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Dogs, like humans and monkeys, are omnivores. Even better: dogs have lots of experience eating things. Different things. Here we take a tip from our canine culinary experts: How To Eat A Banana Like A Dog.
(by Little "The Nose" Bear, with help from diN0bot)
(by Little "The Nose" Bear, with help from diN0bot)
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Sit.
Stay.
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Come!
Snifsnuff until you find a banana!
Stay.
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Come!
Snifsnuff until you find a banana!
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I think it is also incorrect. This instructable clearly describes the steps AND presents pictures on how to eat a banana like a dog. It is strikingly similar to a featured instructable on how to eat a banana like a monkey, with the additional feature of having pictures containing a dog. What instruction is lacking?
I also want to clear up two of your misconceptions for the benefit of other readers with whom I might have an interesting discourse with:
1. Bear doesn't normally eat bananas. Most dogs don't, either. It was an experiment. Maybe you have to interact with a dog during mealtime to grok why this is interesting.
I eat bananas. Most people do, too. People I know, including myself, don't eat bananas like Bear did. Just like most people don't turn microwaves into welders. One could post a comment saying someone turned a microwave into a welder, or one could write an instructable about how to do so.
2. It's a shame when a tool is stereotyped into a narrow field of use. It's awesome when tools are used beyond the original intention of its authors. Tools are enablers. Enabling even more is better. Granted, tools can be used for evil, too, and tools can get polluted with noise and spam (kind of like your comment) and thus become less enjoyable. Some people don't like the internet because it contains porn, but it also contains cool social communities and instructive resources. The whole notion of collaborative interaction (wikis! version control!) is far beyond the original conception of email and discussion boards. What is negative about expanding the role of a tool?
As you note, this instructable is not *just* about instructing someone on how to eat a banana in a particular way. Maybe banana eating is important to you, maybe not--that shouldn't matter wrt the quality of an instructable--but beyond that, this instructable is an opportunity for me to tell a story about my dog. Instructables, like any recipe, tell a story of what the author did. This kind of artistic mingling with engineering is beautiful, at least to some people. More importantly, using instructables in this way does not degrade the use of instructables in its original pure-engineering context. I would caution disrespecting either of these uses unless one were imposing a serious cost.
One of the awesomest aspects to this community, one which will preserve quality and prevent noise better than pure automation, is the culture against negativity. Maybe you want to re-evaluate your perception and actions in this community to see if you can't get more out of it by being nicer.
pppps - re: comic discussion below: right on. I have no idea what you're talking about, though I found the irony of it involving CATS appropriate.