02 Jul 2010, 11:22 am
MONKEY wrote:
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
Quote:
I never seen a monkey upright
IT'S NOT A MONKEYQuote:
It's not a monkey it's a primate"
Monkeys are primates you tard 
Seriously, it is a major pet peeve of mine when people can't get the distinction between apes and monkeys right, it's not hard to remember. I want to hulk smash the world when I hear people call great apes like chimpanzees, monkeys.
LOL. You'd hate talking to this guy i work with, then. A couple times we've had that arguement.. He'll call apes monkeys, and i'll say "no, apes"... and he'll say "they're all monkeys!" and will keep saying it no matter how much i explain. He says that's "his opinion"... he doesn't realize that he doesn't get to have an "opinion" on facts of how something is classified. But, yes, i agree. Calling a Chimpanzee a "monkey" is just like calling a Human a "monkey." If someone gets it wrong, i always correct them. It doesn't really bother me that much at first, because i realize that not everyone knows about the different types of primate... But when they persist in calling apes "monkeys" it reallllly annoys me.
lolwut. How the hell can you have an "opinion" like that?? I could say that in my opinion, tigers are lions but does that make me right? No.
What's worse, is when people try to disprove evolution (good luck with that) and get it wrong by thinking we evolved from modern primate species and not the common ancestors, and say "If we evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?" I just can't be bothered answering that question, it's so stupid.
That reminds me of the time I heard someone say bats are blind. I wanted to facepalm so hard.
02 Jul 2010, 1:02 pm
I don't think bats are blind, are they? Like, it's true that maybe their vision isn't the best, but I don't think they're blind. 
Then again, I don't really know too much about bats, so I may be wrong.
ColdBlooded
Veteran
Joined: 6 Jun 2009
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,136
Location: New Bern, North Carolina
02 Jul 2010, 3:13 pm
MONKEY wrote:
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
Quote:
I never seen a monkey upright
IT'S NOT A MONKEYQuote:
It's not a monkey it's a primate"
Monkeys are primates you tard Seriously, it is a major pet peeve of mine when people can't get the distinction between apes and monkeys right, it's not hard to remember. I want to hulk smash the world when I hear people call great apes like chimpanzees, monkeys.
LOL. You'd hate talking to this guy i work with, then. A couple times we've had that arguement.. He'll call apes monkeys, and i'll say "no, apes"... and he'll say "they're all monkeys!" and will keep saying it no matter how much i explain. He says that's "his opinion"... he doesn't realize that he doesn't get to have an "opinion" on facts of how something is classified. But, yes, i agree. Calling a Chimpanzee a "monkey" is just like calling a Human a "monkey." If someone gets it wrong, i always correct them. It doesn't really bother me that much at first, because i realize that not everyone knows about the different types of primate... But when they persist in calling apes "monkeys" it reallllly annoys me.
lolwut. How the hell can you have an "opinion" like that?? I could say that in my opinion, tigers are lions but does that make me right? No.
What's worse, is when people try to disprove evolution (good luck with that) and get it wrong by thinking we evolved from modern primate species and not the common ancestors, and say "If we evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?" I just can't be bothered answering that question, it's so stupid.
Yep. Same guy i'm talking about made that argument. I've heard that sooo many times from different people... All it does is void any "opinion" they might have on the topic, because it proves that they don't have a basic understanding of it in the first place. But then if you tell them that they don't understand how evolution works, they'll claim that they know more about it then you do.. and if you tell them that they are illogical, then they say you're being "disrespectful" to their "opinion."
I actually explained to him how there are "still monkeys," but i don't think it matters to him... because he only believes the world is 6000 years old, and there wouldn't have been enough time for that in that timeframe.
MONKEY
Veteran
Joined: 3 Jan 2009
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 9,896
Location: Stoke, England (sometimes :P)
02 Jul 2010, 4:52 pm
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
Quote:
I never seen a monkey upright
IT'S NOT A MONKEYQuote:
It's not a monkey it's a primate"
Monkeys are primates you tard Seriously, it is a major pet peeve of mine when people can't get the distinction between apes and monkeys right, it's not hard to remember. I want to hulk smash the world when I hear people call great apes like chimpanzees, monkeys.
LOL. You'd hate talking to this guy i work with, then. A couple times we've had that arguement.. He'll call apes monkeys, and i'll say "no, apes"... and he'll say "they're all monkeys!" and will keep saying it no matter how much i explain. He says that's "his opinion"... he doesn't realize that he doesn't get to have an "opinion" on facts of how something is classified. But, yes, i agree. Calling a Chimpanzee a "monkey" is just like calling a Human a "monkey." If someone gets it wrong, i always correct them. It doesn't really bother me that much at first, because i realize that not everyone knows about the different types of primate... But when they persist in calling apes "monkeys" it reallllly annoys me.
lolwut. How the hell can you have an "opinion" like that?? I could say that in my opinion, tigers are lions but does that make me right? No.
What's worse, is when people try to disprove evolution (good luck with that) and get it wrong by thinking we evolved from modern primate species and not the common ancestors, and say "If we evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?" I just can't be bothered answering that question, it's so stupid.
Yep. Same guy i'm talking about made that argument. I've heard that sooo many times from different people... All it does is void any "opinion" they might have on the topic, because it proves that they don't have a basic understanding of it in the first place. But then if you tell them that they don't understand how evolution works, they'll claim that they know more about it then you do.. and if you tell them that they are illogical, then they say you're being "disrespectful" to their "opinion."
I actually explained to him how there are "still monkeys," but i don't think it matters to him... because he only believes the world is 6000 years old, and there wouldn't have been enough time for that in that timeframe.
*facepalm* 6000 years old my ass. How can a planet, so big, so full of lots of individual oganisms, all that rock and sea be only 6000 years old? It baffles me that in this scientific age people still believe that shite. If anyone complains about me being disrespectful, then good
ColdBlooded
Veteran
Joined: 6 Jun 2009
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,136
Location: New Bern, North Carolina
02 Jul 2010, 10:44 pm
MONKEY wrote:
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
ColdBlooded wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
Quote:
I never seen a monkey upright
IT'S NOT A MONKEYQuote:
It's not a monkey it's a primate"
Monkeys are primates you tard Seriously, it is a major pet peeve of mine when people can't get the distinction between apes and monkeys right, it's not hard to remember. I want to hulk smash the world when I hear people call great apes like chimpanzees, monkeys.
LOL. You'd hate talking to this guy i work with, then. A couple times we've had that arguement.. He'll call apes monkeys, and i'll say "no, apes"... and he'll say "they're all monkeys!" and will keep saying it no matter how much i explain. He says that's "his opinion"... he doesn't realize that he doesn't get to have an "opinion" on facts of how something is classified. But, yes, i agree. Calling a Chimpanzee a "monkey" is just like calling a Human a "monkey." If someone gets it wrong, i always correct them. It doesn't really bother me that much at first, because i realize that not everyone knows about the different types of primate... But when they persist in calling apes "monkeys" it reallllly annoys me.
lolwut. How the hell can you have an "opinion" like that?? I could say that in my opinion, tigers are lions but does that make me right? No.
What's worse, is when people try to disprove evolution (good luck with that) and get it wrong by thinking we evolved from modern primate species and not the common ancestors, and say "If we evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?" I just can't be bothered answering that question, it's so stupid.
Yep. Same guy i'm talking about made that argument. I've heard that sooo many times from different people... All it does is void any "opinion" they might have on the topic, because it proves that they don't have a basic understanding of it in the first place. But then if you tell them that they don't understand how evolution works, they'll claim that they know more about it then you do.. and if you tell them that they are illogical, then they say you're being "disrespectful" to their "opinion."
I actually explained to him how there are "still monkeys," but i don't think it matters to him... because he only believes the world is 6000 years old, and there wouldn't have been enough time for that in that timeframe.
*facepalm* 6000 years old my ass. How can a planet, so big, so full of lots of individual oganisms, all that rock and sea be only 6000 years old? It baffles me that in this scientific age people still believe that shite. If anyone complains about me being disrespectful, then good
lol. Yep. I think the idea is that God went *poof* and created everything almost as it is today, 6000 years ago. Of course then you think "what about the dinosaurs?" But then those same people believe that dinosaurs were around while people were, so they were created at the same time and now we have dino fossils. It's all completely crazy to me, but i do find it a little bit interesting that people can actually believe this. Take a look at this, i think these people liked the Flintstones A LOT: http://creationmuseum.org/
mikey1138
Pileated woodpecker
Joined: 5 Jun 2010
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 194
Location: This Island Earth
03 Jul 2010, 12:33 pm
MONKEY
Veteran
Joined: 3 Jan 2009
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 9,896
Location: Stoke, England (sometimes :P)
03 Jul 2010, 1:55 pm
ColdBlooded wrote:
lol. Yep. I think the idea is that God went *poof* and created everything almost as it is today, 6000 years ago. Of course then you think "what about the dinosaurs?" But then those same people believe that dinosaurs were around while people were, so they were created at the same time and now we have dino fossils. It's all completely crazy to me, but i do find it a little bit interesting that people can actually believe this. Take a look at this, i think these people liked the Flintstones A LOT: http://creationmuseum.org/
On that site somewhere they mention "cavefish". CAVEFISH??
I had a dream once that I went to a creation museum oddly enough. And the room started going all distorted.
