You are transformed into an animal of your choice, and must send a message to the president in order to turn back. wdyd? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by RedStrider@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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idk just a random scenario stuck in my head

You retain all intelligence.
You must have confirmation yourself that your message reached the president.
You can't pick human as your animal.
The president as referring to Joe Biden. Other country presidents are accepted though.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

Parrot, probably the African Grey. Because you can talk. Being a talking bird with a heck of a vocabulary asking to get a message to the president is probably going to get the White House social media office’s attention, and maybe then the president.

Kinda cheating, but that would probably work.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

OP said you retain your own intelligence, so I don't see why a parrot would be any better than any animal with lips and vocal chords that could theoretically support humanlike speech.

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

oh but that's basically only humans. our mouths are one of our fairly unique features.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Humans and birds. Crows can speak too apparently.

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