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The Straight Story
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:45 AM Original message |
Tree octopus exposes internet illiteracy |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I do love the photoshop on that one |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The have pages for other species as well, the mountain walrus: |
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hfojvt
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. do they have any flying scorpions? |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Here is the list. Not sure which are real, which are not.... :) |
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TheMadMonk
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Giant worms, crabs and flying squid are true. /nt |
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pokerfan
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Wed Feb-02-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. The Giant Palouse Earthworm is real |
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Diclotican
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. hfojvt |
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a la izquierda
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Wed Feb-02-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. oh my god, ew! |
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snagglepuss
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. A Fascinating study. I wonder if evaluating online info is more difficult |
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leftstreet
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yep. They never do these 'studies' about TV |
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hootinholler
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. That was simple prescient. n/t |
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Electric Monk
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Wed Feb-02-11 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Of course, this entire "study" could simply be as fabricated as the tree octopus site... |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. This whole post or just your reply could be too.... |
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petronius
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Of course there's really a tree octopus - that's the point of the joke |
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The only way we will know is to put it on FB, heck it may have it's own page |
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petronius
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not only does it probably already have a FB page, it probably has |
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lapislzi
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Ow! Head do splody thing! |
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panzerfaust
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Wed Feb-02-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Solipsism, in the end, must rule |
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Hissyspit
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Thu Feb-03-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Tree Octopus is one of Ceiling's Cat's beloved creatures. |
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kenny blankenship
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. We always had one for Christmas. But they never lived |
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hfojvt
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. that does not fit my idea of illiteracy |
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Electric Monk
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Agreed, this falls more into the category of "critical thinking skills" |
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TheMadMonk
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. no that's SUB-literacy at best. Assembling letters into words. |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Wed Feb-02-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. "booming populations of its natural predators, including the bald eagle and sasquatch" |
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Toon Me Out
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. well I jus' like sayin |
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catzies
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Wed Feb-02-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. OK, now I'm laughing hysterically....thank dog for being alone inthe office! |
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demtenjeep
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. our school librarian has done a lesson on this for years |
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slay
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. This guy is just living in endangered tree octopus denial!!1! |
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Electric Monk
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Jackalopes |
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slay
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Wed Feb-02-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Hey now I KNOW the Jackalope is real i have video! |
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chollybocker
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. Is this the same species that bets on soccer games? |
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REP
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. Is that related to the Appalachian Mud Squid? |
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Toon Me Out
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. yeppers |
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Solly Mack
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. but can he name World Cup winners? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Wed Feb-02-11 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. That experiment has been done many, many times- thousands of years before the internet, even. |
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The Midway Rebel
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Wed Feb-02-11 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Snow snakes. |
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Toon Me Out
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Wed Feb-02-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. HOMEMADE SNOW SNAKE ICE CREAM |
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Oak2004
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Wed Feb-02-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. My favorite line is "Sign an online petition! Nothing activates activity like an Internet petition." |
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slampoet
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yeah that petition banning the Taliban back in 1999 ought to be kicking in any day now..... |
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marked50
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Wed Feb-02-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Spaghetti Harvest |
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Octafish
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. Old News to DU. |
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niyad
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. great photoshop--at first glance, I thought it was a pineapple with eucalyptus attached (okay, I |
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Edweird
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Wed Feb-02-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. First I was like: |
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Quantess
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Wed Feb-02-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Cute! |
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mike_c
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have their big poster hanging in my living room and I love it.... |
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catzies
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Fri Feb-04-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. That. Is. Awesome. Cephalopods in the conifers. Made my day. n/t |
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Lucian
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. People really are getting dumber. |
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Codeine
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. They've always been dumb. |
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Lucian
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Geez. |
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KamaAina
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. The tree octopus is the Flying Spaghetti Monster become flesh! |
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WinkyDink
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Wed Feb-02-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. And students should be expected to differ from American adults? |
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mkultra
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Wed Feb-02-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. im sure that if the created a flase encylopedia entry, the results would be TOTALLY different |
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pokerfan
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Wed Feb-02-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. Mentioned in today's Pharyngula |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Wed Feb-02-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Notice how the Daily Mail managed to insert falsehoods in the story |
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Matariki
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Wed Feb-02-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. Viva Cascadia. We are dedicated to protecting the endangered Pacific Tree Octopus. |
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Lithos
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Wed Feb-02-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. ROFLMAO |
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Sabriel
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Wed Feb-02-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. That whole site is worth looking at |
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The Doctor.
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Wed Feb-02-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. LMAOWMSYOSITLR. |
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marmar
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Wed Feb-02-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. That's really sad. |
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A-Schwarzenegger
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Wed Feb-02-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. Um ... |
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Hissyspit
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Thu Feb-03-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Oscar! |
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A-Schwarzenegger
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Thu Feb-03-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Ceiling Cat! |
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Quantess
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Thu Feb-03-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. I love the tree octopus! |
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