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On 25/09/2020 02:03, Bill W wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans
ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">So I get
this message because of omitting the word 'and'? Anyway, I
was not suggesting that feuds and such were more common
between certain groups, but this is just a common, human
behavior fueled by anger. bill w</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 2:55
PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a
href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On
23/09/2020 20:28, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
> Act out your anger and what does it get you? For some it
has produced <br>
> feuds lasting hundreds of years between Scottish clans.
Look at the <br>
> Arabs and Jews.<br>
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Well, bill w. You learn something new every day. I never
realised that <br>
the Arabs and Jews were Scottish clans. Thanks for this
enlightening <br>
tidbit :-D :-D.<br>
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-- <br>
Ben Zaiboc<br>
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Sorry, just my sense of humour. Don't get angry at me! <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span><br>
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Also sorry (to everyone) for forgetting to use the proper subject
line (now changed, because I'm not talking about anger here).<br>
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Interesting idea, though, that you weren't suggesting. Is there any
evidence that feuds etc. <i>are</i> more common between (or within)
certain groups? I suspect that there will be, even just for cultural
reasons. I'd expect that the apparently universal
conservative/liberal split would show a difference here, with the
more conservative people being more likely to hold a grudge, and the
more liberal folks more likely to forgive?<br>
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Actually, another interesting thing is the differences in people's
sense of humour. Some people laugh at themselves when they
accidentally walk into a lamppost, some get annoyed instead. I'm one
of the former. In fact, I'd say I'm someone who seeks out
opportunities to see the funny side of things (hence the original
comment about Arabs & Jews being scottish). No malice or
criticism involved, just humour. It can cause misunderstandings,
though. Which can themselves be funny. To some.<br>
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But I know people who think that Monty Python isn't the least bit
funny. To me, that's incomprehensible. So I wonder if humour is also
correlated with particular groups of people, or perhaps genetic
factors? (Don't believe the myth about Germans having no sense of
humour, though. The joke "According to Freud, what comes between
fear and sex? ... funf!" cracks them up (fier, funf, sechs is German
for four, five six, for those ignorant of any German (no, I don't
subscribe to the idea that explaining any joke always ruins it))).<br>
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Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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