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Mind Control Parasites in Half of All Humans
iiii writes "According to a Yahoo News
story, half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma,
a parasite shown to alter the brain function of rats, inducing them into behavior that benefits the parasite but is suicidal for the rat. So what affect does it have on humans? Article comes complete with Heinlein 'Puppet Masters' reference. I call dibs on using Toxoplasma as a name for my rock band."
I heard this joke once..
There was a new comedian trying to get into the business. A long time comedian took him aside and told him, "We have a convention every year, that I'd like to take you to. It will help you understand the business."
Great, thought the young comedian.
The convention was at an old abandon theater. Thousands of old comedians were there. Each one would get on stage and simple say a number. Some people in the audience would laugh, others would groan.
"I don't understand, what are they doing?" asked the young comedian.
"Well see," said the old comedian, "every joke that anyone can ever come up with has already been told. We accepted this fact between ourselves years ago, so we've simply numbered them. We each take our turn getting up on stage and simply reciting the number to save time."
Suddenly, the old comedian busted out laughing..
"What's so funny?" asked the young comedian.
"629,876! I love that one!"
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Actually, partisan democrats and republicans take up about a third each of the voting population. The other third are the independants, 3rd party, and swing voters. Either way, TFA draws parallels between the parasitic infection and Schizophrenia. So, you may want to try to figure out who tends to exibit some signs of that disease. I would not limit it to any particular group or party, as it is possible that it could be something that is present as parts of multiple groups. I am considering this because both the democrat and republican political parties, as well as several of the 3rd parties exhibit self destructive behavior at certain points.
I would also like to know if it is possible to mass test for infection, thus providing hard evidence which group of rats is sitting on the cat urine. As well as if there is a practical drug for exterminating the infection, not just treating it with happy pills at $3+ a day for the rest of everyone's lives. TFA does mention a drug pyrimethamine. There appears to be resistance issues with it, however. Knowing how to prevent infection would be a good idea as well.
Oh, this could also explain why so many people are on feel-good meds nowadays.
Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
That's the price of being omnipotent, you know -- if it's in your power to fix anything with a wave of your hand, then of course people are going to blame you when things don't get fixed. If God can't handle the criticism, then perhaps he'd better get off his ass and pitch in more often. This whole "I love you all but I'm going to sit on my hands and watch you suffer and die because I think it builds character" schtick is a weak cop-out and frankly we should expect better from someone who styles themself as an All-Powerful Benevolent Diety. But I'm personally not worried -- if God can't deliver the goods, then maybe the competition will.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
I have to agree with you r00t. Cats are filthy animals which can endanger the health of loved ones. Sometimes, you have to make a choice and choose your human family members over pets. I personally cannot stand cats.
I cannot fathom how some people can place pets ahead of their own or other people's safety/health.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.