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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 12:38 am
(August 2, 2015 at 11:32 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Ahhh, psychics.
I heard a couple of women exchanging medium stories on the bus the other day. It still seems to be as accepted by the general public as religion was around 150 years ago. It makes me sadface.
It makes me sadface too. Some of these mediums are very good, even to moderately skeptical people. If the person doesn't know what to look for, and they're going in for a certain answer, they usually tell what they want to know right off the bat, when they first meet the psychic. Then, with clever cold reading, body language reading, and with careful attention paid to every detail what the person is saying, someone can come across as "knowing" things that can't be known. The person doesn't seem to realize, that when they answer a question they reveal too much information, and the psychic has something to go off of. When, in the first place, they shouldn't be answering any questions, they should be saying, "You're the psychic, you tell me."
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 1:41 am
(August 2, 2015 at 10:59 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: You want to know what is sad? My wife and I see these psychics all the time at large dog events that we attend. Even sadder, they do a decent amount of business. I've spoken to some that have paid for the service and at least half said they did it for shits and giggles. The rest either believed (some out of desperation because their dog was sick) or wouldn't talk about their experience.
Plus, you wouldn't believe how many are Dr's of homeopathy, naturopathy or chiropractic. Or maybe you would. Of course they all have their remedies that they push.
The Hamster scene is also pretty bad with the alt med, although I have only witnessed one case of animal communication.
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 7:49 am
(August 3, 2015 at 12:31 am)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: (August 2, 2015 at 10:59 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: You want to know what is sad? My wife and I see these psychics all the time at large dog events that we attend. Even sadder, they do a decent amount of business. I've spoken to some that have paid for the service and at least half said they did it for shits and giggles. The rest either believed (some out of desperation because their dog was sick) or wouldn't talk about their experience.
Plus, you wouldn't believe how many are Dr's of homeopathy, naturopathy or chiropractic. Or maybe you would. Of course they all have their remedies that they push.
That's the thing I don't get. If they have a problem with their pet, take it to the vet, not the charlatan pet psychic at a large dog convention. Alas, some of the dogs have conditions that are not curable, the owners are so desperate they'll grasp at anything.
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 8:21 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2015 at 8:22 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
http://gawker.com/cnn-cecil-the-lions-br...1721525978
Quote:CNN reports that, according to a senior park official, Cecil the lion’s brother Jericho, who is also a lion, was killed on Saturday in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Others have called this account into question.
Made me lol.
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 8:25 am
We all know that Cecil the lion's brother was not a lion; in fact, he was Jericho the armadillo. Both of them are first cousins of Knuckles the echidna.
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Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 8:30 am
His brother is also a lion? So it's a family business?
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 8:33 am
No he isn't! He's a strong independent armadillo who don't need no family business!
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 8:38 am
I believe it when I see the long form birth certificate
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 9:13 am
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The guy who killed this lion is an absolute piece of scum bastard fucker. He deserves jail. And some twat psychic trying to score points off it is disgusting.
I hope Jericho has not been killed, I think there is a mix up in the stories. The last I heard is that Jericho is not his brother, but has stepped up to look after his cubs anyhow. Cecil's brother was killed previously, by another lion. This is what my wife tells me.
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RE: Animal Psychic Conveys Cecil the Lion's Message to Humanity
August 3, 2015 at 9:35 am
(August 3, 2015 at 9:13 am)robvalue Wrote: ...And some twat psychic trying to score points off it is disgusting.
They're all disgusting. They're all charlatans making money out of the vulnerable and desperate.
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