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Pachycephalosaurus: Jurassic World’s ‘Racist’ Dinosaur
The Guardian ^
Posted on 06/24/2015 5:12:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Age: Extinct, since the Late Cretaceous.
Appearance: Thick-headed dinosaur, hence the name, which means “thick-headed lizard”.
Thick-headed as in stupid? Well, they weren’t clever, but it’s really because they had spiky, domed skulls to protect their tiny brains. They’re dinosaurs.
What else are they like? Socially aggressive, accidentally racist.
How can a dinosaur be racist? It’s due to their appearance in the blockbuster Jurassic World.
From what I’ve seen, the dinosaurs in Jurassic World are equal-opportunity devourers.
True, but early on in the film, after some pachycephalosauruses have escaped their sector, a character utters the line: “The pachys are out of containment.”
So what? It sounds as if she’s saying: “The Pakis are out of containment.”
That’s not what she’s saying, though. No.
Did the whole context of the film not make it clear that she was talking about some dinosaurs? It did, but the line has still caused a bit of a stir. The Coventry comedian Guzzy Bear, in the guise of a comic character called Mobeen, posted a video calling for a boycott of the film.
I was boycotting it anyway, because it’s about dinosaurs. Since then a lot of people have taken to Twitter to express outrage at the very notion of a “pakisaurus”.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cretaceous; jurassicworld; pachycephalosaurus; talibannosaurusrex
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To: nickcarraway
Argentinasaurus isn’t “racist”
people have all gone cray cray
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:14:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: nickcarraway
The Islamderthals are out of containment!
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:14:57 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:16:02 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: GeronL
Pachys? As those in Rotherham?
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:16:17 PM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
To: MNDude
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06/24/2015 5:16:55 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: cripplecreek
The Koranimals need to be rounded up.
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06/24/2015 5:17:06 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Cro Muslims are the so called moderates who want the Islamderthals to behead everybody while the Cros watch.
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:18:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: nickcarraway
Jurassic World’s ‘Racist’ Dinosaur Not Jurrassic Word, I think they meant the movie Iron Sky.
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06/24/2015 5:23:50 PM PDT
by
GregoTX
(Remember the Alamo)
To: nickcarraway
I thought they were “Pock-ee-stahnnies” per 0bama.
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:27:14 PM PDT
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gop4lyf
To: nickcarraway
Alexander the Great had to contend with pachyderms when fighting in ancient Pakistan.
To: Verginius Rufus
Alexander the Great had to contend with pachyderms when fighting in ancient Pakistan.I thought he never made it as far as Pakistan. He got as far as Kandahar, Afghanistan.
To: nickcarraway
"Hi, I'm Officer Trey Ceratopsi... I'll be handling your case now"
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posted on
06/24/2015 5:36:03 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Verginius Rufus
The Alexander Greeks encountered Persian war elephants around what today is Mosul, Iraq.
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06/24/2015 5:42:05 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: nickcarraway
Socially aggressive, accidentally racist. Gonna beat y'all to the punch. This DOES NOT describe me. /s
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06/24/2015 5:44:58 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(There is no coexisting with those who want to destroy us from within.)
To: nickcarraway
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06/24/2015 5:54:36 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: GregoTX; nickcarraway; BenLurkin; cripplecreek; JoeProBono
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06/24/2015 6:10:06 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
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06/24/2015 6:14:07 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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06/24/2015 6:37:41 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: nickcarraway
This is either an incredibly brilliant bit of PR marketing for the movie or the dumbest complaint of racism since the Jurrasic period.
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06/24/2015 7:47:14 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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