How do you know when you are having or have had a good time? I’m not sure that I have fun often. How do you really know? I’ve been thinking about that for some time. I’ve liked things. I’ve enjoyed things. I’ve laughed at things. I’ve enjoyed being around peole. But, is that having a good time? Is that having fun?
I’m old, I know, and I know that our language changes. Probably with every generation. But, what has happened to “you’re welcome?” What has happened to “of?,” and all of the other words we seem to be dropping, these days? What vulgarities are deemed acceptable in our language, today?
I do not think that a turtle or a tortoise is a pet. It seems to me that a pet is an animal that comes when called, and seems to have some recognition of living with someone. Chere is very independent – as independent as an animal can be, living confined in a habitat.
The internet definition (not the best resource in the world) of thinking / thought is: the process of using one’s mind to consider or reason about something; using thought or rational judgment; intelligent.
I’ve been thinking about what constitutes thought. We humans think. (Well, some of us think; I’m not so sure about others.) We can problem solve. (Again, some of us … ) Problem solving is thinking. Do “dumb” animals think? And, why do we call them “dumb animals?” I’m writing, today, to see if I can puzzle through what I consider thinking. Nothing scientific, you understand. Just my thoughts on what it is that constitutes thinking.