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    Frog in the Boiling Water

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    • NicN
      Nic @momurda
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      @momurda I think they left the brainstem so that basic functions still worked and just scooped out the rest of the brain. Kind of like that headless chicken that lived for years:
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

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      • momurdaM
        momurda @Nic
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        @Nic WTF? that is crazy

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @momurda
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          @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

          @Nic WTF? that is crazy

          Didn't grow up on a farm I guess. The entire term "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" comes from the fact that chickens continue to live for quite some time without a head.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
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            The sick part is "When Mike did not die, Olsen instead decided to care for the bird. He fed it a mixture of milk and water via an eyedropper, and gave it small grains of corn."

            Olsen is a psycho

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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              @DustinB3403 said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

              The sick part is "When Mike did not die, Olsen instead decided to care for the bird. He fed it a mixture of milk and water via an eyedropper, and gave it small grains of corn."

              Olsen is a psycho

              Yup

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              • momurdaM
                momurda @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller I know the term, but 2 years is a bit more than quite some time

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @momurda
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                  @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                  @scottalanmiller I know the term, but 2 years is a bit more than quite some time

                  Once you "keep going" when does it stop?

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                  • momurdaM
                    momurda @DustinB3403
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                    @DustinB3403 I am confused about why he only took one whack? Surely his MIL wasnt happy she had to go without chicken that night for dinner.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @momurda
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                      @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                      @DustinB3403 I am confused about why he only took one whack? Surely his MIL wasnt happy she had to go without chicken that night for dinner.

                      Right?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @momurda
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                        @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                        @DustinB3403 I am confused about why he only took one whack? Surely his MIL wasnt happy she had to go without chicken that night for dinner.

                        Yeah, always seemed weird to me. Was going to kill a chicken for dinner, but when it stayed alive it got promoted to pet?

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                          @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                          @DustinB3403 I am confused about why he only took one whack? Surely his MIL wasnt happy she had to go without chicken that night for dinner.

                          Yeah, always seemed weird to me. Was going to kill a chicken for dinner, but when it stayed alive it got promoted to pet?

                          Special needs pet none the less!

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                            @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                            @Nic WTF? that is crazy

                            Didn't grow up on a farm I guess. The entire term "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" comes from the fact that chickens continue to live for quite some time without a head.

                            Been there, done that, got the bloody tshirt.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                              @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                              @Nic WTF? that is crazy

                              Didn't grow up on a farm I guess. The entire term "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" comes from the fact that chickens continue to live for quite some time without a head.

                              Been there, done that, got the bloody tshirt.

                              I see what you did there.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
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                                @JaredBusch said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                @Nic WTF? that is crazy

                                Didn't grow up on a farm I guess. The entire term "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" comes from the fact that chickens continue to live for quite some time without a head.

                                Been there, done that, got the bloody tshirt.

                                So you kept a headless chicken alive for a few years too? Cause in the modern age that would be impressive, with the antibiotics and other medicine you could probably keep that thing alive for a decade or more.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                  @JaredBusch said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                  @momurda said in Frog in the Boiling Water:

                                  @Nic WTF? that is crazy

                                  Didn't grow up on a farm I guess. The entire term "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" comes from the fact that chickens continue to live for quite some time without a head.

                                  Been there, done that, got the bloody tshirt.

                                  So you kept a headless chicken alive for a few years too? Cause in the modern age that would be impressive, with the antibiotics and other medicine you could probably keep that thing alive for a decade or more.

                                  How long does a healthy headed pet chicken live? Over a decade?

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by DustinB3403

                                    @scottalanmiller Yeah 8-10 on average as much as 20 years

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                                    • PenguinWranglerP
                                      PenguinWrangler
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                                      WOW! This is exactly what has happened to me at my current employer. The working conditions slowly got worse over time and I didn't notice it. Finally I work up and I was like wow. I went from being occasionally called every once in a blue moon to being called every single weekend to help someone do something. I haven't had a weekend off since the weekend of my wedding in January, I can't remember before that how long it had been to have a weekend devoid of work calling me for some reason. Even then I had to put out three emails before my wedding saying I was unavailable that weekend. I am putting in long hours but I fall behind because they refuse to address key issues. So I have put my resume out.

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