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Pavlov And The Gun

Since he couldn't shoot his room-mate more than once with a real gun, and carry-out the experiment to a logical conclusion, he used an airsoft replica.  But the results are incontrovertible.



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"Hey, Psych 101 class, I'm David's roommate, Brian, and I'm going to be testing Pavlov's Theory of Classical Conditioning on David. The condition stimulus will be a .wav file of an MSM talking head saying, 'President Barack Obama' and then I'm going to hit him in the kidneys with a Louisville Slugger. David, as head of the 'Obama in 2012 Club' on campus, will have the privilege of introducing Teh Won in his televised appearance here next week. I intend to spend six days on the conditioning to insure a positive response under actual conditions."
 
Ok, I just haz to laugh at the disclaimer at the end!!
ROFLMFAO!
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Shouldn't that guy get expelled with predjudice?  I mean, like, gosh, man, he has, y'know, like, um, uh, a gun in his dorm room!
 
My conditioning response would have been more then a flinch and less humorous to the conditioner.
 
Dave - I suspect had the Armorer been dat bubba's roomie, a gas-operated fully auto airsoft would have made an appearance.

On camera.
 
I have conditioned one of my younger minions in much the same way. Every time she speaks well of Democrats, she does pushups.




JUST KIDDING!!!!!
 
We knew you were kidding, Jon.

*Nobody* strong enough to do a pushup speaks well of Democrats...
 

Bill,
To be fair to the other side of the aisle, I do have a little liberal in my National Guard unit that manages to get a 220 on the PT test. She barely passes the run, but does well in pushups and situps.
However she is 20 and still new to the ways of the real world, a freshman at one of NY's finest community colleges.
An empty skull filled with mush that, once we hit the ground in the 'stan, will hopefully learn the reality of life. Odds are against it though, because she is taken with the "wit and wisdom" of her professors.

 
Jon, perhaps a *teaching moment* along these lines would help that young lady and your minions see a little reality.  This was an email that has made the rounds several times.  The last round that I know of was in 2008:
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed.

Based on the lectures that she had participated in and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.

He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Audrey doing?' She replied, 'Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on Campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.'

Her wise father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to the Dean's Office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.' The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back,

'That's a crazy idea, and how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!' The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'