Primal Instincts

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eleijeep@piefed.social · 37 pts · 207d (5 replies)

*chock full

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d (2 replies)

Saw that. Looked it up in case it was me who had been misusing it my entire life (fortunately, i had not) but the etymology was interesting.

Middle English chokkefull, probably from choken to choke + full

Pretty sure they didn’t have push lawnmowers like we do, what else has a choke?

GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 207d

a pre-heimlich esophagus.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 207d

Equivalent of "stuffed to the gills"

fartographer@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Speak for yourself. I've been lodging calcium carbonate sticks up my nose for decades!

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 206d

pennomi@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 207d (4 replies)
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Agent641@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d

Brain: "Look, a cool rock."

Fella: "I guess."

Brain: "Pick it up."

Fella: "What? Why?"

Brain: "You gotta!"

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Those seem ... conspicuously violence-related.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 207d

Skip rock. Throw stick for dog.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 207d

Mmmmmmmm . . . Stick. Rock.

cynar@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 207d

Even the violent instincts are often better than implied. They tend to take the form of "Defend" or "Protect".

Very few people have the instinct to attack or hurt. That is learnt and reasoned.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 207d (3 replies)

The 10 Fs.

Friendship

Fashioning stories

Fashioning things

Fucking around

Finding out

Funny

Finging

Fancing

Fempathizing

Freating

eleijeep@piefed.social · 6 pts · 207d

Fhitposting

No1@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 206d (1 reply)

Farting was too obvious?

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 205d

Farting around and fucking around can mean the same thing, I guess. 🤔

Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 207d (9 replies)

Dance?

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Free your mind and your ass will follow

Bgugi@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 207d

Please don't free your ass except in designated areas.

djdarren@piefed.social · 8 pts · 207d (6 replies)

You can dance if you want to.

sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 207d (2 replies)

We can leave your friends behind

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance - well they're no friends of mine

No1@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 206d

But please dance in a safe and responsible manner.

Remember to always Safety Dance.

Linktank@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 207d (2 replies)

That's not what an instinct is. This post has good energy and little education.

djdarren@piefed.social · 3 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Everybody's taking a chaaaaaaaance

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 206d

Es es es es Ay ay ay ay Ef ef ef ef Ee ee ee ee Ti ti ti ti Wai wai wai wai...

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 207d (1 reply)

What if mine are bathed in other fluids?

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 207d

listen you can goon all you want just keep it to yourself

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 207d (2 replies)

my most primal instinct is to share food.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 206d (1 reply)

I’ll allow it. You gonna eat that?

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 206d

yeah but you can have it after

hah gottem

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 207d

Man, based on that list, I (and probably most people these days) suck at satisfying / engaging with my primal instincts. Eating lots of food is definitely an instinct, too, but that's a bit of an issue when getting high calourie food is easy and most of us are sitting on our asses all day.

socsa@piefed.social · 6 pts · 207d

I got the misanthrope trait instead of befriend dance sing tell story.

FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 207d

Amen.

Fuck Hobbes and his “state of nature”.

tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 4 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Can I have a factor reset? I seem to have gotten anxiety, depression, possible OCD, and such instead of 'dance'.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d

You can! ping!

Now listen to some P-funk and put on those boogie shoes

aviationeast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 207d

Mine are.