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Humans have a highly developed prefrontal cortex that allows them to suppress their own impulses through conscious will.
Humans donβt attack people when rabid because they know itβs wrong to do.
βSomeβ humans have highly developed prefrontal cortex π
Hey, Belgians are human too!
There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
Given the Dutch's colonial history, these aren't necessarily mutually exclusive statements
If we're blaming people for what their ancestors did hundreds of years ago then Imma need to see everyone your great great great great grandparents all ever did
I'm not blaming the current Dutch government, I'm blaming the old privateering regime. Same way that I can say that the British have blood on their hands for every escalated conflict in the middle-east, that does not mean that I blame the current British administration for it.