poll: does the DUmpster intimidate the primitives?

[Tess Anderson]

I think, generally speaking, it does intimidate them, but there are exceptions to the rule like Doug Bulna. He knew people here at at other sites were pulling his threads, but all that did was to make him even more defiant and then he doubled-down on stupid again.

[franksolich]

I think, generally speaking, it does intimidate them, but there are exceptions to the rule like Doug Bulna. He knew people here at at other sites were pulling his threads, but all that did was to make him even more defiant and then he doubled-down on stupid again.

One primitive that impresses me in his imperturbability, although that's not necessarily a good thing, is the locust primitive, "Locut0s."  That guy's nuts and all that, but has the hide of a rhinocerous; nothing fazes him.

I suppose that's why it's okay to make fun of him, because it won't hurt him anyway.

Also, to some extent, the pilgrim primitive, "HereSince1628;" he seems to handle parody well, without it exacerbating his mental deficiencies.

As for walrus-face, he won't admit it, but I'll bet he's affected.  He appears mule-headedly impervious to even the roughest criticism or mockery, but I sense it gets to him. 

And once the brain-damaged primitive admits that it gets to him, he's taken the first baby-step to learning how to become a better person.

[Bad Dog]

And once the brain-damaged primitive admits that it gets to him, he's taken the first baby-step to learning how to become a better person.

I swear, you have the patience of Jobe.

[franksolich]

I swear, you have the patience of Jobe.

Well, remember, my goal in life is to salvage a primitive or two.

I subscribe to the maxim of the late Lord Baring, a British colonial administrator during the 1920s: "primitives need to feel the harsh sting of the lash; a very few of them because it may civilize them, more of them, but still only a small number, because it may half-civilize them.  But the other 99.9% of them, they need to feel the lash simply because they're dirty foul depraved primitives."

I wholly subscribe to that; it's for their own good.

[Tucker]

You know, if Skins isn't going to do it, we can always do it here, but problem--a lack of means of verification.

It'd be embarrassing to declare a primitive dead, only to find out later he's still among us.

In either state of being, they make the same amount of sense.

[GOBUCKS]

You know, if Skins isn't going to do it, we can always do it here, but problem--a lack of means of verification.

It'd be embarrassing to declare a primitive dead, only to find out later he's still among us.

The way they lie, how can anyone ever be absolutely certain they're dead?

As you know, a democrat's death is rarely confirmed by subsequent voting records.

There are strong internet rumors that the DUmp's dear sodomite Andy is still among the living, despite the coup d'etat having been applied, up close and personal, by a decent and civilized person.

His only obituary was in a Seattle equivalent to Crazy Miriam's blog.

The moonbats who claim to have attended his funeral are the same ones who claimed to have visited him during non-existent hospital stays.

Has anyone seen a photo of his carcass in a casket?

If he was cremated, which would have been advisable to prevent the spread of disease, was there a civilized witness?

[franksolich]

Well, these I know for a fact:

Khephra's dead, because he died while on line.

the red round one's dead because I know.

grouchy old Don's dead because his daughter told us so.

Chief S itting Bull's dead because we all read his obituary.

ThomWV's dead because we all saw his obituary.

the primitive woman bothered by cold weather, the "TroubleInWinter" primitive, is dead because I know.

I'm sure there's more dead primitives--I hope to God there's lots more--but how to prove it?

That's barely enough dead primitives to set up a memorial vestibule, much less a memorial hall.

[Bad Dog]

the red round one's dead because I know.

I love it when you get all cryptic.

[franksolich]

I love it when you get all cryptic.

necesse est me; sometimes necessity compels me to be so.

[obumazombie]

Coach is rewriting Schindler's list.

[Bad Dog]

Coach is rewriting Schindler's list.

Not sure about the proper spelling but, pretty sure you got it wrong.  It does start with an s but I know there is a t in there somewhere.

[GOBUCKS]

I agree most of them are really most sincerely dead, especially when there is non-DUmp corroboration.

Of course, old Don's daughter could have been Don himself, but unlikely.

Even the sodomite is almost surely dead, based on coach's special skills and unimpeachable honesty, but it sure would be nice if there was some tangible proof.

But all that points to a reason for Skimmer to have a Dead DUmmy forum. Profit.

When the tributes start piling up, maybe once in a while a dishonest DUmpmonkey would be embarrassed and own up to being alive.

After admitting to still being among the living, the formerly deceased DUmmy might resume buying stars and Valentine hearts - a clear return on the effort invested in setting up the new forum.

[Tucker]

I'm pretty sure Wiley's worm food. Well, maybe not. He thought pot was better than chemo as a cure for cancer. Worms wouldn't touch him.

Anyway, his sailboat got stuck outside of Denver.

[franksolich]

I'm pretty sure Wiley's worm food. Well, maybe not. He thought pot was better than chemo as a cure for cancer. Worms wouldn't touch him.

Anyway, his sailboat got stuck outside of Denver.

I forgot all about the freeloading bum the wily primitive, "Wiley50."

After being evicted from his place in the mountains and forests of Tennessee, his former landlord keeping the half-finished "ark" for security for unpaid rent (probably used it to supply his wood-burning furnace), Wiley50 made it all the way to California, but then shortly thereafter died of exposure on the beach.

One of the times when he announced he was moving out there, the CalPig primitive did her usual Skippy thing, wishing him luck.

Which prompted him to remember something, and he then asked her if she'd put him up.

The CalPig primitive went away without answering.

And so I always blamed Wiley50's death on the CalPig primitive; she was in favor of his moving out there, and she had the means to put him up.  In her palatial digs, she could've put Wiley50 up in a bedroom, and his presence wouldn't've ever been noticed.  He would've been no bother.

But no.....while the CalPig primitive talks the talk, she never walks the walk.

The CalPig primitive murdered Wiley50.

[GOBUCKS]

The CalPig primitive murdered Wiley50.

Maybe so, but it doesn't offset all the shitty things she's done.

[franksolich]

Maybe so, but it doesn't offset all the shitty things she's done.

That's a different twist; I never thought of that, but you're right.

[Airwolf]

I answered with "Yes and it's a good thing.

[miskie]

Some of them are, but even those who aren't have modified their behavior because they are being watched. It taints the results of the study, making it a bad thing.

[landofconfusion80]

Some of them are, but even those who aren't have modified their behavior because they are being watched. It taints the results of the study, making it a bad thing.

to improve the study, the tactics need to evolve with what they think they know. 

[DUmpsterDiver]

When observing something the observation should not interfere in the process, corrupting the true nature of the subject.

Skinners Cat.

[franksolich]

to improve the study, the tactics need to evolve with what they think they know. 

The problem is, while I've read a lot of Margaret Mead in conjunction with the primitives of Skins's island (keeping in mind that some of her observations were falsified, as she did have an agenda), and while she wrote a great deal about this problem--how primitives change their behavior after they know they're being observed--it doesn't appear that she ever came to any resolution of that problem.

[landofconfusion80]

The problem is, while I've read a lot of Margaret Mead in conjunction with the primitives of Skins's island (keeping in mind that some of her observations were falsified, as she did have an agenda), and while she wrote a great deal about this problem--how primitives change their behavior after they know they're being observed--it doesn't appear that she ever came to any resolution of that problem.

But there are many solutions to be found. As this is a continually changing social experiment on what could be argued a mass social disorder, I feel that it is our duty to explore the possibility of changing the observational tactics to better suit the new social balance of the island.  An instance would be observing a monkey that has mastered the use of a gun, it would make much more sense to either give it blanks or to observe from behind bulletproof glass.

[diesel driver]

I said "yes, good thing".

Anything that bothers DUmbassas is a good thing.   

[Mr Mannn]

I voted "No, and its a good thing."

DUmmies don't like the light of truth shining on them, but they are too stupid to change their ways,
In their echo chamber, they quickly forget they are under scrutiny and make fools of themselves over and over.