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Started by Cavebear, September 11, 2017, 12:40:19 AM

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Cavebear

I read today in National Geographic September 2017 that rats put in gaudy-colored and noisy cages reacted like gamblers in casinos with loud noises and flashing lights.

They chose to select levers that offerred the biggest pellet payoffs but the smallest chance of winning.

Apparently, their brains work much as ours do in that way. 

Hurray, we are the equals of rats...
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Rats!  Gambled away my life savings again ;-(
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Baruch on September 11, 2017, 01:30:10 AM
Rats!  Gambled away my life savings again ;-(

"Bet" you didn't actually.  You just said that to make a bad joke.  As usual.
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on September 11, 2017, 01:58:57 AM
"Bet" you didn't actually.  You just said that to make a bad joke.  As usual.

And you took the bait again, bear-fish.  No, I never bet more than $20 total on a visit to a casino.

In the experiment, did some of the rats turn into "Dirty Rats" aka mouse mafiosi?  Can't gamble without the Mob taking its cut!
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Baruch on September 12, 2017, 12:30:46 AM
And you took the bait again, bear-fish.  No, I never bet more than $20 total on a visit to a casino.

In the experiment, did some of the rats turn into "Dirty Rats" aka mouse mafiosi?  Can't gamble without the Mob taking its cut!

You missed it.  $20 down a rat hole is still $20 into the pockets of the mafia.  SUCKER!
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on September 14, 2017, 04:32:09 AM
You missed it.  $20 down a rat hole is still $20 into the pockets of the mafia.  SUCKER!

You are the Mafia, we all are.  Capishe?
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Baruch on September 14, 2017, 07:11:35 AM
You are the Mafia, we all are.  Capishe?

You have a sick view of society.  I am not mafia and hope they all die.  I desire a legal and orderly society grounded in rational thought and good business providing goods that are wanted and affordable.

Try that one on for size.
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on September 14, 2017, 08:43:48 AM
You have a sick view of society.  I am not mafia and hope they all die.  I desire a legal and orderly society grounded in rational thought and good business providing goods that are wanted and affordable.

Try that one on for size.

Yes, the Don wants society to be orderly, and all the people who borrowed from the loan shark, to pay their debts.  It is emotionally disturbing to have to break people's legs.

No, this society isn't what I want either.  But as an anthropologist studying ape people, I have to call it as I see it.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Gawdzilla Sama

We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Baruch

Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on September 16, 2017, 09:19:11 AM
I never gamble, I play poker.

But did she like it?  Did her husband like you doing it? ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

Quote from: Cavebear on September 11, 2017, 12:40:19 AM
Hurray, we are the equals of rats...
I prefer the company of rats to that of humans. At least rats don't yak it up constantly. And rats laugh when you tickle them.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Baruch

#11
Quote from: Unbeliever on September 17, 2017, 02:36:22 PM
I prefer the company of rats to that of humans. At least rats don't yak it up constantly. And rats laugh when you tickle them.

You can find an entire world in the London sewer ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLJxoJM_ZbY
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Baruch on September 16, 2017, 09:55:32 AM
But did she like it?  Did her husband like you doing it? ;-)

See?  That's what makes me sick of you.  You made a discussion on "gambling" into a weak sex pun of "stick her".  You have so much more potential than that...
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on September 19, 2017, 03:30:23 AM
See?  That's what makes me sick of you.  You made a discussion on "gambling" into a weak sex pun of "stick her".  You have so much more potential than that...

I am reacting to the brilliant material I am given.  I do puns, not full up slapstick.  Every performer (and all the Internet is a stage) has to rely on the magical dynamism between the performer and the audience.  So I salute your performance too, go break a leg ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Sorginak

I've never gambled.  Was never my thing.  I've never even bought lottery tickets or scratch offs.