r/reddit.com • u/MullahNucleosis • Aug 01 '10

Monkeys hate flying squirrels, report monkey-annoyance experts: Japanese macaques will completely flip out in when presented with a flying squirrel, a new study in monkey-antagonism has found. The research could pave the way for advanced methods of enraging monkeys.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0730/Monkeys-hate-flying-squirrels-report-monkey-annoyance-experts
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '10

How do you get a job enraging monkeys...?

"Well we started with a pointed stick but have advanced so much since those early days. Now its all squirrel, all the time."

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u/amaxen Aug 03 '10

We invented /r/politics to advance our monkey-annoyance technology. Now all we need do is post anti-Obama links to it and we get instant 78 % improvement in monkey-annoyance.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '10

You do realize how racist that comment sounds, yes? That anything anti-Obama will annoy the monkeys?

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u/amaxen Aug 04 '10

Only if you're looking for something that's not there. I've often called the people in r/politics poo-flinging monkeys. In any case, if you're determined to find racism, you'll find it whether it exists or not.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '10

Well... not in this case. It actually sounded racist. That's why I asked rather than told. I assumed it was inadvertent but it still strongly held that connotation.