. green/teal = white. cool colors = duller cool colors with purple being more gray-ish.

...good god, my whole interior house is practically a big blob of yellow to my dogs. are shadows and light the only things that distinguish all the yellow from ... the other yellows?!

[–]ZeekySantos 1 point2 points ago

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This diagram only demonstrates hues, the various shades are how your dogs manage to see around the house.

[–]virtyy 40 points41 points ago

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dont you fucking hate it when idiots downvote shit they dont understand

[–]I_saw_this_on_4chan 10 points11 points ago

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Story of my redditing career. Or maybe people just hate the shit I post.

[–]hmmcclish 1 point2 points ago

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Your name may or may not be relevant.

[–]bobsaget112 2 points3 points ago

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This would be roughly how dogs interpret color assuming that spectrum is correct

[–]ZeekySantos 1 point2 points ago

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So they don't see black and white, they see Blue and Beige? I don't know which is worse.

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[–]tromadz 22 points23 points ago

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blue my mind.

[–]OhSoSavvy 4 points5 points ago

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"There has got to be a better way of saying that."

[–]khamulete -1 points0 points ago

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just don't say waffle

[–]jman377355 1 point2 points ago

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I wonder if there are colors we can't see, science anyone?

[–]saintbargabar 4 points5 points ago

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Light Spectrum

[–]HenkPoley 0 points1 point ago

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Got the rhodopsin sequence to prove that the image is correct? ;)

[–]ukmhz 0 points1 point ago

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How can they possibly determine this? The best I can figure you could show a dog two colours and somehow confirm if they can tell them apart, but that still doesn't tell you what the dog actually perceives only that he perceives them the same way. You can't even be certain that two people see colours as the same thing so how can you know what a dog's mental image looks like?

[–]xtatik222k 0 points1 point ago

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How can you tell if someone is being downvoted? I feel like this is something I've missed out on all this time I've been on Reddit. I mean, you can see the score of their comment, in their points, let's say 30. But as a figure, that could mean that 40 people have upvoted, and 10 people have downvoted. Or it could mean that 50 people have upvoted and 20 have downvoted. My question is this:

Is there a clear and precise way of knowing exactly how many people have downvoted/upvoted a comment?

[–]No_Manners 6 points7 points ago

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If you get the Reddit Enhancement Suite, then it shows how many upvotes and downvotes a comment as gotten. Reddit experiences goes up, productivity goes down.

[–]xtatik222k 1 point2 points ago

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Thank you very much, that was quite quick.

[–]silentmage 4 points5 points ago

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Not exactly how many. Reddit fuzzes the actual count so the post could have 100 ups and 0 downs and RES could read it as 152 ups and 52 downs.

[–]mqduck 0 points1 point ago

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Once again, a correct comment gets downvoted by the ignorant.

[–]ItsOnlyNatural 20 points21 points ago

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Roses are yellow  
Violets are blue
Colors are weird
I eat the poo

Alternatively

Roses are grey
Violets are grey
Smoke weed everyday

[–]mqduck 0 points1 point ago

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Surely "And I eat poo" would be better?

[–]iconoclass 1 point2 points ago

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Always the commentsmaid, never the commenter. :(

[–]4lulz 3 points4 points ago

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How do you know that dogs see red as "yellow"? How do you know that anyone sees yellow as you see yellow? How can you pronounce on such qualia?

[–]kgflash1 2 points3 points ago

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people hate being proven they are morons.

[–]rustietrombone 0 points1 point ago

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Dogs, along with most mammals, see the same amount of colors as a human that is red-green colorblind.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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XtraReddit, thank you for killing the joke. This post was certainly intended for those with a sense of humor.

Perhaps you didn't notice, but this was not submitted to r/science.

[–]twonx -1 points0 points ago

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Hold on a moment. Violets are blue in poems and descriptions only. Violets are usually violet or purple, not blue. So dogs should see violets as gray.

[–]IGEDDIT 16 points17 points ago

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...I just shit on your rug, have a nice day!

[–]king_of_pancakes 9 points10 points ago

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That sounds more like something a cat would say

[–]This_Isnt_Circlejerk 7 points8 points ago

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These two comments... I... I just want to talk about this hear for a minute.

You see, as my eyes jumped over syllables, treading consonants and vowels carefully without degrading the perfect rhythm of these two comments, my mind relaxed at these most simple examples of common rhyme scheme. Seriously, total Hop on Pop moment here. Simple. Mathematical. The basic use of rhyme at the end pleases my inner four year old, too.

Read these two comments in a 3/4 rhythm and watch as your brain comes up with millions of sentences that would rhyme with this. It's amazing really. Your brain knows exactly what to do to continue this simple pattern.

.[7]

[–]Buck-Nasty 4 points5 points ago

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Get this man some lysergic acid.

[–]andiznit 2 points3 points ago

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AND MY AXE!

[–]NotReasky 1 point2 points ago

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Nahh a cat would throw up in a high traffic area of your home in the middle of the night

[–]MSkog 12 points13 points ago*

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Why is the sky grey? Why is the grass grey? Why is a rainbow grey grey grey grey grey grey and infragrey?

Wilfred.

[–]Bongopro 7 points8 points ago

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I'm dead and color blind.

[–]Treeko11 1 point2 points ago

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CTRL+F I'm dead

Thank you.

[–]ShinodaCM 0 points1 point ago

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I did the exact same thing..........

We need to get a life..

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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Dogs don't see in black and white.

[–]Theozotides2 2 points3 points ago

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That dog looks like he should be surfing r/trees.

[–]SwirlPiece_McCoy 2 points3 points ago

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Is it wrong that Animorphs taught me all I know about animals vision?

[–]hmmcclish 0 points1 point ago

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I was just thinking of what I learned about dogs from Animorphs.

[–]pilvlp 5 points6 points ago

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dogs can see colors

[–]Slipskull 1 point2 points ago

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Me without contacts: Roses are blurry, Violets are blurry.

[–]contramundi 1 point2 points ago

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Sound the alarm!

Mailman, come to kill us all!

Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

[–]reddog323 1 point2 points ago

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..who cares about flowers?

Let's go play!

[–]palpebral 1 point2 points ago

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You have provided my first laugh of the day. Thank you.

[–]anomynous 1 point2 points ago

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Roses are gray,

Violets are gray

And fucking delicious

Now get out of my way.

[–]nunsnmoses 4 points5 points ago

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Ever think dogs think we are smell blind? Just like we see colors they, ay have not known existed they smell i guess whatever equivalent of color and we have no idea

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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this is a repost
now go away

[–]SuccessfulRepoST 1 point2 points ago

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I'm guessing you won most creative in high school? This is comedy gold!

[–]They_Call_Me_Eggbert 1 point2 points ago

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What you did there.... I see it.

[–]andiznit 1 point2 points ago

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Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

[–]likeasir 0 points1 point ago

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Wilfred already made that joke...

[–]MananWho 0 points1 point ago

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This joke was made way before Wilfred did it.

[–]RedRing86 0 points1 point ago

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Ah, well if it isn't the monthly Dog Poem repost :D.

[–]zpmorgan 0 points1 point ago

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Cat chimes in:

Sugar is bland.

[–]ceawake 0 points1 point ago

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The dog is a corgi: that means it is owned by the Queen:that means all the coloUrs are grey: the punishment for such sloppiness is that you shall be dragged across the pavement, put into the boot of a car, driven a few kilometers up the motorway and taken to prison for ten years, which means five years, which means you shall be eligible for parole on 11/10/16.

[–]bacegchsbis 0 points1 point ago

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THIS IS POSTED SO FUCKING MUCH

[–]fate3 0 points1 point ago

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who stole my corgi to make this?!?

[–]Scumbag124 0 points1 point ago

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OMG. This Poem is going to make MILLIONS!!! YEESSS!!!!!!!

I love you GEORGE CLOON- wrong topic.

[–]Gleeco 0 points1 point ago

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It does rhyme.

[–]OmicronPersei8 0 points1 point ago

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Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon

[–]KaboomBomb 0 points1 point ago

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I'll just leave this here...

Roses are gray, violets are gray, I'm dead and colorblind.

[–]Kylork 0 points1 point ago

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To all of my family and owner I thank. I ate all the fish from their lovely fishtank.

[–]gooner123 0 points1 point ago

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REPOSTED YOU CHEATER

[–]Fronesis 0 points1 point ago

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False.

[–]IR0NFIRE 0 points1 point ago

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"Why is the sky grey? Why is the grass grey? Why is a rainbow grey, grey, grey, grey, grey and infra-grey?" Wilfred

[–]0sigma 0 points1 point ago

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Do you want to play?

SQUIRREL!!!

[–]kev_g48 0 points1 point ago

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Poop is delicious. Also, so is toilet water.

amidoinitrite?

[–]A-punk 0 points1 point ago

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It's smart arse comments like this that will get a seeing eye dog beaten by its owner.

[–]mqduck 0 points1 point ago

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.....Wha'?

[–]Kiblits -1 points0 points ago

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Roses are gray Violets are gray I am a dog And that's okay

[–]monkeys_pass 1 point2 points ago

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I teared up a little. Absolutely beautiful.

You touched my soul, Kiblits.

[–]alkorion -1 points0 points ago

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I love welsh corgis!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Haha thanks for the laugh. I opened it, read it, didn't laugh, clicked on it again, let out a nice solid smile. :)

[–]babbish -1 points0 points ago

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How do people know what color a dog can see when the dog can't clearly speak to tell anyone what color it's seeing?

[–]frshr_thn_a_pprmnt -2 points-1 points ago

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I think we should leave the voting number at exactly 420. I was almost ready to pass up the chance to upvote jsut to leave it at that but someone downvoted just in time.

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