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Sarcasm Seen as Evolutionary Survival Skill

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:06:17 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: It's also easy to imagine how sarcasm might be selected over time as evolutionarily crucial. Imagine two ancient humans running across the savannah with a hungry lion in pursuit. One guy says to the other, "Are we having fun yet?" and the other just looks blank and stops to figure out what in the world his pal meant by that remark. End of friendship, end of one guy's contribution to the future of the human gene pool.

Fast forward a few million years and the network of human relationships is wider and more complex, and just as important to survival. The corporate chairman throws out a sarcastic remark and those who "get" it laugh, smile, and gain favor. In the same way, if the chair never makes a remark, sarcastic people are making them behind his or her back, forming a clique by their mutually negative, but funny, comments. Either way, sarcasm plays a role in making and breaking alliances and friendship.

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Humans are fundamentally social animals. Our social nature means that we interact with each other in positive, friendly ways, and it also means we know how to manipulate others in a very negative way.

Neurophysiologist Katherine Rankin at the University of California, San Francisco, has also recently discovered that sarcasm, which is both positively funny and negatively nasty, plays an important part in human social interaction.

So what?

I mean really, who cares? Oh for God's sake. Don't you have anything better to do that read this column?

According to Dr. Rankin, if you didn't get the sarcastic tone of the previous sentences you must have some damage to your parahippocampal gyrus which is located in the right brain. People with dementia, or head injuries in that area, often lose the ability to pick up on sarcasm, and so they don't respond in a socially appropriate ways.

Tags: society

Strange Bathroom Sights!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:25:47 GMT

clipped by: jplnoons
clipper's remarks: A little bit of unusual creativity in the bathroom gives it a slight touch of uniqueness.

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Strange Bathroom Sights

Tags: bizarre, funny, humor, weird, bathroom

Lucky Guy

Sat, 24 May 2008 09:24:31 GMT

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Tags: funny

This is India

Thu, 22 May 2008 04:45:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The funny thing is, it is real...

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This is India. You know, it’s where you call when you have a technical problem with your computer

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Ghetto prom pictures

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:16:13 GMT

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Tags: funny

Weird Things Series

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:14:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I don't really know which one that fact/real....

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Tags: weird, funny, photos, photo, photography, social networking, science, technology, history

Evil Celebrity Clowns

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:16:11 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Photoshop fun!

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Drew "Clammy" Carey

The evil celebrity clown of my choice is one of my favorite celebrities, Hugh Laurie.

Keanu Reeves can be worse than Pennywise..

Bruce Killis

Christopher Walken wiping off what's left of his late night snack.

Keanu Reeves
as

---Suicidal Mime---

Evil Vince

angelina jolie

KeiraClown

Redhead Kidman

Evil Angelina

Dustin Hoffman- evil clown

Tom Cruise After Dark

Mother Clown

Tags: humor, humour, funny, celebrities, entertainment

Greatest Boxing Knockouts Ever !

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:46:44 GMT

clipped by: louisx13
clipper's remarks: Wow brilliant selection of knockouts including knockouts from my all time favourite iron Mike Tyson

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Greatest Boxing Knockouts

Boxing Knockouts

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Greatest Boxing Knock Outs

Crazy Boxing Knockouts

Mike Tyson: Boxing Knockouts

Best UFC, Boxing, and Kick Boxing Knockouts

Tags: boxing knockouts, greatest boxing knockouts, top 10 boxing knockouts, greatest knockouts in boxing, mike tyson boxing knockouts highlights

The Quantum Physics of Genesis

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:35:29 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: For a better resolution you have to click on the link.

Clip Source: www.mathematicianspictures.com

Tags: god, religion, science, fun, funny, humor, evolution, creation, creationism

McCain, Letterman Spar on 'Late Show

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:36:02 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: I always like McCain he is funny.......IMO he is the funniest of the 3 candidates

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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain good-naturedly sparred with David Letterman on Tuesday night's "Late Show." During his monologue, Letterman joked that the Arizona senator reminded him of "the guy at the hardware store who makes the keys" and "the guy who can't stop talking about how well his tomatoes are doing."

After Letterman added that McCain looked like "the guy who points out the spots they missed at the car wash," the senator appeared on stage.

"You think that stuff's pretty funny, don't you?" McCain asked, then added: "Well, you look like a guy whose laptop would be seized by the authorities."

McCain also said the host resembled the guy caught smuggling reptiles in his pants, to which Letterman replied, "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it."

The candidate also likened Letterman to the manager of a creepy motel, the guy who enjoys watching his swim trunks inflate in a hot tub and the guy about whom neighbors later say, "He mostly kept to himself."

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Problem Solving Flowchart

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:13:45 GMT

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Tags: funny, flowsheet, problem

Funny dog

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:28:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just play along!

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Tags: dog, cute, funny, drugs

Internet Justice...........

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:09:20 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: Sound great ,cute and funny until suddenly you realized it could turn on you too........

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BLOG POSTS THAT STARTED IT ALL:
http://blog.mcfearsome.com/2008/03/22/wow-your-a-moron/
http://plasmashield.wordpress.com/

Digg Article:
http://digg.com/xbox/WOW_You_re_a_MORON

Reddit:
http://reddit.com/info/6d27m/comments/

Tags: blog

Pinocchio learns masturbation

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:11:46 GMT

clipped by: 4freedomstantra

Clip Source: www.askaboutloveandsex.com

Pinocchio had a human girlfriend who would sometimes complain about splinters when they were having sex. Pinocchio, therefore, went to visit Gepetto to see if he could help.
Gepetto suggested he try a little sandpaper wherever indicated and Pinocchio skipped away enlightened.

A couple weeks later, Gepetto saw Pinocchio bouncing happily through town and asked him, "How's the girlfriend?"

Pinocchio replied, "Who needs a girlfriend?"

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Classic Steve Martin on the Johnny Carson Show:

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:27:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Funny

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Tags: humor