grumpy people

wolfwalker · 02-02-2010, 11:01 AM

Grumpy People May Be More Evolved

Being intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority.

Researchers at Harvard gave chimpanzees and bonobos, two species of apes that are among the closest living relatives to humans, a variety of reward-based tasks. Chimpanzees, who can be quite grumpy, especially as they age, consistently outperformed the bonobos, who maintain a childlike playfulness throughout their lives.

Victoria Wobble, the project's leader, believes the chimps' ability to put aside their sociability is one of the reasons they are more intelligent and civilized than their genetically similar great ape cousins. She also thinks the evolutionary development of chimpanzees and bonobos could provide insight into our own species.

As for our buddy Oscar, we're pretty sure the well-known grouch is more intelligent than the average green Muppet, but he clearly loses evolutionary points for his squalid living conditions.

SEE? I have said this for years when people tell me I am grumpy LOL

wolf

Corkey · 02-02-2010, 11:07 AM

Finally a thread for me! LOL

Dylan · 02-02-2010, 11:10 AM

Awesome

Dylan

Jess · 02-02-2010, 11:11 AM

Heh! Grumble spit sneer...
Mr. GrumpyPants is my other term of endearment..

Deborah · 02-02-2010, 11:21 AM

I said it before I will say it again....are you and Dude siblings separated at birth?
But we gotta love ya with all your chicken little the sky is falling grumpiness...

Rook · 02-02-2010, 11:29 AM

Hmmm..
EVIDENCE!!!! EVIDENCE !!!
I now have proof I'm an intellectual....
I have a short fuse, lightning quick temper...
And I can really be Grouchy
w00t

christie · 02-02-2010, 11:33 AM

Great... now there is validation of MrGrumpyPants aka The Codger aka The Curmudgeon aka The Ole' Goat...

Just what Hy needed... encouragement

Jess · 02-02-2010, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christie0918

Great... now there is validation of MrGrumpyPants aka The Codger aka The Curmudgeon aka The Ole' Goat...

Just what Hy needed... encouragement

Gotta love a support system!

morningstar55 · 02-02-2010, 11:50 AM

I have a stone daddy friend..... and he can get grumpy at times....
i just ignor hys grumpynes when im around hym..
figure hy'll get over it .... lol

Admin · 02-02-2010, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfwalker

Grumpy People May Be More Evolved

Being intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority.
wolf

I must be HIGHLY superior today

Selenay · 02-02-2010, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Being intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority.

As if there was ever any doubt.

The_Lady_Snow · 02-02-2010, 11:53 AM

I do not see it as being grumpy, I may just not like you.

PapaC · 02-02-2010, 11:54 AM

Fuck grumpyness. Someone make me a coffee.

right.the.fuck.now.

thanks.

Just_G · 02-02-2010, 12:03 PM

Imagine that....I think I am from the bonobos group!!

However, I have just enough intelligence to get by in my every day life!

I am so very rarely grumpy or in a bad mood! But I am not exactly the sharpest crayon in the box sometimes either!

(I am so just kidding!)

Andrew, Jr. · 02-02-2010, 12:33 PM

Another Mr. Grumpypants here too.

Jess · 02-02-2010, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

I do not see it as being grumpy, I may just not like you.

BRILLIANT!!

Linus · 02-02-2010, 01:35 PM

w00t! This explains why I do so well at what I do: I'm a chronic grumpier.

Gemme · 02-03-2010, 02:18 AM

And here folks have been telling me all these years that I'm being more evolved when I play Little Miss Nicey Nice.

Hrmph!

Thanks to this study, I have realized that I am sooooo much more evolved than any of you realize.

~Bo · 02-03-2010, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemme

And here folks have been telling me all these years that I'm being more evolved when I play Little Miss Nicey Nice.

Hrmph!

Thanks to this study, I have realized that I am sooooo much more evolved than any of you realize.

I'm not gonna argue with that.

labete · 02-03-2010, 09:34 AM

I'd rather play with the bonobos.

Grumpiness is too distracting for me, and keeps me from being able to focus on my work. On the other hand, so does a lot of socializing, and it will lead to me being grumpy when I'm trying to get things done. It doesn't make me smarter; it just makes people more likely to leave me alone and stop distracting me.

02-02-2010, 11:01 AM	#1
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	grumpy people Grumpy People May Be More Evolved Being intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority. Researchers at Harvard gave chimpanzees and bonobos, two species of apes that are among the closest living relatives to humans, a variety of reward-based tasks. Chimpanzees, who can be quite grumpy, especially as they age, consistently outperformed the bonobos, who maintain a childlike playfulness throughout their lives. Victoria Wobble, the project's leader, believes the chimps' ability to put aside their sociability is one of the reasons they are more intelligent and civilized than their genetically similar great ape cousins. She also thinks the evolutionary development of chimpanzees and bonobos could provide insight into our own species. As for our buddy Oscar, we're pretty sure the well-known grouch is more intelligent than the average green Muppet, but he clearly loses evolutionary points for his squalid living conditions. SEE? I have said this for years when people tell me I am grumpy LOL wolf

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labete Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: preoccupied Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: a funny little world Posts: 100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 71 Thanked 113 Times in 51 Posts Rep Power: 18	I'd rather play with the bonobos. Grumpiness is too distracting for me, and keeps me from being able to focus on my work. On the other hand, so does a lot of socializing, and it will lead to me being grumpy when I'm trying to get things done. It doesn't make me smarter; it just makes people more likely to leave me alone and stop distracting me. __________________ http://images2.cafemom.com/images/us...788795_med.jpg Come snark with me.