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fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 01:56 PM Apr 2018

"When aging gorilla is confronted with more virile, new alpha-male, he shows submissiveness . . ."

Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers

“When the aging gorilla is confronted with the much more virile, new alpha-male, he shows submissiveness by grooming the alpha-male, but the gesture is actually a vain attempt by the old gorilla to humiliate his much younger rival.”



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"When aging gorilla is confronted with more virile, new alpha-male, he shows submissiveness . . ." (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Apr 2018 OP
K & f'n R !!! nt Ilsa Apr 2018 #1
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #2
LOL: DUzy! FSogol Apr 2018 #3
Kr Fullduplexxx Apr 2018 #4
Hahahahahaaaa! lunatica Apr 2018 #5
Traitor Trump is always a complete ass. nm S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #6
... backtoblue Apr 2018 #7
yeah for betty bowers Gothmog Apr 2018 #8
Vive la France, OMG!! Leghorn21 Apr 2018 #9
macron has too much class to smack that scum as would be appropriate. niyad Apr 2018 #10
He doesn't have to. colorado_ufo Apr 2018 #23
in this case the has-been is a POS too certainot Apr 2018 #11
Trump did that too smoothly.....It was rehearsed in his mind. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #32
i'll bet he asked the assholes around him for suggestions and how to do that and certainot Apr 2018 #35
WOW!!! What a quote! calimary Apr 2018 #12
OK, you got me! MoonRiver Apr 2018 #13
Jesus wryter2000 Apr 2018 #14
... appalachiablue Apr 2018 #15
So, we have a Nit-Picking American president? appalachiablue Apr 2018 #40
Would not believe a man could be so undiplomatic if I hadn't seen that video. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #16
I wouldn't believe a president could be so feeble-minded had I not seen that video sandensea Apr 2018 #17
Now, now OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #21
And, I hope, a nice apology to the Queen after destroying her Victorian-era gardens sandensea Apr 2018 #30
That was satire, dear. nt DRoseDARs Apr 2018 #36
But alas, the damage to the economy was not. sandensea Apr 2018 #37
Bush was a dim bulb but, unlike Trump, didn't surround himself with dim bulbs. Evil, maybe, dim, no. DRoseDARs Apr 2018 #39
Really a shame True Blue American Apr 2018 #44
Hysterical! Absolutely wonderful! Hekate Apr 2018 #18
the KGOP's Tubby Subby* (R) Achilleaze Apr 2018 #19
I love Betty Bowers! geardaddy Apr 2018 #20
No fucking manners malaise Apr 2018 #22
Wonder how this is playing in France cp Apr 2018 #24
smfh StarryNite Apr 2018 #25
BINGO!!!! SummerSnow Apr 2018 #26
I like what chimps do to tyranical leaders exboyfil Apr 2018 #27
Saw a documentary on wolves MountCleaners Apr 2018 #31
Well, they are humans' closest genetic relative for a reason misanthrope Apr 2018 #46
Would love to see the source of that quote supposedly from Jane Goodall. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2018 #28
. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #29
PERFECT! NastyRiffraff Apr 2018 #33
WhoTF does that? To anyone much less the President of France. Unimagineably gauche,mean & classless stuffmatters Apr 2018 #34
Hysterical comedy skit!! tavernier Apr 2018 #38
Oh Good God. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #41
Trump is disgustingly animalistic - like a gorilla. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #42
There is nothing in the animal kingdom that would ever stoop to the levels of trump. Diremoon Apr 2018 #43
Jane Goodall's forte was chimps misanthrope Apr 2018 #45

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
32. Trump did that too smoothly.....It was rehearsed in his mind.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:06 PM
Apr 2018

You can take the man out of the hood
but you can't take the hood out of the man.

Trump uses a repertoire of phrases and gestures to deliberately insult people, he gives it away by too fast, smooth delivery, which just broadcasts what he is doing., Then he laughs it off, forcing the guy to laugh too.

Don't care how deep his fake gold is, the man is no more than a smug bully.
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
35. i'll bet he asked the assholes around him for suggestions and how to do that and
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:37 PM
Apr 2018

then picked his own version

sandensea

(21,688 posts)
17. I wouldn't believe a president could be so feeble-minded had I not seen that video
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 03:08 PM
Apr 2018

That made Dubya look like Bush sr. as far as professionalism and outright social skills.

Macron, of course, handled it great.

sandensea

(21,688 posts)
30. And, I hope, a nice apology to the Queen after destroying her Victorian-era gardens
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:12 PM
Apr 2018

Before doing the same to the U.S. economy of course.

https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/281813.html

sandensea

(21,688 posts)
37. But alas, the damage to the economy was not.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:28 PM
Apr 2018

Thanks for pointing that out; with Bush (like with Cheeto), you never know.

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
39. Bush was a dim bulb but, unlike Trump, didn't surround himself with dim bulbs. Evil, maybe, dim, no.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:40 PM
Apr 2018

Google found 2 relevant hits: The original source and... FreeRepublic getting all butthurt about it besmirching Il Dunce.

I'm part of the generation that got royally screwed by Bush the Lesser's economic chicanery. Was on-track for becoming an architect, economy imploded 2008 and that future completely ended for me. Career path took a less rewarding and economically unstable detour that I'm not likely to ever dig out of.

True Blue American

(17,994 posts)
44. Really a shame
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 05:13 AM
Apr 2018

How many watched the destruction of their lives during the Bush Recession?

Loss of homes,life savings, yet every where we turn we see complaints about how Obama did not move fast enough.

Now we are seeing the same thing coming.,Stock Market up and down like a yo-yo. Experts are predicting a Recession by the end of the year.

Hang on to your 🎩, Another Recession is coming. We may not recover from this one.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
31. Saw a documentary on wolves
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:18 PM
Apr 2018

If an alpha wolf is too tough on the other wolves, he will be deposed as pack leader and becomes a beta. Wolves have more sense than humans.

tavernier

(12,410 posts)
38. Hysterical comedy skit!!
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:36 PM
Apr 2018


Who did the editing? It almost looks real!
I’m still ROFLMAO!! This is sure to piss off Rump because it makes him look like one of those old pissed off gorillas trying to groom the younger and stronger one so he won’t be sent off to die in the jungle.

Oneironaut

(5,530 posts)
42. Trump is disgustingly animalistic - like a gorilla.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 11:11 PM
Apr 2018

He tries to dominate other humans through absurd acts (like hovering over them, or humiliating them). Not to mention how physically disgusting he is as well - he looks like an overfed primate at the zoo. He also has the impulse control of an animal - my dog has more self control. If someone left a piece of cake out, I would fully expect him to run up to it and start snarfing it down his disgustingly round pie-hole.

His cringe-worthy, nauseating behavior is more like the missing link than an actual human. He acts like an ape that is barely intelligent enough to function in our world, but still has the behaviors of an ape.

Diremoon

(86 posts)
43. There is nothing in the animal kingdom that would ever stoop to the levels of trump.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 11:54 PM
Apr 2018

I hardly ever post, but I despise Trump to such an extent that I hate to see any other creature denigrated by comparing them to him. And certainly not a gorilla. I view them as very noble, an attribute that doesn't even apply to him.

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