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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 10:41:16 GMT -5
And they're probably going to kill the cat now!
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 26, 2016 10:41:39 GMT -5
Damn well better not!
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Post by Opti on Jul 26, 2016 10:47:02 GMT -5
Because they are stupid. I wonder if the woman who caused the problem in the first place has regrets the other woman was killed trying to save her? I almost wonder if it was husband and wife plus wife's mom.
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Post by justme on Jul 26, 2016 11:06:32 GMT -5
Because they are stupid. I wonder if the woman who caused the problem in the first place has regrets the other woman was killed trying to save her? I almost wonder if it was husband and wife plus wife's mom. From what I read the first woman was the daughter and the second was the mother. So mom died trying to help daughter. And man daughter was arguing with stayed in car, I inferred it was a bf or husband of daughter but article didn't state. Cats are currently caged according to article. Eta whoops missed your next post
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Post by lexxy703 on Jul 26, 2016 11:10:05 GMT -5
Idiots!
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 11:10:50 GMT -5
I think some people are under the impression that animals in some type of exhibit must be tame. I also think people operate under the impression that if you can't see an animal, it can't see you. If I read the article correctly, the woman who was killed had stayed in the vehicle until she saw the attack on her companion. She jumped out and tried to help which may have been instinctual. The woman who committed the really dumb mistake is still alive. While jumping out to help wasn't probably advisable, I sure admire her bravery.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 11:16:55 GMT -5
I think some people are under the impression that animals in some type of exhibit must be tame. I also think people operate under the impression that if you can't see an animal, it can't see you. If I read the article correctly, the woman who was killed had stayed in the vehicle until she saw the attack on her companion. She jumped out and tried to help which may have been instinctual. The woman who committed the really dumb mistake is still alive. While jumping out to help wasn't probably advisable, I sure admire her bravery. There were signs up saying "If you cherish your life, stay in your vehicle" and loudspeakers announcing that same thing along the route. They also had to sign a form promising to keep doors locked and windows up. You would THINK this would be ample warning.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 11:23:15 GMT -5
I think some people are under the impression that animals in some type of exhibit must be tame. I also think people operate under the impression that if you can't see an animal, it can't see you. If I read the article correctly, the woman who was killed had stayed in the vehicle until she saw the attack on her companion. She jumped out and tried to help which may have been instinctual. The woman who committed the really dumb mistake is still alive. While jumping out to help wasn't probably advisable, I sure admire her bravery. There were signs up saying "If you cherish your life, stay in your vehicle" and loudspeakers announcing that same thing along the route. They also had to sign a form promising to keep doors locked and windows up. You would THINK this would be ample warning. You would think so, but it obviously wasn't. From what I'm reading, there was a big argument in the car. That isn't always conducive to clear thinking either. I have a very large, very protective dog. People think because he is a "pet", me must be all tame and docile. He isn't and if someone makes a mistake in thinking he'll sit quietly by, wagging his tail while they do something threatening, they will be in for a big surprise. People just don't always think clearly and correctly. I don't think it can always be attributed to stupidity.
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Post by Opti on Jul 26, 2016 11:32:02 GMT -5
Yes she probably got stupid mad and left the car to make a point. I don't believe at all that she thought she was out of the part of the park you need to stay in the car. From the video you see the guy's hesitation to go out and tangle with the tiger.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 26, 2016 11:39:35 GMT -5
There were signs up saying "If you cherish your life, stay in your vehicle" and loudspeakers announcing that same thing along the route. They also had to sign a form promising to keep doors locked and windows up. You would THINK this would be ample warning. You would think so, but it obviously wasn't. From what I'm reading, there was a big argument in the car. That isn't always conducive to clear thinking either. I have a very large, very protective dog. People think because he is a "pet", me must be all tame and docile. He isn't and if someone makes a mistake in thinking he'll sit quietly by, wagging his tail while they do something threatening, they will be in for a big surprise. People just don't always think clearly and correctly. I don't think it can always be attributed to stupidity.
That's exactly what stupidity is.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 11:46:51 GMT -5
You would think so, but it obviously wasn't. From what I'm reading, there was a big argument in the car. That isn't always conducive to clear thinking either. I have a very large, very protective dog. People think because he is a "pet", me must be all tame and docile. He isn't and if someone makes a mistake in thinking he'll sit quietly by, wagging his tail while they do something threatening, they will be in for a big surprise. People just don't always think clearly and correctly. I don't think it can always be attributed to stupidity.
That's exactly what stupidity is. I define "stupid" as a lack of intelligence and in inability to learn. I don't know if these people were unintelligent or just made a bad decision when they weren't thinking clearly.
If others define "stupid" as a lack of common sense (which I do not agree with), then you would probably be right - it was stupid.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 26, 2016 11:48:36 GMT -5
For me, stupid is lack of sense.
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Post by Opti on Jul 26, 2016 11:55:47 GMT -5
Here's a definition I got when I Googled-
stu·pid /ˈst(y)o͞opəd/
adjective adjective: stupid; comparative adjective: stupider; superlative adjective: stupidest
1. lacking intelligence or common sense. "I was stupid enough to think she was perfect"
synonyms: unintelligent, ignorant, dense, foolish, dull-witted, slow, simpleminded, vacuous, vapid, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, obtuse, doltish; More
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Post by justme on Jul 26, 2016 12:22:02 GMT -5
Why did you post the definition? Lacking sense is right in the definition.
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Post by Opti on Jul 26, 2016 12:25:47 GMT -5
Because GEL does not agree with the lacking common sense usage of the word stupid.
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Post by justme on Jul 26, 2016 12:27:20 GMT -5
Brain must be on vacation, had to re-read everything
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 12:34:27 GMT -5
I think Opti just called you stupid. (oh wait...missing the comma. We're good).
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Post by Opti on Jul 26, 2016 12:35:55 GMT -5
I think Opti just called you stupid. (oh wait...missing the comma. We're good). Bad MPL.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 12:38:33 GMT -5
I had a girl in my class...unbelievably smart. Most of her gifts were in math, but she didn't have a "trouble" subject. But? No common sense whatsoever. I watched her open a locker door right into her face one day. I don't even know why. This is just one example. At a party, she roasted a marshmallow on a fork and then put the hot fork in her mouth. Three perfect burns on her tongue. She graduated from college at the very top of her class. This woman is now a top thoracic surgeon at a major university hospital.
So...is she stupid?
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 26, 2016 12:40:19 GMT -5
I had a girl in my class...unbelievably smart. Most of her gifts were in math, but she didn't have a "trouble" subject. But? No common sense whatsoever. I watched her open a locker door right into her face one day. I don't even know why. This is just one example. At a party, she roasted a marshmallow on a fork and then put the hot fork in her mouth. Three perfect burns on her tongue. She graduated from college at the very top of her class. This woman is now a top thoracic surgeon at a major university hospital.
So...is she stupid? That was our valedictorian. All A's and not one molecule of common sense.
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Post by justme on Jul 26, 2016 12:57:36 GMT -5
You can be stupid without being dumb as bricks.
It's like college, one can major in certain areas of stupidity.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 13:02:20 GMT -5
There's lots of book smart, life stupid people out there.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 13:47:05 GMT -5
So.....is she stupid?
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 26, 2016 13:53:18 GMT -5
DS24 is like that. Not quite straight A's, but straight A's in math and science. He has ADD, and one of the things is that he just does not pay attention to the daily details of life sometimes.
When he was a teenager he was visiting with his grandparents and I was talking to him on the phone. Apparently he had never used a non-cordless phone before. When I was done talking I told him that to put his brother on the line and he said "I can't, the phone has a string attached to it". Duh, put the phone down and go get your brother!
He now has a job as an actuary working for a car insurance company, so his job is basically to determine the probability that other people will do stupid things and get in an accident.
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Post by Tiny on Jul 26, 2016 13:56:49 GMT -5
That's exactly what stupidity is. I define "stupid" as a lack of intelligence and in inability to learn. I don't know if these people were unintelligent or just made a bad decision when they weren't thinking clearly.
If others define "stupid" as a lack of common sense (which I do not agree with), then you would probably be right - it was stupid.
I think it's a kind of "auto pilot" problem. If your "go to response" to being really pissed at someone is to get up and storm out (probably slamming a door behind you) then odds are no matter WHERE or WHEN you are - that's what you're going to do when you get really pissed at someone.
We all have a lot of behaviors/responses that are more or less "auto pilot" you just do them because that's what you've always done. You don't have to think about it - if the thing that triggers the automatic response happens - you just do the response. I think it's 'stupid' that the person in question had an "auto pilot" response of when pissed at someone storm off away from them... it doesn't matter if they were in a tiger enclosure or at home. It's lame behavior.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 26, 2016 14:03:59 GMT -5
Here's my issue. I don't like the "Darwin" stuff. It implies somebody is too stupid to live. I believe the basis for the award has something to do with your own stupidity removing yourself from the gene pool to the benefit of human kind....or something like that.
One act of not thinking clearly - even if it gets you seriously injured or killed - does not make a person stupid nor is man-kind better off because they are dead. We throw that term around too much. I use it all the time and it's something I'm working on. None of us has ever gone through life not making a silly mistake....like a bad marriage or two, making a wrong career move, etc. It's a good thing those things weren't fatal. And not one of us, it appears, is stupid.
That's my issue. Maybe it's stupid.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 26, 2016 14:16:00 GMT -5
If you don't like the Darwin stuff, why did you open a thread clearly marked as something you don't like? Skip it and move on with your day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 14:20:20 GMT -5
I don't know. I can't get on board with calling getting out of your car in a tiger cage a "silly mistake". Stupid fits so much better.
The really awful part of this is that it was her mother that ended up getting killed, not her. I would have run after one of my stupid kids too.
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