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RFC2324 posted:Here is my hot take: Effort posting in the funny pictures thread but the problem with eugenics is it inherently opposes and thus loses the benefits of having a diverse and varied population in a constantly changing world.
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pr0zac posted:Effort posting in the funny pictures thread but the problem with eugenics is it inherently opposes and thus loses the benefits of having a diverse and varied population in a constantly changing world. Yeah. If we could do a scan and go "Oh, you have the genes that put you at high risk for breast cancer and heart disease, let's just fix those and send you on your way" that would be the mildest form of eugenics and probably good. But you know it wouldn't work out and people would be trying to breed nearly identical supermen with all the 'best' traits and none of the currently unfashionable ones. Then we're all stuck in Gattaca.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:05
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The only time eugenics is admissible is to gas threads that have stupid derails. Post funny pictures.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:06
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Who doesn't support Eugenics?! They're great. They've had tons of great singles; Here Comes The Rain Again, Sweet Dreams, and who could forget Would I Lie to You.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:07
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Nah, you're thinking of Men At Work
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Jun 9, 2017 22:24
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Jun 9, 2017 22:26
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Nothing like fat neckbearded socially isolated weirdos advocating unironically for eugenics. Is it the science version of suicide by cop?
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Jun 9, 2017 22:33
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Eugenics was considered good science once upon a time and it cut across the political spectrum. George Bernard Shaw, the arch-socialist, was an ardent advocate, for instance, because he believed eugenics could help to "uplift" the poor. William Beveridge was giving a pro-eugenics lecture to the British Eugenics Society in London on the same night the Beveridge report (credited with laying the foundations for the British welfare state) was debated in parliament. William Jennings Bryan's opposition to the theory of evolution was founded on his opposition to eugenics - which was often justified by reference to Darwin's theory - almost as much as his religious fundamentalism. Then along came the Nazis who showed what the logical conclusion of eugenics as policy would be (industrialised mass murder) and people wised up.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:36
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Wheat Loaf posted:Eugenics was considered good science once upon a time and it cut across the political spectrum. George Bernard Shaw, the arch-socialist, was an ardent advocate, for instance, because he believed eugenics could help to "uplift" the poor. William Beveridge was giving a pro-eugenics lecture to the British Eugenics Society in London on the same night the Beveridge report (credited with laying the foundations for the British welfare state) was debated in parliament. 
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Jun 9, 2017 22:41
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Goodpancakes posted:Nothing like fat neckbearded socially isolated weirdos advocating unironically for eugenics. Is it the science version of suicide by cop? Having it mandated just takes them out of the loop, which they were already on their way to doing
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Jun 9, 2017 22:41
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Eugenics would have prevented most goons.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:50
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Bro you paid money to chat with them on the internet.
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Jun 9, 2017 23:10
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PCOS Bill posted:Eugenics would have prevented most goons. Eugenics... good...?
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Jun 9, 2017 23:12
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Who doesn't support Eugenics?! They're great. They've had tons of great singles; Here Comes The Rain Again, Sweet Dreams, and who could forget Would I Lie to You. We will never forget that you lie to us. 
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Jun 9, 2017 23:36
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That's just poorly-applied eugenics.
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Jun 10, 2017 00:05
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It's pretty clear cut: narrow eugenics (such as genetic screening for highly deterministic gene traits that cause medical conditions): good Social/cultural eugenics (phenotypic traits): bad e: random photo 
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Jun 10, 2017 00:10
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PCOS Bill posted:Trump winning is the only sure sign some of us are still above room temperature IQ. Can you imagine how stupid you'd have to be to vote Hillary? Yikes. I agree, 25 is definitely too warm for indoors.
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Jun 10, 2017 01:09
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Eugenics is evolution controlled by humans. When did humans ever gently caress up?
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Jun 10, 2017 02:03
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Memories! I remember my Canadian wedding at the tender age of 10. We found the most annoyed looking cat and beat it to death at the reception, as is tradition. Ah, the memories...
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Jun 10, 2017 03:02
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Canada is hosed up
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Jun 10, 2017 03:07
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  I have this book. The photos are from June 8, 1984. The caption for the cover is this: quote:I think I made a picture in a town south of Ottawa. A little girl named Angela was getting ready to go to her first communion. She was wearing a beautiful white dress, almost like a wedding gown. She was so cute, such a doll. Her brother, Trevor, was about to go play in a baseball game,but I asked them if I could take their picture. Trevor handed Angela his baseball bat so that he could get the family cat, Dot, into the picture. I'm also a fan of this one: 
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Jun 10, 2017 03:16
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It took me a good few readings to parse what the gently caress she was trying to say there.
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Jun 10, 2017 03:37
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Memento posted:It took me a good few readings to parse what the gently caress she was trying to say there. and yet somehow she's the editor in chief of mother jones (coincidentally the magazine has turned to poo poo under her)
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Jun 10, 2017 03:40
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AlmightyBob posted:and yet somehow she's the editor in chief of mother jones (coincidentally the magazine has turned to poo poo under her) Jesus Christ. America uses first-past-the-post
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Jun 10, 2017 04:25
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Picnic Princess posted:I'm also a fan of this one: Sorry, no mail today for you, Mrs. Milkman. Not even if you give me that nice fish.
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Jun 10, 2017 05:49
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There's not a single moose, or a jug of maple syrup in this pic, nor any Tim Horton's. FAKE NEWS
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Jun 10, 2017 06:56
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PaulBearer posted:Sorry, no mail today for you, Mrs. Milkman. Not even if you give me that nice fish. She's just fishin' for a compliment.
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loving loss edits, man
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Jun 10, 2017 07:12
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Picnic Princess posted:
That is a cute story and a cute and funny picture. He wanted to get his cat in the picture.  It looks like my cat too, even down to the expression of long-simmering hatred.
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Jun 10, 2017 07:25
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pik_d posted:loving loss edits, man I see what you did there, and I appreciate it.
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Jun 10, 2017 07:29
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porktree posted:
A few pages back, but you can't mention Joe Exotic and not post his incredibly honest campaign video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-_7RCFArM
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Jun 10, 2017 12:24
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Picnic Princess posted:
I love this so much
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Martinpale posted:A few pages back, but you can't mention Joe Exotic and not post his incredibly honest campaign video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-_7RCFArM He's also heavily featured in Louis Theroux's Dangerous Animal doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwWFuM5Voqg He's....uh, insane. Cares about animals though.
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