Funny thing happened on the way to the forum today,

(I swear I was tripped)

(I swear I was tripped)
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Originally posted by ThreadKiller
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Really, I've heard this story from several people during my life.
It was always someone's sister's babysitter's hairdresser's Mom's cousin.
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Originally posted by Sugarpie
That is a wonderful gif.
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There's an important study that gives insight into women's loss of self-protective instinct. In the early 1960's, scientists conducted animal experiments to determine something about the "flight instinct" in humans. In one experiment they wired half the bottom of a large cage, so that a dog placed in the cage would receive a shock each time it set foot on the right side. Teh dog quickly learned to stay on the left side of the cage.
Next, the left side of the cage was wired for the same purpose and the right side was safe form shocks. The dog reoriented quickly and learned to stay on the right side of the cage. Then, the entire floor of the cage was wired to give random shocks, so that no matter where the dog lay or stood it would eventually receive a shock. The dog acted confused at first, and then it panicked. Finally the dog "gave up" and lay down, taking the shocks as they came, no longer trying to escape them or outsmart them.
But the experiment was not over. Next, the cage door was opened. The scientists expected the dog to rush out, but it did not flee. Even though it could vacate the cage at will, the dog lay there being randomly shocked. From this, scientists speculated that when a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or the creature is allowed its freedom, the healthy instinct to flee is hugely diminished, and the creature stays put instead. (244)
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Originally posted by EricLindros
Reading this kind of made me sad:
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There's an important study that gives insight into women's loss of self-protective instinct. In the early 1960's, scientists conducted animal experiments to determine something about the "flight instinct" in humans. In one experiment they wired half the bottom of a large cage, so that a dog placed in the cage would receive a shock each time it set foot on the right side. Teh dog quickly learned to stay on the left side of the cage.
Next, the left side of the cage was wired for the same purpose and the right side was safe form shocks. The dog reoriented quickly and learned to stay on the right side of the cage. Then, the entire floor of the cage was wired to give random shocks, so that no matter where the dog lay or stood it would eventually receive a shock. The dog acted confused at first, and then it panicked. Finally the dog "gave up" and lay down, taking the shocks as they came, no longer trying to escape them or outsmart them.
But the experiment was not over. Next, the cage door was opened. The scientists expected the dog to rush out, but it did not flee. Even though it could vacate the cage at will, the dog lay there being randomly shocked. From this, scientists speculated that when a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or the creature is allowed its freedom, the healthy instinct to flee is hugely diminished, and the creature stays put instead. (244)
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Originally posted by Sugarpie
You should know from previous conversations that pictures are misleading. Lol
What can i say...I actually like her as an actress.