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Jun 7, 2021 2:41 PM
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IDunCur
Monkeytron
VastMajorityRule
OldEricCool
Do I have to get exactly 100 of each or is it okay to just guestimate?
rbudrick
But sometimes faith IS the enemy, especially of science.
imnotlostinlifeijustdonthaveanywheretogo
The media
vorto
Ahhh, the ants would go to battle the second they saw each other.
zeusdemigod131
I don't think that's true. Pretty sure they'd still attack each other
Orangicus
People of faith really be fuckin with us tho.
Imakethingsweird
*Me, peeing in the jar to create equal suffering, then peeing on the jar to prevent anyone from shaking it again to create balance*
comixthomas
If one group of people wants something to be legal and the other group wants to do that thing you can't just avoid the conflict
motorcanon
Faith vs science is a false comparison. More like faith vs faith, and they each shake their own jars
hardytardigrade
People use this idea to claim racism/sexism etc. are conspiracies. We're all shaking the jar, even if there some shaking it more. We all
hardytardigrade
need to work on working together. Pretending problems don't exist won't make them go away.
TheEvenPrez
Jar jar binks
BalaclavaBob
CrankyCook
And that David Attenborough was Albert Einstein
rinlinkoi
So Attenborough shook the jar? Bastard.
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
RE:RE:FW:RE:RE:RE:
poets
"Reeeeeeeeeee"
TodayIDidNothing
Amen
tr26
This was probably a 12tg generation fax taped to an office break room wall
Jiminatori
Capitalism shook the jar. And it will break it if we don't act soon
HeySusMonater
Kongur
Eat the filthy rich
Zahnradfee
How long does a colony of wood ants need to eat a billionaire?
AndreaAllheart
Yeah but the GOP shook the jar, they definitely treat us like ants.
Jusmar
Mass media shook it. Murdoch pioneered political media for the GOP, then everyone followed to retain audiences and make money online
MoreAshyThanLarry
The left does it too.
QuickLighting53
Hurr durrr
PullThePinAndCountToWhat
ExaDeuce
Should add him holding a can of gasoline
nick9001
yokwe
Of course, now each side will accuse the other of shaking the jar.
blastedsteak
Before I decide anything I need to know the race, gender, and sex orientation or the persona shaking the jar.
Grenateh
Not really. Religion has actively worked to fuck people over for centuries.
Grenateh
And continues to do so in the name of non-existent bullshit that isn't in the bible. Repubs are actively trying to destroy women right now.
SummitCityScribe
Who shook the jar? The 1%. They keep the rest of us fighting each other so we can't band together and pull them out of their ivory towers.
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
We say the rich control the modern media like CNN and Fox news but it goes back to the children's books your grandparents read as a kid.
ShieldAnvil1
David did not say this, red ants would kill the black ants regardless, but I get the metaphor.
panamjck
What? Black ants all the way! Anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot! :)
briham86
Hell, I thought ants would kill their others of their own species if they came from a different colony.
Mack1986
This doesn't seem articulate or thoughtful enough for David A. to have said it. Along internet bullshit
Bootsy81
Pretty sure the thought process would have just been "this has ants in it, who talks about ants? David Attenborough!"
sentripetal
Yeah, it's also a bad analogy as red and black ants are technically two different species. People are not regardless of their opinions
rollerskateorgies
Doesn't matter. The analogy here isn't about how humans are like ants. The analogy is how the aggressor as a third party is similar.
sentripetal
Then why not say it's one species of ants fighting itself? Probably because it doesn't work? Why does there need to be two opposing sides?
ZekeRex
Because you're obviously missing the point and seem painfully okay with whoever is shaking the jar.
sentripetal
I get the point of the analogy. I also get bad jokes. Just because I understand the premise doesn't mean it's not flawed.
BalaclavaBob
Fire ants would kill the black ants wirh no shame. They are aggressive and territorial. They're the right wing Christian Republicans of ants
invinuit350
Yah man the fire nation aint no joke.
Mediocreclient
such a red ant thing to say
BalaclavaBob
Ikr .
maijen0062000
You're really shaking the jar on this one
BalaclavaBob
jimfalconer611
maijen0062000
caulkismychoiceoflube
This is a dumb analogy. To the Ants, there's no politics. They don't think of it like us humans do. /1
caulkismychoiceoflube
It's called survival instincts. But as humans, we have cognitive ability and are capable of pondering WHY we fight each other. /2
BishlamekGurpgork
If it were 1:1 it wouldn't be an analogy at all, it'd be a metaphor.
caulkismychoiceoflube
We dont think why enough or are too focused on our local and personal issues to see the bigger pic where someone could be agitating us all.
CargoManshark
Idk shit about ants so you're probably right but it kind of feels like you missed the point of the post.
TheMemeForge
Point of the post is missed if its inaccurate. You assume humans are peaceful and need a spark to ignite war? History disagrees
Dagordae
The post is dumb and it’s analogy is fundamentally flawed. If your point has to use a lie as an example, get a better example.
thisisprocrastination
If you have to use lies to make "your point", maybe your point is a lie too. If it isn't, you're discrediting your own point.
morelikeconsham
If someone uses an analogy to make a point, pointing out that the analogy is a poor one isn't "missing the point," it's constructive
morelikeconsham
criticism. You could always just make the same point without attempting to make it analogous to something factually incorrect.
BalaclavaBob
The point I think is to suggest that there is a body that benefits from us lowly peasants fighting amongst ourselves. This is bullshit .
RamsesMCMXCI
No, divide an conquer is definitely what is happening.
caulkismychoiceoflube
Your reasoning is bullshit.
BalaclavaBob
Not my logic . The logic of the OP's post .
caulkismychoiceoflube
No. Your reasoning is bullshit. Cause OP is saying we are being divided and conquered. You say thats bullshit. Your response is bullshit.
TheOneWhoWasLeft
I mean... the press. Politicians. Corporations. There are several bodies. But also, people themselves are just aggressive dickheads.
willzabend
conditioned to be aggressive dickheads. them vs. us, feeding the tribal gene in us.
TheOneWhoWasLeft
More often than not, us lowly peasants want to feckin fight. Monkey brain creates in-groups and out-groups and goes "FIGHT!" and off we go.
CargoManshark
You're absolutely right, but that doesn't mean people don't exploit that for personal gain.
Cthulhuonabike
Sure but there are also those who recognize an opportunity for profit and egg the fight on longer and more furiously than it would have been
bashboy
Who shook the jar? WHO SHOOK THE JAR?
Imademyselfsquirtle
White people?
thepuppeteer777
the iluminatis. dunno the 1%. corporations . media....
BryanLaserEpee
OP SHOOK IT
Smiley120
BiG pHarMa!!
minibois
What's in the jar?!
Zadwanaa
Look, im sorry.. i thought it was a snowglobe type thing! That's on me. My bad
philipp5772
An old white man believing in something. According to all the others. So the quote must be wrong.
tumppu
GrosseChung
Whomever gains from the fighting, or at least those not involved in it
DarkSock
His name? Albert Einstein.
cepacolusmaximus
Fucking Republicans did.
Ialwayslookhungover
Can't say for sure, but i got a hunch it's somebody with their own private island.
JosefKJerome
David Attenborough.
AlltheSarcasm87
Blows in the dark are all the fault of the one to shine light upon all... keep lying/s
Istherenothingleft
*Sir David Attenborough.
YesYouJustLostTheGameAgain
EggFooYung
You will never know their names.
graaghles
I shook the jar, but I did not shake the deputy.
FrozenBite
His name...Albert Einstein
3141592pancake
Rich people that profited from the fighting?
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Who else can afford a jar large enough for whole groups of people?
chardlz
And so, I posit for the boards approval: Jar Earth Theory
thepronouncer
I know you meant that as a joke, but that's not far off of two of the more plausible explanations for the Fermi Paradox. (Planetarium & Zoo)
DamnBrainage
Badseedx3
God. Time to get killing.
OstinPower2020
And who let the dogs out?
ChucKTheCanadian
Roger Stones
thekeyofe
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?!?
prisonmike1991
Who shook the jar out !! WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO
krisbykreme
Alice. ALICE!
alanivar75
he who holds the coin holds the power
ThaWhiteRanger
Kevin Spacey
damogen
Ethanola
We didn't shake the jaaar, it was always shaking since the world started turning.
LawfulEvilGrady
IT WAS THAT DICKBAG FRANK
th3grimlin
We didn't start the fire.
RootMeanSqr
But we keep adding fuel.