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   Randy_B said, 10 months ago

   Charley has an excuse: he’s an australopithecine.
   What’s yours?
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   jmarkoff2 said, 10 months ago

   Brilliant observation by the cartoonist, although I don’t see why the australopithecine is necessary. It would be just as effective, perhaps even more so, to have the protagonist be a human, perhaps one of the stock characters from Chagrin Falls.
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   disinterest said, 10 months ago

   The irrationality of the human brain. It’s just those darn statistics and data again…
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   Talking Bag said, 10 months ago

   @jmarkoff2

   A human protagonist would have communicated the message, but Charley is funnier. Would you rather laugh at an old lady slipping on a wet floor or on a banana peel? Of course tastes differ. I may be bias due to Charley’s family resemblance; put a bag on his head and he could be my brother.
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   donaldo said, 10 months ago

   forgot to add 14.000 annual gun kills
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   Monster Hesh said, 10 months ago

   Don’t forget “flu” versus “EBOLAAAAAAAAAAH!!”

   …Say, does anyone remember the last time the news media announced we were at Code Orange?
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   Hiram Bingham said, 10 months ago

   @jmarkoff2 jmarkoff2 said, “…I don’t see why the australopithecine is necessary…”

   
   Read his title again, “How the Ape Brain Assess Risk.” It had to be.

   
   Intelligent and educated humans can put risks into context, understanding the big picture. Ape brains respond only to what they can see right in front of them. Or on Fox News.
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   rpstrong said, 10 months ago

   The outrage is over the intent, not the numbers.
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   jjiimm said, 10 months ago

   Perfect!
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    Markhop53 said, 10 months ago

    Life is so simple for the liberal brain.
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    QuiteDragon said, 10 months ago

    @rpstrong

    Perhaps in the case of ISIS, but since disease has no intent, how would that relate to the similar reaction to ebola/flu comparison?
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    packratjohn said, 10 months ago

    @Markhop53

    Details, please. I’m liberal, but life isn’t simple for me. What am I doing wrong?
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago

    @jmarkoff2

    People are less likely to be closed to the point if it is something they aren’t familiar with.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago

    @masterskrain

    The Reich Wing noise machine is far larger than Fox “News.”
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago

    @phritzg

    Attacking a group’s intelligence is low and unproductive. Stop it.
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