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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 9 hours ago

I'm gonna have to go with a miniature elephant, maybe the size of a Labrador.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 21 points 13 hours ago

Probably red pandas. I'm still a bit surprised they are wild animals, they seem too silly to be like...doing their own thing out there.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 11 hours ago

Zebras. It's just a bug that we can't, right? It's just a stripey horse!

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

A bear. They are just adorable and silly and cute until they eat you completely for no reason.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

It's nice to be on even terms.

Penguin, I want to see a penguin wearing thigh highs and an arch linux shirt :3

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 11 points 12 hours ago

Quokka.

I need that type of positivity in my life.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 23 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 13 hours ago

They are just irl pokemon :)

[–] shaggyb@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

This is the only correct answer.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Cats domesticated humans. Mine watches me clean her litter box. It's clearly a power play.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Exactly, mine sees me as a bed apparently.

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

Tigers are just big cats.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 8 points 15 hours ago

Don't know quite how things would work out, but definitely domesticat the North American beaver because they're one of the coolest animals and you can't convince me otherwise.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Fennec fox or fruit bat. Perhaps raccoon, or maybe otter. Seals are neat too if there’s water. There’s a lot honestly

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 minutes ago

Fennec fox

just LOOK AT THESE THINGS

[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Assuming their domesticated enough to listen to my commands and ignore their pray drive, on like a magical level, Tiger. Hands down. I would go to the Renaissance Fair with them and commission a blacksmith to forge armor for them. I would ride it into battle whenever necessary.

Edit: I was also assuming no one else has a magically domestic animal. If everyone in this thread also has one, I'll choose Rhinoceros

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

With those conditions I would pick a bear/panda or platypus respectively.

[–] GenLe@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago
[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I am trying to befriend crows right now so I agree with this haha

[–] Uninvited4586@lemmy.cat 17 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 13 points 20 hours ago

WHAT THE FOX SAY?

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Gorillas and monkeys. Just to watch them evolve. I think it would be nice to see them with glasses.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I was thinking more like the tv show The Umbrella Academy but this is definitely worth a laugh! I don't know how to post a photo or I'd send you one back for reference. None the less if I see a monkey push up their glasses every so often as they slide down. I'd have to laugh.

[–] beaverbacon@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

Red fox would be great assuming domesticated would render them not smelly xD

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 20 hours ago

Fruit bats. Just no ebola, please.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 7 points 19 hours ago

One that's big enough to cuddle us. They also should get along fine in the increasingly small environments we are being shoved into. Having a newly domesticated animal that is limited to the ultra rich with giant estates is pointless, right? Bonus points if we can make it an environmental win as well.

Just about everything 'big' fails at being in an apartment though. Big cats, even the smaller ones among them, need more room. Same with bears, moose (cooool, dudes, am I right? Imagine lounging with a moose), elk, whales, dolphins... bah.

My idea, then? Giant birds. Big enough to lay on you when on the couch, but could be let loose to fly around while you're at work. It would take an incredible amount of domestication to get them to go and come back, but if we're talking hypotheticals and theoreticals and blue fantasy, I think giant birds would be the way to go. Take your pick of them. The steller's sea eagle and especially the phillipine eagle speak to me, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a swan, a goshawk, or a red kite. Feed them well at home, pretend that during the domestication process we made the nesting area easy to clean, and imagine being able to set it loose on stupid fascist leaders.

[–] griff@lemmings.world 12 points 21 hours ago

the human one

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Mountain Lion, for home defense. Hard to act tough when your buddy just got dragged up to the balcony by their broken neck and stairs weren't involved in getting him there.

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[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

Red Panda. I want to steal one from the zoo every time I go.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Pallas cats look very soft, I'd love to be able to cuddle one

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

Donkey. Many have tried and gotten killed in the process.

Alternatively, Triceratops.

[–] Exeous@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
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