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Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« on: June 11, 2019, 12:06:31 PM »
Long story short is that they claim they "detected" (barely) a jump (extremely tiny) in testosterone whenever a man holds a gun thus guns make men want to kill.
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When a man has a gun, he literally holds the power of life and death in his hand. That kind of power is extraordinarily seductive.

With a gun in his hand, a man can look around a room, a building, or a public area and specifically identify who will instantaneously die and whom he will allow to live. It’s a power that traditionally has only been held by doctors, priests, police and soldiers.

The power over life and death is greater and more intoxicating than any other power; it’s one of the reasons why some men are specifically drawn to these professions and historically have tried to regulate them to be male-only.

If you are not male and have never carried a gun in public, it’s only an imaginary experiment, but science shows that simply handling a gun alters men’s levels of testosterone and measurably increases their aggressive behavior.

How guns literally go to men's heads
https://www.salon.com/2019/06/09/how-guns-literally-go-to-mens-heads_partner/

Does Salon ever delete comments? Because this thing is getting ripped royally in the comments.

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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2019, 12:20:36 PM »
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2019, 12:34:45 PM »
"God created man, and Sam Colt made them equal"

"Glock makes me the arbiter of life and death, justice, and vengeance"- literally no sane person

That article was chock full of psychological projection of mental illnesses.

If handling guns raises my testosterone level, I should be doing it constantly... the whole middle age thing is starting to hit me.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2019, 01:13:18 PM »
Wait!

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With a gun in his hand, a man can look around a room, a building, or a public area and specifically identify who will instantaneously die and whom he will allow to live. It’s a power that traditionally has only been held by doctors, priests, police and soldiers.

So when doctors, police and priests enter a room they automatically inventory who they'll kill first, and who they'll let live?

Good to know ...
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2019, 03:37:02 PM »
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The power over life and death is greater and more intoxicating than any other power; it’s one of the reasons why some men are specifically drawn to these professions and historically have tried to regulate them to be male-only.


That's why men are so disappointed when their wives and girlfriends develop an interest in shooting.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2019, 03:38:00 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on June 11, 2019, 01:13:18 PM
Wait!

So when doctors, police and priests enter a room they automatically inventory who they'll kill first, and who they'll let live?

Good to know ...

Fodder for MillCreek's risk management.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2019, 03:40:55 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 11, 2019, 03:37:02 PM

That's why men are so disappointed when their wives and girlfriends develop an interest in shooting.

...don't forget daughters.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2019, 04:47:52 PM »
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2019, 07:16:08 PM »
Does the same thing happen with women's girlosterone when they pick up a gun?
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2019, 09:01:33 PM »
Quote from: Amy Schumer on June 11, 2019, 04:47:52 PM
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2019, 09:28:01 PM »
I want to meet one of these priests that decides who to kill and let live...clearly I’ve been going to the wrong churches
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2019, 10:37:42 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 11, 2019, 03:37:02 PM
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The power over life and death is greater and more intoxicating than any other power; it’s one of the reasons why some men are specifically drawn to these professions and historically have tried to regulate them to be male-only.

That's why men are so disappointed when their wives and girlfriends develop an interest in shooting.

Take 2: It occurs to me that the one group of people in America that gets to decide who lives and who dies is - wait for it - non-males.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2019, 10:47:37 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 11, 2019, 10:37:42 PM
That's why men are so disappointed when their wives and girlfriends develop an interest in shooting.


Take 2: It occurs to me that the one group of people in America that gets to decide who lives and who dies is - wait for it - non-males.
What about males who get pregnant?    =D
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2019, 10:52:00 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on June 11, 2019, 10:47:37 PM
What about males who get pregnant?    =D

Saw that one coming.
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Re: Here's your brain cell killer for the day
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2019, 11:15:39 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 11, 2019, 10:52:00 PM
Saw that one coming.

Not something I would have any desire or tolerance to see.   [barf]
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