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- bightchee, on 10/11/2007, -2/+115No matter how many times this article appears on Digg I will always digg it up. I want everyone to read this and have them always keep it in mind as they live their lives.
- Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+87This needs to be #1 today. It's a bloody well written article.
- BobMcdynamite, on 10/11/2007, -26/+108As a sociologist/monkey aficionado, I wholeheartedly support this article.
With that being said, though, ***** the French. Seriously. - thefinger, on 10/10/2007, -2/+74I don't know if this works too well with Digg and social networking in general. Personally, I have to say all you people are outside of my monkeysphere. Having said that, I still respect you as stick figures.
- Laughto, on 10/10/2007, -4/+61This article was monkey fantastic
- darienphoenix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34The guy who owns pointlesswasteoftime WORKS for Cracked.
- skywake, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34I can digg you down... I could even block you...
I don't give a ***** because you are outside of my monkeysphere.... - stealthc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29Fantastic article. This is why bigger centralized government is bad. None of us are inside the monkeyspheres of anybody who works in government at the national level, so they should not be given power over our lives. Frankly, they would not care if one of us died because of a law they passed. The more localized/decentralized you make the government, the smaller the portions of the governed are, and the bigger they appear in the spheres of the office holders.
- Kori, on 10/22/2007, -0/+25Why is this not in the top ten? That has more truth in two pages than ... well, I've never encountered such a syrupy concentration of truth-y goodness. Well, maybe in some 4chan motivational posters.
- shimishurri, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27Totally awesome.
- coheedcollapse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Holy crap. My childhood "Mad Magazine" clone has evolved to write articles equal or more interesting than the very intelligent "Damn Interesting". This is so cool.
- Scynet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22The monkeysphere text has been around for a long time. I read about it couple of years ago. You have no right to judge other people based on ignorant opinions, mr. person.
- sheepgoesbaa, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21*****-flingingly apelike.
Also, good. - gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Exactly, it also explains why people are so brazen and bold behind the internet's anonymity. It's the same thing as the football game example, or the driving example. Everyone here is outside of your sphere, so it's easier to objectify them and not consider their feelings. Digg is a prime example. People get dugg down for posting something that others don't agree with, or because what they posted was irrelevant, or in bad taste. In a sense we're all sociopaths (a sociopath has a sphere of 0, at all times, sad huh?) on the internet. No monkeysphere at all. However, we are also looking for validation from our fellow monkeys in the form of diggs. It's really hard to see you people as anything but the product of your post. You ARE the post to us, and we to you.
Digg me up please, I'm just a lonely monkey lookin for some validation. - jdog2050, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17I actually read this when David Wong was still frequently updating pointlesswasteoftime.com
It's a great article, and, I get what Exomni is saying, but I think he's giving a very brilliant reason as to the *why* we seem to so blithely not give a ***** about our fellow humans. It's because, in a way, we are simply physically incapable. - OneEyedParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16"Orbiting the sun at about 98 million miles is a little, blue planet, and this planet is run by a bunch of monkeys..."
- jdog2050, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Wow...that's a lot of venom for something written on pointlesswasteoftime.com
- jimmick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Hey, let's not come to chimpclusions.
Your opinions may be seen as bananaised. - Goombellaofgoom, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13*flings some of it at you*
- AugustZephyr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12This is one of the best descriptions I have heard regarding why society is the way it is (less than ideal), and why it would be so hard (impossible) to change this. In some respect it is kinda like a theory of relativity for society.
- mindwarp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Actually you are just missing the point. The mom and dad would not have died if they were not insignificant to the person doing the crimes. Get it?
- elemmeno, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Also, the point (perhaps not of the article, but of the concept) isn't necessarily to care for everyone as if they are inside your monkeysphere, but to attempt to understand that just because they aren't in your monkeysphere, they aren't less than human. Examine the results of this natural phenomenon and try to apply higher thought to deciding whether or not it seems right or good. It really is what separates us from other animals. We can separate ourselves from our animal base if we choose and attempt to.
It's actually pretty fascinating and wonderful. - bightchee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12It was originally on pointlesswasteoftime.com who has joined with Cracked.com
The text is years old. I suggest you read it and stop calling people on the internet names with little to no knowledge of what you are speaking. - chrillen, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13That was awesome :D
- TalkingBanana, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13By calling him "mr. person" you are generalizing him as some strange entity who is not in your monkey sphere. Remember, even trolls have family, friends, and lives (or at least 1-2 of the 3).
- Charron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Sorry, you're not much more than a nickname and a 16x16 icon to me. :(
- cjh24, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10TRY
- mauso, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Who are you talking to?
- zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Only dittoheads and rednecks hate the French.
- Ibox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Yes, its called irony.
- Scynet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8it is indeed not possible, BattMatt. That's why we create groups and categories. People in other countries who we don't know become the french or americans instead of human beings. People who believe in different religions become christians or muslims. You can NOT care of every single muslim or christian separately, for example. What actually happens is that you only care about *caring*. it's important for you to care, whoever the target is, but you don't care of them because you feel for them all, you care because it makes you feel good and important just to care, even if the target of your caring is just an abstract label instead of an actual person. There are many disabled people who don't even WANT your caring and pity, yet you still care for them. The only one who gains anything in such situation is you...
- Pilot85, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Not care about them, so much as consider your actions and try not to dick 'em over so much, and understand they have a bunch of ***** to deal with too. You don't have to care about that *****, just understand they've got it too.
- mindule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Interesting read. I wonder how many people don't care that they don't care about other people?
- rush378, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10I think you missed the point.
- BobMcdynamite, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Please stop spreading negative stereo types. Your sweeping generalizations are ignorant and just plain rude.
- feebie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7This article was awesome. And to prove its point, ***** the lot of you!
- Mo0man, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7He means he has no close friends, therefore he's got more monkey space in his monkey brain for more monkeys
- stevieweavypoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7But you can't hang out with everyone in the world. That was the point!
- GeyserShitdick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I dunno...Steve's been kind of a dick lately.
- Bakudai, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9You wouldn't have even had a war to BE IN if it weren't for America!
- ivandir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6It hit the nail right in the head.
I think I know now what Human Sociology should teach. - goldfishey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7ok. Someone has to die tomorrow. Your best friend, or some random person from the other side of the planet. You have to choose which. If you dont choose they both die. What do you do? Which death will cause you blinding grief and pain as opposed to general sadness, regret and sympathy. Thats what the report is talking about. You can care on a general level for millions - but you wont feel the same emotional impact you would if your friend dies.
- Bilabrin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8We seem to forget that the French helped us out in the Revolutionary War. And they crated the Statue of Liberty.
- GeyserShitdick, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Hi!
- thefinger, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7himself?
- Georgery, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Well congratulations, you managed to completely miss the point of the article and instead nit-pick at some stupid little detail that, one way or the other, doesn't make a difference to the message the article's trying to send.
- Hetman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6But in the end it still comes down to a choice. If you had two choose to random people through the entire world to die "peacfully" or your best friend dies. What choice do you make. I like to think I would choose the two people but I really doubt I would.
- rush378, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeysphere
- GeyserShitdick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Blogosphere?
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