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VonVilkee Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Raindog said: Needed the reminder 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, VonVilkee said: Needed the reminder Just watch C-SPAN on any given day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 This is a random thought generated by the Realm of Chaos: There is no such thing as an alpha wolf. That theory has been long debunked (by the author who originally proposed it no less). What he thought he observed of a larger more aggressive male dominating over subservient males was just a pack consisting of a mated couple and their pups. Larger wolves telling smaller wolves what to do, not to exert social dominance, but because parents teach their young how to operate in the world. No zoologist or with wolf enthusiast gives the idea of alpha males any credence. It is, however, still used an effective way to explain away someone's bad behavior as evidence they're socially superior. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Munkie said: This is a random thought generated by the Realm of Chaos: There is no such thing as an alpha wolf. That theory has been long debunked (by the author who originally proposed it no less). What he thought he observed of a larger more aggressive male dominating over subservient males was just a pack consisting of a mated couple and their pups. Larger wolves telling smaller wolves what to do, not to exert social dominance, but because parents teach their young how to operate in the world. No zoologist or with wolf enthusiast gives the idea of alpha males any credence. It is, however, still used an effective way to explain away someone's bad behavior as evidence they're socially superior. The author even tried to stop publication of his own book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 14 hours ago, Yarbicus said: The author even tried to stop publication of his own book. Yup. It's just a theory people wish was real so much that they refuse to let it die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Munkie said: Yup. It's just a theory people wish was real so much that they refuse to let it die. It’s also something most people only ever heard second-hand (or even further removed) like in a Discovery Channel show or in some sort of fictional story about wolves. Since most people don’t really have any reason to study deeply into the topic, it sounds pretty plausible, and they keep hearing references to it… They just assume it must be true. It’s likely a variant of the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effects Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know. — Michael Crichton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ish Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 "Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky." — Alan Moore 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 24, 2021 Report Share Posted December 24, 2021 Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas this year is your list of naughty girls. Thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ish Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Raindog said: It was probably left behind by Catarine Towani, as depicted in the original prequel film The Ewok Adventure. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ish Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 6 hours ago, Raindog said: Bonus points for the nerdy kid wearing a Pink Floyd jacket. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ish Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Given that they only ever eat lunch, so why do they call themselves The Breakfast Club? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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