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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2018 - 10:42pm PT
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#WTF
Psychologists urge folks to be friends with those who swear a lot
People who swear too much have been stigmatized as being uneducated or missing crucial language skills. However, that assumption is starkly wrong.
We know that highly intelligent people tend to view the world and the things around them differently. Surprisingly, they also tend to be really proficient at hurling a creative swear word, says a new research. Contrary to the popular belief, it's not the less educated or dumb people who swear a lot.
Most of us tend to avoid those who swear a lot thinking that they do not possess enough words to express themselves properly, and are hence limited in thinking as well. Psychologists Kristin Joy of Marist College and Timothy Jay of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts believe it may just be the opposite, which they state in their study.
Their study shows that the skills to make up new swear words is very closely related to having high vocabulary and fluency. People with a high IQ tend to have both of these and are hence more adept at coming up with novel swear words.
"People who use taboo words understand their general expressive content as well as nuanced distinctions that must be drawn to use slurs appropriately," the researchers wrote. "The ability to make nuanced distinction indicates the presence of more rather than less linguistic knowledge."
Another reason that may encourage you to befriend people who swear a lot is that they may be more honest. This indication comes from a study that looked at thousands of Facebook status that used swear words and words for deception. It had substantial data to suggest that honest people tend to swear a lot.
Psychologists also mention that individuals who tend to swear a lot are more at ease while expressing themselves. Hence, also suggesting that they are more true to themselves than those who tend to mince their words or hold back entirely.
A series of crime case studies were also looked at to assess the same trait — if honest people tend to swear a lot. Innocent suspects are more likely to curse than a guilty one who is denying accusations, and if you swear during a testimony, you are seen as more credible.
Thus, if your friends tend to swear some of the most creative of slurs, then they are likely to possess high intelligence and have an honest heart.
https://daily.lessonslearnedinlife.com/psychologists-now-urge-you-to-be-friends-with-people-who-swear-a-lot?fbclid=IwAR2PpRVz4guaK4pFGbcis9JknxJLEhNN_XarbS7vDGRkPqQZU4n_Y3kB5CM
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zBrown
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Dec 15, 2018 - 10:48pm PT
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But what if they get shot in a soured drug deal?
GodDamn the pusherman!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2018 - 10:49pm PT
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Boogaloo, muthafuggah!He sez The Flames is drivel. And a waste of precious bandwidth.
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throwpie
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Berkeley
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Dec 16, 2018 - 08:55am PT
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The Bagby bridge was a favorite jump spot back in the days before the new dam was built. The local lore said 50 feet. Seemed like a hundred.
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throwpie
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Berkeley
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Dec 16, 2018 - 09:01am PT
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1969. The new bridge in the background
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 05:40pm PT
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Pretty weird angle in that aerial shot, DMT, and it's too bad it was so hazy, but that's what Nov/Dec/Jan is like here in the valley.
That's about a large county's worth of real estate out there, too.
And Throwpie, nice old photo. Ever do any phishing up there?
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throwpie
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Berkeley
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Dec 16, 2018 - 05:57pm PT
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Nah...Phish is just a bit too boingy for this old deadhead.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 06:10pm PT
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I was wandering the downtown and wondering what I might do with myself, kinda/sorta, when a man parked his REALLY FINE Jeep across from the Regal Theater and told me that he was gonna go see a guy named Clint.I was sorely disappointed that NO MULES WERE KILLED IN THE MOVIE.
I don't think this was written by a Southern gentleman, cuz they are notorious for dead mules, the higher the body count the better.
I give you Cormac McCarthy, just off the top of my head.
In fact, Eastwood was the onliest mule in the whole shebang.
If you are lookin' for a spoiler, I am not he.
MFM sez, "Check it out."
Every bit as good or better than Gran Torino.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 16, 2018 - 06:14pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 07:26pm PT
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Home on deranged. Act One.
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Jim Clipper
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Dec 16, 2018 - 07:30pm PT
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I think he was soothsayin'. Slow down, maybe park it, rain coming your way.
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