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oh my gosh, read this...
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:49 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html#anchor876436
read this! this is quite amazing!
once you're done reading, highlight the spoiler tag...
[spoiler]What is Nacirema spelled backwards? And what about latipso?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]ITS AMERICA AND OSPITAL! (supposed to be Hospital)
its kinda funny, its some sort of satrical essay on the USA, making it sound like its some foreign country.[/spoiler]
propz to pat on this, he gave me the link
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:56 pm
by pp1n0i135
ryan it is exactly how a foreign country would think of America if they did a study on our culture
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:00 pm
by Waterlillee
haha~ lol~!^^
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:09 pm
by Locke
if aliens looked at the US....
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:16 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
exactally! and the thing is, is that we do the exact same thing to other contries!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:17 pm
by ShiroiHikari
lol very interesting.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:19 pm
by Locke
we are the aliens....SAVE THE HUMANS!!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:57 pm
by Fsiphskilm
[size=167][u]DON'T D
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:59 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
haha volt, ya scared me there
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:59 pm
by AsterlonKnight
I remember that story. It was in the reader for my Anthropology class.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:02 pm
by Jasdero
XD!!!!! Aliens, yo!!! <.< >.>
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:32 pm
by Icarus
That was in my reader for English. I love it.
"The shrine room" 
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:22 am
by Aka-chan
Haha, that's very, very clever!
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:02 am
by termyt
Kind of hits some nails square on their heads, doesn't it?
That will probably be very close to how future generations regard us and as we regard generations long past.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:24 am
by cbwing0
An interesting article. It is amazing how much adversiting has tricked us into believing that we are beset by all sorts of conditions that do not really exist, and can only be prevented by buying their products. Still, the article does contain some exaggerations, probably added to keep the gag going until the end.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:48 pm
by RoyalWing
I had to read carefully, but when I understood, oh, laughed so hard... I put it in my favourites.
My favourite part is... the whole thing, I really don't know! >w<;;
PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:56 am
by Zane
It was written by an Anthropologist to show how you can take anything and turn it into something really random and aas Volt said "savage", Anthropologist are pretty anti-christian/God (its all superstion) and particularly missionari4es (they destroy culture) but they do bring up some interesting points and their aim is to point out all the similairties rather than differences between people.
Its an intersting subject to look into for abit, but they are pretty antichristian, there are christian anthropologists, but as an institution its anti.
Good one Mr. Sm.P.