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Old Sep 14, 2015, 07:09 PM
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^ Lol.

I think I'd rather be compared to the attractiveness-challenged small mammal called sloth, than to the alternate definition:
sloth
slôTH, slōTH/

1. reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.
"he should overcome his natural sloth and complacency"

synonyms: laziness, idleness, indolence, slothfulness, inactivity, inertia, sluggishness, shiftlessness, apathy, acedia, listlessness, lassitude, lethargy, languor, torpidity; literary hebetude
"who is responsible for the sloth of this department?"
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Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)