Cathcam13
8 years ago
Wow, that’s a nice insult, Spey. Unfortunately for you, I am not an only child. My mother is a staunch Republican, my father is an independent and I fall somewhere in the middle. I am conservative but believe in being a steward of the land. With that said, the push to more fuel efficient vehicles is just fine with me, it is the reason why my work is expanding like crazy. I am far smarter than people give me credit for, but I don’t believe in pushing my personal views onto another individual, unlike most Democratic individuals I know. I believe in live and let live, unless you back me into a corner.
Speyside
8 years ago
Not meant for you Cath, directed at Z.
HuckFinn
8 years ago
Ever wonder why liberals are liberals and conservatives are conservatives? This thread had me asking myself that question by the way it went typically off-topic...

Most people I know are whatever their parents were. Most.

Reading this thread made me aware of a couple of things: libs and cons don't only differ on political issues, besides the dissimilar way they actually express themselves (cons shoot from the hip, libs usually have a flower stinking out of their gun), is there something going on at some deeper level?

So I googled it. Found an article about a Yale study that explores this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/11/22/at-yale-we-conducted-an-experiment-to-turn-conservatives-into-liberals-the-results-say-a-lot-about-our-political-divisions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9cc9889abc8f 

Essentially it says it comes down to how we subconsciously interpret our safety and survival.
Liberals are willing to manage difficulties, conservatives protect themselves from them.
"Brain imaging studies have even shown that the fear center of the brain, the amygdala, is actually larger in conservatives than in liberals."

Really really interesting experiment. Worth a read...
rfenst
8 years ago
So conservatives have... like... larger brains?
Speyside
8 years ago
Very interesting article. On a first read it makes sense. It has so much going on I need to read it a few additional times to properly digest it. Also I will look at a few additional studies for added insight such as the Northwestern study.
HuckFinn
8 years ago

So conservatives have... like... larger brains?

rfenst wrote:


No. Just larger fear centers in their brains.

kinda knew someone would ask that...
DrafterX
8 years ago
Conservatives have larger peckers too... 😟
HuckFinn
8 years ago

Conservatives have larger peckers too... 😟

DrafterX wrote:


Actually the opposite!
Conservatives feel emasculated by their small genital in comparison to libs. They have small priicks but are more often than not, big priicks!
Especially the males.😁

You obviously didn't read the article! 😢
DrafterX
8 years ago
Sounds like you know a lot about peckers... 😟
HuckFinn
8 years ago

Sounds like you know a lot about peckers... 😟

DrafterX wrote:


Nah. Peckerheads, yeah.
DrafterX
8 years ago
Just the tip ehh..?? 😟
HuckFinn
8 years ago

Just the tip ehh..?? 😟

DrafterX wrote:


Dude! Sounds like you're typing with your only free hand!
Speyside
8 years ago
You really shouldn't pick on Drafter. He does the best he can. It isn't much. Non the less it's the best he can. He tries to form coherent arguments, but is usually limited to questionable comedy and deflection because he can't or won't answer direct questions.
DrafterX
8 years ago
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

😟
HuckFinn
8 years ago

We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

😟

DrafterX wrote:


...brings a tear to my eye..😞
frankj1
8 years ago

We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

😟

DrafterX wrote:


so many times and yet I can never place it...

ya gotta bail me out and tell me where this is from...please.
RMAN4443
8 years ago

so many times and yet I can never place it...

ya gotta bail me out and tell me where this is from...please.

frankj1 wrote:




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