merry exmarx posted:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...n_the_line.html

kustomkarkommando posted:

hmm I was on the fence about this but now that our brave boys in uniform have told me about corrupt federal domestic terrorism I'm thinking again

The Muppets On PCP posted:

So you pride yourself on never forgetting a face?

Well, chimpanzees can do you one better.

Scientists at Leiden University in the Netherlands have discovered that chimps can recognize one another by their butts the way humans recall faces.

They detail their findings in a study called “Getting to the Bottom of Face Processing.”

“For chimpanzees, it’s all about the butt,” notes The Verge. “You won’t find a female chimp going ‘My eyes are up here,’ as it turns out that chimps often tell each other apart based on their behinds. Their brains even process butts in the same way that we process faces.”

Social animals need to be able to recognize one another quickly, and not just for identity. Humans faces communicate attractiveness and health.

Chimp buttocks supply the same type of information — as in whether a rear they see belongs to a relative or a female who is ovulating, according to LiveScience.

“Faces are enormously important for people, and all the features of our faces are optimally arranged to be seen and to communicate,” study author Mariska Kret, a neuropsychologist at Leiden University, said in a statement.

“In the course of evolution, our faces have acquired more contrast: red lips, the whites of our eyes, eyebrows and a smooth skin that makes everything more visible.”

For their experiment — which took place at a primate institute in Japan where Kret worked for nearly a year — researchers had both humans and chimpanzees match photos of various body parts — faces, butts, feet — and compared how they did.

“For example, you’d see a picture of someone’s foot and then later some other photos, and then would be asked to pick if that was the one you saw,” The Verge explained. “Some of these images were right-side-up, some were inverted. Then, they got chimps to do the same thing.

“Humans, as predicted, had the inversion effect for faces but not for butts. The chimps, on the other hand, had more trouble matching butt pictures when they were upside-down, but not face photos.”

Researchers determined that for the chimps, butts had “priority over other categories of objects,” Kret said.

Color also played an important role for the chimps, she explained in the online study.

“It is not without reason that it’s the face and buttocks of female primates that are free of hair, which makes the skin and color all the more visible,” she said.

“Primates’ eyes are perfectly set to distinguishing red tints. That’s why not only emotional expressions, such as blushing when we are angry or shy, become more visible, but also sexual arousal. It also explains why the buttocks of female chimpanzees are red.

“That may not apply to humans, but it does explain why women use lipstick and blusher.”

merry exmarx posted:

boner confessor posted:

Main Paineframe posted:

Holy gently caress

merry exmarx posted:

The Muppets On PCP posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypcs4c7ihSo&t=87s

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I love that we were able to have fun without being NAKED! The emphasis was on dancing not on being sexual... I would not trade yesterday's good time for today's hot mess!

Hollismason posted:

LOL This is a member of the Colorado Legislature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huvAprHy70A

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

oh poo poo, they like music and movies? how rare

Chelb posted:

i'm a big fan of mass media

Chelb posted:

i'm a big fan of mass media

Furnaceface posted:

I thought you hated anime.

the paradigm shift posted:

keijo is rear end media

Volkerball posted:

Probably my favorite thing to do is have a good time

Volkerball posted:

Boris turning into a rational adult seemingly overnight once he got a real job is the only think keeping me off the ledge re: Trump.

https://twitter.com/OliverNorgrove/status/806883785816100864

Volkerball posted:

Boris turning into a rational adult

Volkerball posted:

Boris turning into a rational adult seemingly overnight once he got a real job is the only think keeping me off the ledge re: Trump.

https://twitter.com/OliverNorgrove/status/806883785816100864

Horseshoe theory posted:

Nah, he's just saying what he feels, even if it is not good realpolitik (because he's an idiot who is bad at the diplomacy game).

the paradigm shift posted:

Well go ahead then because he's got the job and none of his choices for advisors have been rational or adult

Volkerball posted:

That he's not attempting "realpolitik" in the year of our Lord 2016 is exactly what makes him a smart, rational adult.

Horseshoe theory posted:

So you'll be happy with Donald Trump's presidency - glad to hear.

merry exmarx posted:

Volkerball posted:

That he's not attempting "realpolitik" in the year of our Lord 2016 is exactly what makes him a smart, rational adult.

Randler posted:

I'll just gonna leave this here for future reference.

https://www.rootclaim.com

Per mathematica ad veritas.

It's also the ultimate anti Volkerball site, because it uses math to challenge American narratives as well.

quote:

Who carried out the chemical attack in Ghouta on August 21, 2013?

On August 21, 2013, rockets with chemical payloads landed around the neighborhood of Zamalka, located in Ghouta (an agricultural area outside of Damascus), resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties. A UN team visited the area and confirmed that... (More)

Hypotheses Conclusion
1. Opposition forces in Syria carried out the chemical attack from a field located approximately 2 km north of Zamalka. 92.3% (Likely)
2. A pro-government militia carried out the chemical attack from a field located approximately 2 km north of Zamalka. 6.2% (Unlikely)
3. The Syrian Army carried out the chemical attack from a base that belongs to the 104th Brigade of Syria's Republican Guard. 1.1% (Highly unlikely)
4. The Syrian Army carried out the chemical attack from an open field near north Jobar. 0.3% (Extremely unlikely)

kustomkarkommando posted:

I wouldn't have pegged you for a Realpolitik fan vb