Humor - Dangerous Intersection

Social norms: conscious choice or unconscious ancestor worship?

Post author:grumpypilgrim
Post published:May 25, 2006
Post category:American Culture Cultural Evolution Culture Current Events Economy Good and Evil Humor Meaning of Life Politics Psychology Cognition Religion
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Let's do a thought experiment. Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang some bananas by a string from the ceiling and place a ladder underneath it. Before long, one of the monkeys will go to the ladder and try to climb towards the bananas. As soon as…

Re: Stephen Colbert’s Speech

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:May 12, 2006
Post category:Humor Politics
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I read the transcript last week, but I hadn't seen the video version until today. If you haven't seen this video yet, I'd highly recommend it. Click here to view it. This speech has become legendary. Dissertations will be written about it. Check out the President's expression starting at about…

Anti SUV cartoons

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 26, 2006
Post category:Energy Environment Humor
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Stating the obvious, in ever-new and creative ways . . . http://cagle.com/news/SUVMe/1.asp

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