Originally posted by NordlysJust of any chess playing ability they may posess. They won't even realize they could ever play in the first place.
I am shocked that you suggest brainwashing those poor camels. 😲 I have contacted an animal rights organization, they will be at your door soon.
PS: Camels can't talk anyway.
Originally posted by ark13Of course they won't realize it. That's one of the characteristics of brainwashing. It doesn't make it right.
Just of any chess playing ability they may posess. They won't even realize they could ever play in the first place.
PS: Camels can't talk anyway.
Gah, of course they can't talk! I am not that stupid! But they can still use telepathy!
Originally posted by NordlysIf you don't know you've lost something, then what's the problem? This is getting into philosophy here, but it I theorize all unhappiness is related to negative change and all happiness to positive change. So if the camels don't know they've lost anything, there's no negative change processed in their brain, and they're no less happy than before. My perception of happiness is all relative to what you used to have, and what others around you have. The camels won't see any chess playing camels, nor will they realize they could ever play chess, so they won't have any happiness taken away.
Of course they won't realize it. That's one of the characteristics of brainwashing. It doesn't make it right.
Gah, of course they can't talk! I am not that stupid! But they can still use telepathy!
Originally posted by ark13If I'd rather receive a different animal with my subscription, perhaps a giraffe, can that be allowed? Not everyone wants a camel.
Is there any way a camel could be included with my subscription, at a small extra fee? I think it'd be a nice gift to those who contribute to this site.
The new Captain arrives at the Far Flung Outpost of the French Foreign Legion and wants to set a good example for all the other soldiers there. After spending all week doing all the training together, and showing them that he's a normal human and not just a backroom general, he asks private Beau Peep what the men do to relax or relieve the boredom.
"Well," says peep, "we're stuck here in the desert, there's no female company here, we're 25 miles from the nearest bar or brothel, and no-one's gay, and we're not allowed to use the Army's vehicles except on official business. But he have the small bar in the canteen, and there is Mavis. We sometimes use Mavis. But only 2 or 3 of us can use Mavis at a time, so there's a waiting list..."
"Mavis?"
"Look there, see that camel in the stable over there? Sometimes we use her on a Saturday night to ..."
"Put me on the waiting list then, Peep."
"Yessir..."
A couple of weeks later, Peep knocks on the Captains door, pokes his head round and says "You're next up on Mavis, Sir, and as a mark of respect, you can have her all to yourself. Just put her back in the stall tomorrow morning, OK?"
So the Captain wants to show the men that he's as good as everyone else, drinks half a bottle of brandy, takes a stool from the bar into the stable, drops his trousers, stands on the stool and ignoring the sniggers of laughter, starts banging Mavis, and ends up falling asleep with Mavis in the stable...
In the morning, everyone's laughing at the Capitain, and they keep sniggering at him for the next couple of weeks. Finally he's had enough and asks Peep what's wrong.
"Well, it was you and Mavis in the stable..."
"But you said everyone uses Mavis... What did I do wrong?"
"Well, we usually just ride her into town..."
Originally posted by ark13Your camel who will be the first camel ever to use the camel theme park, won't be seeing other camels?
If you don't know you've lost something, then what's the problem? This is getting into philosophy here, but it I theorize all unhappiness is related to negative change and all happiness to positive change. So if the camels don't know they've lost anything, there's no negative change processed in their brain, and they're no less happy than before. My percept ...[text shortened]... l they realize they could ever play chess, so they won't have any happiness taken away.