Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by fu9ar on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @09:10PM
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Making the argument that those two behaviors, management insisting on punctuality and violent bodily mutilation, are commensurable is the exact kind of insane thinking that I am criticizing.
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Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:27AM
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It's the motivation that is the same. If you haven't seen it in action you're either very lucky, or not very observant.
Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by spectralnischay on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:38AM
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Yes, but going back to the parent's point, while you may think it's instinctive to have a dominance trait, the "come on time" rule is only there probably because the manager's superordinate instilled it in him. I guarantee you we are not going back to our primate roots when we wake up and get to office, and OP might be thinking this in too much of a literal sense.
Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by fu9ar on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:04PM
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No. It's not the same motivation. Human hierarchical social behavior is not the same as other primates. It's much more complicated and in most human situations social status is based on a constellation of intangibles rather than who can literally rip the other's face off.