[throwaway67743]

Or that because of their natural social structure, he wasn't as bothered by it as being trotted out to dance every five minutes while living in a glass jar

[ironmagma]

You really think they prefer sitting motionless in a tank to having a task to do? How is that consistent with any of the rest of mammalia?

[throwaway67743]

In HN tradition you've missed what I was trying to say, attention from other orca may be more welcome then idiots with legs, regardless of if it's negative.

You also make the dumb assumption that all creatures are here to perform a task, that isn't how real life species work

[ironmagma]

Not quite, I took your logic and simply showed that it leads to the wrong result.

I never said anyone is here to perform a task. That said, I am happier pressing buttons on a machine than I am just lying motionless. It doesn’t matter that the activity is artificial, doing something is by far preferable to doing nothing.

[throwaway67743]

I'm not sure, they spend decades at sea essentially doing nothing, but fulfil their purpose, without performing.

Also if you're happy pushing buttons, you're probably unhappy.

[ironmagma]

I’m glad you can make the statement “if you are happy you’re probably unhappy” because it really solidifies the fact that you think and speak in absurdisms.

If you think orcas are doing nothing at sea, how is that morally different from them doing nothing in a tank?

[throwaway67743]

You missed a crucial part of my comment.

Freedom to roam, even if spending much of their time doing nothing it's still freedom.