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Arcanine is the size of a horse, can run as fast as a jet at takeoff, and breathes fire, but will still politely stay behind a baby gate because he's not allowed in the bedroom. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/pokemon@lemmy.world

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[–] teft@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

It's like those elephants who won't pull on their leashes because when they tried as a calf they couldn't budge the thing but as an adult if they tried they would yank it out without trying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

A reminder for us to constantly test the strength of our own leashes.

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