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title: "A Human's Guide to Relating to Other Beings"
date: 2007-11-10 10:16
series: Walking Dataloss
tags: animals, food, humans, self, sex
---

<p>A flow chart:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Can I have sex with it?</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yes</strong>: figure out best way to please it (consider the other being's desires)</li>
<li><strong>No</strong>: go to step 2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Can it hurt me?</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yes</strong>: figure out best way to subdue it or escape from it (consider the other being's abilities)</li>
<li><strong>No</strong>: go to step 3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Can I eat it?</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yes</strong>: figure out best way to eat it (consider own tastes)</li>
<li><strong>No</strong>: ignore it</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Under no circumstances should the other being be considered outside the context of what <em>you</em> can do with it.</p>