you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…
Aww.
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Psychology, Philosophy, and Planking: A Thesisby Arbie T. Baguios
I came. I saw. I planked.
With more than half a million people across the world putting their faces on the ground, one might ask the simple question: Why?
Professor Pochi Velasquez of the Department of Psychology provides a simple explanation to the recent upsurge of planking: it breaks the ennui of everyday life. “People say they do it because it’s fun. Others say that is gives them something to do, or the usual “wala lang (for no reason).”
He further explains, “[I think that] most plankers, especially in Ateneo, are adolescents, prone to risk-seeking behavior and illusions of invincibility and other such cognitive feature [which further] adds to their motivation.”
However, some people, such as the Anti-Plankers[10], might argue that planking is not fun and is, in fact, stupid. To that, Velasquez says, “It’s a people thing, the more people do it, the more cool and acceptable it becomes”.
For Professor Marc Pasco of the Department of Philosophy, people plank as an expression of their pathological need for attention. “If [the] necessity for mutual recognition cannot be addressed in the real world, the internet…nurses this need,” he says, “People are left with no other choice but to invent beyond the ‘normal’ categories of social interaction and ‘pagpapapansin’ (begging for attention).”
I Plank, therefore I Am.
To understand this very, very important phenomenon, it is necessary to ask, “What does it mean to plank?”
According to Aristotle, the nature of human being is to be rational which differentiates us from animals. Does planking, then, help our cause? Pasco says he doesn’t know. “Rationality is a loaded concept…given the limited time given to you on this earth, what does planking help you achieve? How does it help you become a parent, a friend, a citizen?”
Pasco’s response reveals an existentialist crisis that surrounds planking. Perhaps, planking is Epicurean in nature – meaningless but fun. Perhaps, other people found that planking is their lives’ true sole purpose.
Other planking experts – we may call them plankologists – go as far to say that the phenomenon might just prove the existence of God. Plankologist Zac Alstin came up with the idea and cites British writer G.K. Chesterton: “Why is it funny that a man should sit down suddenly in the street? There is only one possible or intelligent reason: that man is the image of God…It is only when a man tumbles down that we laugh. Why do we laugh? Because it is a grave religious matter: it is the Fall of Man.”[11]
Read the full story at g - The Guidon’s Online Magazinehttp://g.theguidon.com/2011/09/03/psychology-philosophy-and-planking-a-thesis/](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqzi23AHjJ1qzlac8o1_400.jpg)
Psychology, Philosophy, and Planking: A Thesis
by Arbie T. BaguiosI came. I saw. I planked.
With more than half a million people across the world putting their faces on the ground, one might ask the simple question: Why?
Professor Pochi Velasquez of the Department of Psychology provides a simple explanation to the recent upsurge of planking: it breaks the ennui of everyday life. “People say they do it because it’s fun. Others say that is gives them something to do, or the usual “wala lang (for no reason).”
He further explains, “[I think that] most plankers, especially in Ateneo, are adolescents, prone to risk-seeking behavior and illusions of invincibility and other such cognitive feature [which further] adds to their motivation.”
However, some people, such as the Anti-Plankers[10], might argue that planking is not fun and is, in fact, stupid. To that, Velasquez says, “It’s a people thing, the more people do it, the more cool and acceptable it becomes”.
For Professor Marc Pasco of the Department of Philosophy, people plank as an expression of their pathological need for attention. “If [the] necessity for mutual recognition cannot be addressed in the real world, the internet…nurses this need,” he says, “People are left with no other choice but to invent beyond the ‘normal’ categories of social interaction and ‘pagpapapansin’ (begging for attention).”
I Plank, therefore I Am.
To understand this very, very important phenomenon, it is necessary to ask, “What does it mean to plank?”
According to Aristotle, the nature of human being is to be rational which differentiates us from animals. Does planking, then, help our cause? Pasco says he doesn’t know. “Rationality is a loaded concept…given the limited time given to you on this earth, what does planking help you achieve? How does it help you become a parent, a friend, a citizen?”
Pasco’s response reveals an existentialist crisis that surrounds planking. Perhaps, planking is Epicurean in nature – meaningless but fun. Perhaps, other people found that planking is their lives’ true sole purpose.
Other planking experts – we may call them plankologists – go as far to say that the phenomenon might just prove the existence of God. Plankologist Zac Alstin came up with the idea and cites British writer G.K. Chesterton: “Why is it funny that a man should sit down suddenly in the street? There is only one possible or intelligent reason: that man is the image of God…It is only when a man tumbles down that we laugh. Why do we laugh? Because it is a grave religious matter: it is the Fall of Man.”[11]
Read the full story at g - The Guidon’s Online Magazine
http://g.theguidon.com/2011/09/03/psychology-philosophy-and-planking-a-thesis/
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How does this still happen? Esp in Chicago.
Black Teen Has Noose Put Around Neck By White Teens - Cops
Israeli military bombs French consulate in Gaza, causing a diplomat’s wife to have a miscarriage as well as injuries to himself and his daughter.
France make some justified fuss, media covers it somewhat originally, European countries urge caution and ask for explanations ‘to clarify…
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[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style colour split with beige and woodland green alternating. Foreground: a head-on photo of a disgruntled looking white sheep. Top text: “News reports a rise in crime because of economic strain” Bottom text: “Really?”]
Merton is weeping (made by victoryxx)
