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Dienes posted:If you take a toy from a child, no matter what it is, there's a good chance they will cry, tantrum, or hit you. That's how children are. They might even grow up to be libertarian!
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I believe that is known as "gently caress You, Got Minecraft".
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Completely believable opening in this opinion piece from a local retired psychology professor:
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Darth Walrus posted:IIRC, the science says that art can’t encourage specific behaviour (so playing TF2 won’t make you blow off your own feet with a bazooka), but it can influence your worldview (so it may well help you think of Germans as psychotic mad scientists and Russians as big, violent, and none too bright, and make you slightly more open to the idea of solving problems through violence). Which isn’t really all that surprising when you think about it - how many cultural mores and perspectives on the world did you pick up from the entertainment you consume? Which still boils down to 'We have zero actual proof of any effect, but I dunno, maaaaybe...' Not exactly grounds for a moral crusade.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Which still boils down to 'We have zero actual proof of any effect, but I dunno, maaaaybe...' Not exactly grounds for a moral crusade. Yeah, no. There’s an entire field of research on the cultural impact of art, advertising and propaganda are gigantic, influential industries, and we have dramatic, well-documented examples of the power of individual artworks like the resurrection and destruction of the Ku Klux Klan through Birth of a Nation and Superman. It may sometimes be slight, but it absolutely exists. Seriously, ‘all art conveys a message’ is one of the most basic things you’ll learn when studying English literature (or equivalent courses), and it’s frankly pretty dumb to suggest that no sufficiently eloquent message has ever persuaded someone of something.
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  for those with the phobia...https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/terrifying-new-species-wasp-stinger-12883024
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Cartoon Man posted:
That is nothing new, a lot of parasitic wasps have huge stingers they use to inject eggs into other invertebrates. They usually don't bother with people, not even if you're eating ice cream or whatever like more common wasps do.
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quote:All female wasps have a stinger, which is used to either inject venom or lay eggs. I'm just saying, if you're gonna poke me with that thing, do the venom one.
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Samuringa posted:
It sounds like either an interracial porn involving a Mexican and a petite white housewife, or something you pay a furry artist on DeviantArt to draw.
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OW! OW! I AM IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN FROM THAT STING. THANK GOD!
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Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:OW! OW! I AM IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN FROM THAT STING. THANK GOD! Pretty much this guy's career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnExgQ81fhU
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The MSJ posted:Pretty much this guy's career. WHY WOULD YOU CHOSE THIS CAREER PATH???
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Cartoon Man posted:WHY WOULD YOU CHOSE THIS CAREER PATH??? it's not "why would i do this", it's "how much will someone pay me to do this"
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I’d rather make Frappuccinos at Starbucks...
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Darth Walrus posted:we have dramatic, well-documented examples of the power of individual artworks like the resurrection and destruction of the Ku Klux Klan through Birth of a Nation and Superman It’s a cute narrative but is it true? And to the extent Superman can be credited, it’s not because Superman said the KKK was bad and kids listened. Superman comics were a vehicle to expose the KKK’s goofy rituals as, well, goofy. Take the Klan out of the shadows and it’s just a bunch of losers in bed sheets.
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Platystemon posted:It’s a cute narrative but is it true? I mean, losers who terrorize and murder people. The Lynching LARPers.
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I got a bunch of cicada hawks in and around my house a few years ago and after I got over the initial “holy gently caress that’s a huge wasp” response I realized they’re actually really cool.  It’s bizarre and kinda great how the giant specialist wasp species are somehow completely chill around people or anything that isn’t their prey.
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Dewgy posted:I got a bunch of cicada hawks in and around my house a few years ago and after I got over the initial “holy gently caress that’s a huge wasp” response I realized they’re actually really cool. Yeah, cicada killers are loving cool. Yellow jackets are the devil's spawn.
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I mixed that up and read Tarantula Hawk, which counterintuitively is a species of wasp, and then I had Fallout New Vegas PTSD flashbacks.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I mixed that up and read Tarantula Hawk, which counterintuitively is a species of wasp, and then I had Fallout New Vegas PTSD flashbacks. Cicada hawks are also wasps! 
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Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk delivers tiny submarine, rescuers say no thanksquote:Earlier, Mr Musk said he would leave the device at the cave "in case it may be useful in future". Also https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1016213509355573248
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Jul 10, 2018 10:22
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Elon Musk keeping his head in the game. And that game is civilization 2.
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Thank you, Thai government, for the very polite smackdown of His Muskness. I also love that TechCrunch republished some poo poo article about this that was also a cryptocurrency scam.
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alf_pogs posted:is his fanbase called the Musketeers or what Sounds too positive. I recommend muskrats
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Say Nothing posted:
Dude - "Why... why are you dressed up in a Star Trek uniform?" Lady - "What? Wait, why do I have this Star Trek uniform on? I didn't put this on this morning...."
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The new Quantas flight attendant uniforms last I remember looked right out of Star Trek.
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Say Nothing posted:
shark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgLYE5k5oN0
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Florida Man Strikes Again https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/1017119567032864768 https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-man-with-no-arms-charged-with-stabbing-chicago-tourist/
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Postal Parcel posted:Florida Man Strikes Again If you don't feel like reading the article, the answers to your questions are "with his feet", "twice", and "the victim was lying down".
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Postal Parcel posted:Florida Man Strikes Again That is a "NO RAGRETS" face right there.
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Postal Parcel posted:Florida Man Strikes Again It looks like Mike from Breaking Bad hosed a turtle made of Sylvester Stallones.
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