Last night I dreamt that
rijrunner was working towards a PhD by developing a theory about how mankind evolved into homo sapiens not by the development of tool-making, nor hunting and gathering, nor use of
hippie drugs to see self-transforming machine elves*, but by children being sarcastic. Somehow sarcasm really got the language ball rolling because it had to be understood on more than one level or something (words, body language, tone of voice). I like this theory, and hope that
rijrunner soon publishes his grand unified evolutionary theory of sarcasm.
My dreams are sooooo "interesting".
-- Schwa ---
* - If you've ever been sober and spoken to someone tripping, you know that mushrooms probably don't provide an evolutionary advantage, unless being convinced there are bats everywhere, your head is made of bubblegum, and there's a universe in your fingernail somehow helps you develop tools and outsmart predators. Or maybe I'm being close-minded. I need to step outside the rigid confines of Western thought and expand my consciousness. Are you holding my friend?