Basically I agree with Wanderer

“Manners, courtesy and consideration for others is widely under-rated. There are times when ugly things need to be said, and when ugly and/or offensive language is essential. Such times are generally few and far between.

Its hard to know how to stand up to the ugliness, but Wanderer: good for you for giving it a shot!

"Ah but in such ugly times the true protest is beauty." Phil Ochs”

“What is your point here?

What is your goal?

To change my attitude?

To get me kicked off the site?

None of this will happen, so get yourself together, and stop letting yourself be angered by these stupid letters put together to form sentences of which you derive the meaning!”

“I agree, you can be funny sometimes Tarpy, but there are times when you push it too far.”

“Wanderer is of course entitled to his opinion and I'm glad he expressed it. I hope that he won't really leave.

I see much more objectionable things posted here at times and often say so (read racist remarks). I don't expect the offenders will change their views or quit posting.

Try as he might, it will be a long time if ever before Tarpy changes his stripes - that's his right. I'm sure he enjoys being told he has crossed the line. You know it would be a little dull here without him.

Matt works quietly - try the new beefed-up profanity software.”

“Dear Tarp,

Actually I wasn't angered at all. The anger and the paranoia (getting kicked off the site) is not mine. I'd love to be able to contribute to your emotional education and maturation, but I don't flatter myself into thinking that my words are so potent.
I did want to support Wanderer and speak in favor of the values that I hold.”

“Violin... I agree with almost everything you posted (4:33). Please do note that I spent a lot more energy in opposing the racist stuff than I have or will put in here.”

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Everybody download this...don't cost nuthin'.”

“Sweet!”

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News Article

[actual -- not a joke]

Scientists Dissect Brain's Humor Center

Updated 2:17 PM ET February 26, 2001

By Suzanne Rostler

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)

What do engineers use for birth control? Their personalities!

Whether you found this joke funny might reveal something about the way your brain works, according to researchers. Their study, which investigated how the human brain processes this joke and 29 others, identified a particular area of the brain that appears to be involved in your sense of humor.

In an interview with Reuters Health, lead author Dr. Vinod Goel said that this area is known as the medial ventral prefrontal cortex. Patients with damage to that region are sometimes "emotionally
flat and unresponsive," or in other words, they lack a sense of humor, he explained.

The study also revealed that "getting" or understanding a particular type of joke involves different brain areas. For example, understanding a joke that is based on a pun (Why did the golfer wear two sets of pants? He got a hole in one!) involves an area of the brain that is activated during speech production, while understanding a so-called semantic joke such as the one about the engineer, involves a region that is used to process language.

"However, the feeling of amusement or mirth associated with both types of jokes involves a common area," Goel said.

The findings are published in the March issue of Nature Neuroscience.

Goel and co-author, Dr. Raymond J. Dolan of the Institute of Neurology in London, UK, used functional
MRI--a type of brain imaging technique--to monitor brain activity of 14 people as they listened to two types of jokes. The study participants then rated the jokes, which were either semantic or based on puns, on a "funniness" scale.

The investigators found that the greater the activity in the medial ventral prefrontal cortex, the funnier an individual rated a joke.

SOURCE: Nature Neuroscience 2001;4:237-238.SOURCE: Nature Neuroscience

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“Kleetn that was very funny!

(Woulda been even funnier if ya hadn't pointed the damn thing at my thread!)

Seriously though, humor does not justify everything.”

“Kleetn that was very funny!

(Woulda been even funnier if ya hadn't pointed the damn thing at my thread!)

Seriously though, humor does not justify everything.”

“What a stupid friggen' joke (the birth control one).

;-)”

“Ped, I had trouble deciding which thread would get the honor, but this one seemed to be the hottest at the moment, thereby receiving widest exposure. No offense intended.

And now, for my disclaimer:

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The above opinions may be too intense for some viewers. Not recommended for children under twelve years of age. Void where prohibited. Packaged by intellectual weight, not volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred during transmission.”

“.”

“I don't really care, I come to work, I need to waste some time, I get on here, I post some BS and watch you all get pissed off about it. It's pretty fun actually!

I love to be able to contribute to PedXing's emotional education and maturation, but I don't flatter myself into thinking that my words are so potent.”

“wow!”

“Thanks Rad, and lets not forget that Wanderer is a Communist with a manifesto.

He is also a racist, can I finish? can I finish? ok I'm finished!”

“Boy, have I missed something!

Wanderer, I have enjoyed your input to this site. I hope you can get past whatever Tarpy did to set things off. Personally I try to ignore him.

kleetyface, where DOOO you find this stuff! LOL!”

“I enjoy the emotional masturbation stuff most of all.”

“Don't let em get ya down Tarpie, they're just raggin cause they don't know how to laugh, they need Kleent's download reel bayud to da brane.”

“Tarpy....

Now when have you ever pissed ME off?

You are just part of the natural flora and fauna of Trail Talk.

Sometimes like a cactus thorn in the ass.

Never boring.”

“Good analogy melsy!”

“Hey wanderer.

Just so you know, Rush Limbaugh's Crack hijacked your name (sort of). See the State of the Union thread for more info.”

“Thanks Sarge, just saw it.

Wow, what a sad case, eh?”

“I sure do wish matt would do some more house cleaning of the nasty trolls.”

“dude wanderer. is this post a backpacking message dude.”