Most of us are Authoritarians by SignyM

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Most of us are Authoritarians

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 03:20
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Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:07 PM

... fully loaded, safety off...

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
All this s**t ends when peeps realize that authority is made up of schmoes just like ourselves, not elite or superior dudes, we're all just folk, and some of us need a severe reminding of that fact.

Absolute words of wisdom g-hopper - we are The Man. Most of us fail to realize it or just don't want to believe it.

I saw a similar study except they added a layer of anonymity. How much pain will you inflict the farther removed from your subject you are? Same basic study, 2 subjects, one giving and one getting shocks for wrong answers. The "teacher" was only told they could shock up to a certain amount for bad answers - no other directives.

Not too surprisingly, the amount of pain given increased as the giver's anonymity and emotional distance increased. By levels:

2 subjects face to face, mild shock.

+ a clear glass divider between the 2, more pain

+ the learner wore a hood covering their face, big increase

+ giver completely separated from and can't see the receiver, max pain

Adds to understanding the crowd mentality - you are more anonymous in a crowd + you are being given a directive. Uniforms, etc.

There are aspects of that with forums too.

We may create online personas but they're not really "us," not like in a face to face conversation (which I would prefer). We're separated by the internet, no photos for the most part, and we use usernames. We're all pretty anonymous here.

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:01 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
We're all pretty anonymous here.

Not I; here I am:

Oh wait, no, HERE I am...

I'm the one on the left (no intended political meaning there)

The exposed Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:01 PM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg

MAYBE this is me....

lol

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:06 PM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg

This MIGHT be a picture of my wedding....

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:10 PM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

Totally unfair - you guys are using cool shots of yourselves... can't possibly be either of you.

Wulf - where's your gunage?!

Chris - that's a great family shot. Your ? son looks like a prodigy, your wife though, um, looks a tad grumpy. I understand the angst!

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:54 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
MAYBE this is me....

Same gear as in your ( the ) wedding pic.
Looks like maybe you're praying for a way out of your situation.
I'm guessin' you didn't get stupid, and stayed w/ the pretty woman in white.

It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:57 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Wulfenstar:

Cool pic, your Wife is pretty, kind of a cross 'twixt Kaylee & Zoe...

The complimenting Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:00 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
your wife though, um, looks a tad grumpy. I understand the angst!

I will pass that comment onto my stepson pictured on the right who goes a little bit Riggs on peeps sayin' he's a girl, heh heh....

and yeah, the little one is my loin-fruit.

The

-y Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:11 PM

DREAMTROVE

Wulf, you have that metalhead look. I had a picture, I'm on a new linux system, so I don't have my files. I mighta posted me with tomatoes a while ago.

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:11 PM

DREAMTROVE

Wulf, you have that metalhead look. I had a picture, I'm on a new linux system, so I don't have my files. I mighta posted me with tomatoes a while ago.

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Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:27 PM

FREMDFIRMA

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Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:30 PM

DREAMTROVE

Frem, not sure if you have a license to kill or a 97 chevy in the back lot that runs like a top :)

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Monday, December 22, 2008 2:44 AM

AGENTROUKA

I love the turn this thread took. Everyone's all goodlooking!

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Monday, December 22, 2008 1:59 PM

DREAMTROVE

Lol, I'll find a picture and post. Some of the girls have to step up to the plate.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:21 AM

FREMDFIRMA

That's my edge though, arnie average, you'd lose me in a crowd of three.

By manner of dress, carriage, bearing, facial expression and body language, someone with that average look can pull off a lot, you'd never associate the person in that photo with the slouching grunger in the wheelchair if you didn't know in advance.

I did get my chops busted once by, of all the people, a young lady at a subway store.

I was working for a company that had been contracted to stop pilfering at a suppliers warehouse, and we determined it was going on at the loading dock, so I went with the low profile wino gig, something I do altogether a little too well, meh heh heh.

Well, when I muttered and shuffled to the counter, she leans over to me as she takes the fistfull of change for a cup of coffee and quietly whispers....
"When's the last wino you saw with perfect nails, mister ?"
And winked as she slid me the cuppa.

We did catch the guys, and I never did see that girl again, although I would have liked to - she had potential.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:20 AM

RIVERLOVE

Hey, it's Woody Harrelson, or is it Bono?

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