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Context matters
« on: February 27, 2014, 04:21:23 PM »
http://speakingofresearch.com/2014/02/27/fact-into-fiction-why-context-matters-with-animal-images/

TLDR version: pictures of cats seized from hoarder about to get spayed/neutered gets recast as scene of zomg animal cruelty, thousands of duck squeezers flip out over it.
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Re: Context matters
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2014, 04:33:05 PM »
Up until this very moment, I had never heard the term 'duck squeezer'.  I am assuming from the context that this is a bad thing?
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Re: Context matters
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2014, 04:38:26 PM »
Distant cousins to chicken chokers?
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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2014, 05:13:25 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on February 27, 2014, 04:33:05 PM
Up until this very moment, I had never heard the term 'duck squeezer'.  I am assuming from the context that this is a bad thing?

Some people juggle geese.
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Re: Context matters
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2014, 05:13:29 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on February 27, 2014, 04:33:05 PM
Up until this very moment, I had never heard the term 'duck squeezer'.  I am assuming from the context that this is a bad thing?

"duck squeezer" means environmentalist and/or hippy. Also known as eco freak, eagle freak, eco causer, etc. Often hates capitalism, materialism, scientific progress and/or values animals more than humans.  

Duck squeezer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G880gxjj9dI
(Warning, disturbing images and speech)
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2014, 05:18:09 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on February 27, 2014, 04:33:05 PM
Up until this very moment, I had never heard the term 'duck squeezer'.  I am assuming from the context that this is a bad thing?

I cribbed it from the excellent book Zodiac by Neal Stephenson.
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2014, 05:37:04 PM »
^^^ I like Neil Stephenson a lot.  I will have to investigate if I have read that one yet.
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2014, 05:38:32 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on February 27, 2014, 05:13:25 PM
Some people juggle geese.

But then they don't get hired by Ned.  So this ipso facto proves that goose juggling is beyond the pale.
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2014, 06:08:24 PM »
I thought they wre called "bunny huggers"?
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2014, 06:22:04 PM »
In all honesty, animal rights wackos are a major pain in the butt.

I'm always worried that when we have a dog at the shop in bad shape, forwhatever reason, that an animal rights wackadoodle will call the cops for "animal cruelty".
I usually don't talk to people when I walk dogs, but there are a few that, if someone stops and shows intrest, I always stop to chit chat and insert several comments on how improved the dog is, that it has received medical attention and we are taking care of getting the dog better.

=| context does matter, but plenty of people will stop and see a bald dog covered in scabs and think you're responcible for it's condition instead of thinking that the dog is with you to recover for it's condition.
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Re: Context matters
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2014, 11:34:11 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on February 27, 2014, 04:33:05 PM
Up until this very moment, I had never heard the term 'duck squeezer'.  I am assuming from the context that this is a bad thing?


From the context I was able to discern that it is the same ilk as your garden variety tree humping bunny hugger.

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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2014, 12:28:25 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on February 27, 2014, 11:34:11 PM

From the context I was able to discern that it is the same ilk as your garden variety tree humping hugging bunny hugger humper.


FIFY.  =D

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Re: Context matters
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2014, 03:12:01 AM »
Nah, I had it right.  =D=D
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2014, 08:41:23 AM »
What you do in the privacy of the great outdoors is your business and I would appreciate it if you stop imposing your lack of moral values on me.   :P

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2014, 09:56:12 AM »
Quote from: bluestarlizzard on February 27, 2014, 06:22:04 PM
In all honesty, animal rights wackos are a major pain in the butt....

You can't leave a dog in a car now for five minutes even on a mild day  :facepalm:

And then there's the folks that make a stink about dogs riding in pickup beds.  Back in Gunnison there was a rancher who came into town every morning for coffee in his 4x4 flatbed.  Right down Main Street with the dog riding on top of the cab!   =D
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Re: Context matters
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2014, 11:47:01 AM »
Quote from: Tallpine on February 28, 2014, 09:56:12 AM
You can't leave a dog in a car now for five minutes even on a mild day  :facepalm:

And then there's the folks that make a stink about dogs riding in pickup beds.  Back in Gunnison there was a rancher who came into town every morning for coffee in his 4x4 flatbed.  Right down Main Street with the dog riding on top of the cab!   =D

it was illegal to let your dog ride in the back of the truck unsecured for more than a decade before it was illegal to put your kids back there
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2014, 12:50:21 PM »
Makes sense to me.  Kids have opposable thumbs!  =D
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« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2014, 01:43:19 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on February 28, 2014, 12:50:21 PM
Makes sense to me.  Kids have opposable thumbs!  =D

Yeah, but dogs are smarter  :P
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« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2014, 01:46:21 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on February 28, 2014, 12:50:21 PM
Makes sense to me.  Kids have opposable thumbs!  =D

Exactly.

I was driving home once and noticed a very confused bulldog on the side of the road. I pulled over and collected her. She was very sweet and had a coller and tags with a phone number.
When I called the owner didn't even realize she wasn't still in his truck! She had climbed out the back window of the cab and was riding in the bed. He must have hit a bump and she just popped right out.
He was very happy to collect his dear little bullydog and did say he would never let her ride in the bed again.
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« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2014, 01:56:39 PM »
Once we had a kitten apparently crawl up on the frame of our pickup.  At any rate it ended up about eight miles away and it sure was't in the cab with us.


Also there was a young guy (not me!) working at our friends' resort and of course staying in one of their cabins.  He kept his dog tied to the back of his Blazer.  You guessed it - one day he drove off and forgot about the dog.  Fortunately he was just going up to another cabin on the hill and the mutt was able to keep up.
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