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Friday Fun Thread for March 1, 2024

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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My girlfriend sent me a link to this Facebook short.

Isn’t it funny that the more affection people have for a person or animal the more silly nicknames they give them? My partner and I call each other all sorts of incredibly silly names. It’s an interesting quirk of our psychology. Why do you think we do this?

I do not get the appeal of dogs with small heads and long faces. Those things creep me out.

Do you mean the Russian Wolfhound? They look goofy but their looks follow the needs of taking down a stronger creature that had to kill everything it ate for most of its life. They're fast and with those long jaws they are more likely to get the better of a bite.

Here's a silent film era documentary of them working:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L0e85IhDsRI?feature=shared

After I learned more about their purpose, they went up quite a bit in my book.

Yeah, those guys, or whatever similar breed is in the video linked from the OP. The dogs in the 1910 video look a bit healthier to me. Their modern descendants seem to have been bred in a way that grotesquely exaggerates those features.

It’s a good video, but it unexpectedly reminded of the sad ways some of my past girlfriends were “gravely funny,” like they could come up with funny things and recognized when something was stupidly hilarious, but wouldn’t actually laugh at any of it… they were clever enough to see the opportunity for a joke but couldn’t enjoy the delivery, as if they had to be “corporate” or “grown up” all the time but still wanted to ensure they had a humor slider setting.

That sounds kind of tough. I've been fortunate that my girlfriend likes laughing and her sense of humor is similar to mine. Sometimes we'll get in a conversation where we're just having laughing fits over some stupid joke.