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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

That's because independent-mindedness has been redefined as psychopathy.

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

This, thank you.

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Guttermouth's avatar

"Those other things are psychopaths, " say psychopaths.

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Bootsorourke's avatar

Purrfect!

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

I remember a study long ago where scientists concluded that cow farts were the cause of global warming. I think scientists can find anything in anything. And some scientists manage to find that cows can indeed fart. Or that dogs can smell. Or that cats can see ! We all know that dogs and cats have a sixth sense and are way smarter than humans. No studies needed for that.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

Come to think of it, who pays for all these useless studies?

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Dr. Mengelfauci.

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Kratoklastes's avatar

I've tried 'Dr Fauschwitz', but it's a bit unwieldy. It's easier just to say "Fauci the puppy-killer'.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Actually, Dr. Fauschwitz is quite clever!

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

I really wanted that name to catch on when I wrote that article back in June (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/dr-mengelfauci-pinocchio-puppeteer), but I’m still the only one using it 😆

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Evil Harry's avatar

"I’m still the only one using it "

Not any more, I'll warrant.

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Richard Seager's avatar

"Fauci is an Italian surname. It is derived from the Sicilian word for "sickle", and originated as an occupational surname referring metonymically to makers of sickles. In Italy, 151 families bear the surname Fauci, with 67 in Sicily and 35 in Campania."

A sickle looking for a hammer.

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Evil Harry's avatar

Just posted a composite of Dr Mengelfauci on GAB.

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DelMundo's avatar

Fraudci 😂

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Rosemary B's avatar

my 98 year old daddy asked me that yesterday... just about research and "studies"

I told him, our tax dollars are in there. I wonder how much?

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Duchess's avatar

billions. I agree with Ingrid below, probably enough to feed the word for a few years. I know that Fauci has had billions pass through his hands via NIH, as he mostly controls ALL the research, but to be honest, whatever we pay is DWARFED by the billions put in by Big Pharma. And of course, if you don't bow down to Fauci, you don't get funded...both academic and research throughout the US, including hospitals. It is scandalous and very very sad.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

Probably enough to feed the world population for a couple of years

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Guttermouth's avatar

I mean... if you're talking about Fauci's NIAID... all of it. That's where government agencies are funded from.

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Duchess's avatar

We the taxpayers do. Unless you are the Pharma company and need to get your vax approved. But they do not finance the VAERS report.

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Lori's avatar

we probably do Ingrid with our hard earned tax dollars.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

In an ideal world, people would know exactly where their money goes. If it is used for finding useless things, people should be able to block the spending. Imagine if we could save these 5000 Beagles from being tortured in useless experiments. I would eat a little less to do so.

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Lori's avatar

right there with you Ingrid.

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Rose Loomis's avatar

In an ideal world hospital staff and doctors would be able to tell us an aspirin costs $7 before they give it to us

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Stephen Simac's avatar

or send you home to try Tylenol, until you really can't breathe

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Guttermouth's avatar

You.

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Duchess's avatar

Ingrid, you know what? You and your Dad ask a damn good question. The amount of money that goes for studies (OUR MONEY, not BIG Pharma's) needs to be POSTED in black and white from now on. If we did we would have noticed the Gain of Function via Eco health alliance, and all ther rest of the power that FAuci is ecercising. I wonder if I could when I reture, go through all the public information at NIH, and see if I can figure out how much our and to what studies our taxpayer dollars go through. And then WE THE PEOPLE can say..eff off, we are NOT financing that.

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Frab's avatar

Funny...after experiencing the last couple of years, I've come to the conclusion that all experts are psychopaths.

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Stephen Simac's avatar

psychopaths rise to the top of whatever field they enter, but they gravitate towards power and money at the expense of the rest of us

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Mark Oshinskie's avatar

Derision and defiance of experts is def in order.

https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/p/mocking-coronamania

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Bootsorourke's avatar

Hahaha

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Lyn's avatar

Is your avatar a Snowshoe Siamese? Looks smart. And badass!

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Frab's avatar

That's Grumpy Cat. According to wiki ( which is in the expert category, so reader be ware) she was a mixed breed. Looks like a Himalayan to me, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat

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SCA's avatar

It's extraordinary how only people who live with and actually love cats know anything about their true natures...

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Lori's avatar

I will trust cats any day versus the malevolent subhumans "playing" with diseases to make them more contagious and lethal.....sick twists. With cats, you always know where you stand.

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Joypam's avatar

My mother always said follow the money and you shall know the truth!

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Diana's avatar

OMG. This is real.

Yes, let's start applying the DSM to animals, since it's so very very scientific to begin with and not at all cultural or political.

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Stephen Simac's avatar

DSM IV or 5?

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Perplexity's avatar

Would that be the difference between the old abnormal and the new abnormal?

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Stephen Simac's avatar

The New Abnormal for sure.

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Stephen Simac's avatar

symptom based or brain biology based. Neither are replicable.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Kitty wants you to come closer and whisper that into his ear......

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Bootsorourke's avatar

Hahaha

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Kratoklastes's avatar

Cats understand Game Theory - specifically, they understand that in a 2-player game with no fixed end-point, the optimal strategy is 'tit for tat': co-operate if your counterparty co-operates, and defect if your counterparty defects... then go back to co-operating on the next turn.

Thing is, they think we 'defect' any time we do anything that they find mildly irksome (or fail to do something that they think they might enjoy).

Fair enough, I guess. They make their expectations perfectly clear.

I like the mindless optimism and deep loyalty of dogs, but they really set themselves up for a sad life if they happen to wind up owned by the wrong person.

Contrast that with what a cat would do to an abusive owner: piss on their sofa, shit in their fridge, and go find a new crib.

Those eyes tell you: you're on notice. Every day starts with "What Have You Done For Me Lately". It's unflinchingly honest.

The Ancient Egyptians knew what time it was: that's why they worshipped them (Maftet/Bastet - a cat-god - existed 2000 years before Yahweh the Old Testament's Genocidal Sky Maniac).

Then again, the Egyptians worshipped 'bin chickens' (that's what people in Queensland call Ibis)...

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Richard Seager's avatar

And bulls (mind you that was late in the piece and introduced by the same people, Greeks, who gave us Yahweh.

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Ms. P's avatar

The cats have the "good" psychopathic qualities: superficial charm, grandiose, need for stimulation (when they're not napping), cunning (in a good way), lack of goals (where's the can-opener), failure to accept responsibility (I did NOT knock over that plant, nor bite the dog), and promiscuity (they would if they could). The Fauci-types, not so lovable: Pathological lying, grandiose (not in a cat-way), pathological lying (oops, I said that already), manipulative, lack of remorse, callous, parasitic life (think pharma-funds), and cunning (NOT in a good way) and FAIL-ure to accept responsibility. Go Brandon.

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Corkey's avatar

Dr Faux-Manson

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Ed's avatar

you cannot trust experts and their study... follow the money!

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JerryB's avatar

LOL! My laugh of the day.

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Joypam's avatar

Yes it is!

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Stephen Simac's avatar

must be dog lovers, except for beagles

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George's avatar

It’s amazing what does get published.

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SCA's avatar

Unendurable envy of extremely efficient brilliantly-evolved highly-successful predators...

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Guttermouth's avatar

"Dogs terrible at grammar, experts suspect dyslexia"

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Lori's avatar

LOL!

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Joypam's avatar

Lol!!!

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Alfred's avatar

Yes, you nailed it. The whole thing is absurd.

Sure, I've said this before when watching my cat play with a mouse before eating it. If a person did that they would indeed be a psychopath. But a cat isn't a person. Why isn't that obvious?

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jv's avatar

Proactive insanity.

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Eugene's avatar

Feline Philosophy by John Gray. Pertinent.

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runningwild's avatar

What's up with the stories going around about animals being able to contract Covid and thus spread it to humans? My kitty cuddles are among the activities that keep me sane.

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margie's avatar

it's a good excuse to kill pets. they're murdering dogs in china for that reason. animal killer psychos like peta and vegan cults are promoting the ideology that pet ownership is bad.

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runningwild's avatar

I'd be a bit surprised if it's 'vegan cults.' Most vegans love animals as pets. As a 50+ year vegan I feel qualified to say that.

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margie's avatar

i know, my cat lover friend is a vegan. i didn't mean all vegans i meant vegan cults. peta is one.

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mauvi3's avatar

you cracked me up again, GATO!!!

From a crazy cat lady

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shasta's avatar

Do not take it “personal”

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Scott's avatar

Hah! Indeed.

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LordKroak's avatar

You mean "Says the species that conducts and funds 'Maximum Pain Research' on Chimps for no real reason.

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Lorraine Fullmer's avatar

said the species that all have an element psychopathy for better or worse

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Rose Loomis's avatar

Psychopathy is the only way to battle group-think

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Kratoklastes's avatar

Forgot to mention my favourite meme: "I can pretend to listen, and I can pretend to care. Just not at the same time."

The cat in that meme is the living image of Biggie (aka Big Blackie).

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