gwern comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 01 June 2011 08:34:20PM 2 points [-]

Hrm. How would one tell it was not female? Was it sitting on the king's lap in a rather unlikely fashion?

Comment author: NihilCredo 04 June 2011 06:10:54PM *  3 points [-]

I think the "plainly" meant that his jewels were in plain sight.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 June 2011 08:39:59PM 6 points [-]

Tomcats are usually stouter and more muscular, and have a more robust head shape? Also, they have pretty large and conspicuous balls.

Comment author: gwern 02 June 2011 12:06:02AM 3 points [-]

It's a large cat by stipulation.

Also, they have pretty large and conspicuous balls.

What, even when sitting nicely on someone's lap?

Comment author: taryneast 02 June 2011 12:33:11PM 5 points [-]

A large indolent cat is unlikely to actually sit on somebody's lap. In my experience they sprawl.