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Canadians see weird things in their new dollar bills

Started by JongWK, October 25, 2011, 06:08:27 PM

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JongWK

October 25, 2011, 06:08:27 PM
Wow. Just wow...

What the hell do they put into Canada's drinking water? LSD?
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#1
October 26, 2011, 12:29:39 AM
Crazy. I see none of those things.  But then, I got out 8 years ago, before it all went weird.

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October 26, 2011, 02:23:35 AM
It's a focus group. You're encouraged to brainstorm inane bullshit.
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#3
October 26, 2011, 03:18:37 AM
Quote from: JongWK;486485Wow. Just wow...

What the hell do they put into Canada's drinking water? LSD?

Isn't the explanation much simpler? The historic references are lost on the simpleton average citizen who will 'fill in the blanks' by reference to what he's familiar with. How surprising! Sex and the supernatural. And, oh, let's laugh at anachronistic dress style and appearance ('his beard looks unkempt to me').

Reminds me of this joke. A patient is interviewed by a psychiatrist, who draws an image and prompts the patient to tell him what he sees.
Psychiatrist draws some random scrawlings - patient: "I see a naked women".
Psychiatrist is disgruntled, but resorts to simply draw another set of random scrawlings. Patient goes: "I see a naked women".
Psychiatrist thinks WTF? to himself, and for a final third time draws some random scrawlings. Patient goes: "I see a naked women".
Psychiatrist bursts out: "What's your problem, you pervert?"
Patient: "Me? You are the asshole who draws that dreck!"
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October 26, 2011, 01:43:54 PM
Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;486531It's a focus group. You're encouraged to brainstorm inane bullshit.
Yep. The only things sane that ever came out of a focus group are probably "Let's break for lunch" and "Alright, we're done".
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#5
October 26, 2011, 01:50:56 PM
That's plenty bizarre stuff, although there's a Picasso painting that shows how easy it is to see a woman.

Just wait until the origami folk get ahold of these bills, we'll start seeing some really weird stuff.
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#6
October 27, 2011, 06:07:25 PM
As of today, I have officially stopped regarding this site as a distraction from my work.

I used the article Jong linked to in the OP and some of the follow up remarks as parts for a presentation at an international academic conference earlier today. (No further details shall be provided, to protect the innocent.) It even went down really well.

Thanks, guys!
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October 27, 2011, 06:15:27 PM
Quote from: Windjammer;486753As of today, I have officially stopped regarding this site as a distraction from my work.

I used the article Jong linked to in the OP and some of the follow up remarks as parts for a presentation at an international academic conference earlier today. (No further details shall be provided, to protect the innocent.) It even went down really well.

Thanks, guys!
Just so you know, I replaced all your slides with Lolcats.
The main problem with government is the difficulty of pressing charges against its directors.

Given a choice of two out of three M&Ms, the human brain subconsciously tries to justify the two M&Ms chosen as being superior to the M&M not chosen.
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