# Fuck you, brain **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751 "2020-09-16T10:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/21 "2020-09-16T18:35:45Z")
Well my theory is that the knowledge to build computers with Artificial Intelligence was sent to us by aliens from outside our solar system in order to propagate their species and enslave us. No spaceships required, just let the existing inhabitants build up the structure for artificial life and let it go. Humans will become second class citizens in their own world while the different artificial intelligent codes battle it out for supremacy. Then we not need brains and live in harmony. Yeah right. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/22 "2020-09-16T19:40:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > check the name > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Is that _from_ something, or is it just a selfie you took to post > > It’s from the Star Trek episode that John\_DiFool was quoting from. > > [Spock's Brain - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock%27s_Brain) Thanks. Just watched it. Holy shit, was that awful. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/23 "2020-09-16T19:41:37Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Well my theory is that the knowledge to build computers with Artificial Intelligence was sent to us by aliens from outside our solar system in order to propagate their species and enslave us. Hmmm … I like it! Thing is, if no space ships are necessary because they are never going to come here, why enslave us in the first place? ❓ ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/24 "2020-09-16T19:59:39Z")
Yes, definitely a abby normal one here ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/25 "2020-09-16T20:28:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@QuickSilver](#): > > > > check the name > > > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > > > Is that _from_ something, or is it just a selfie you took to post > > > > It’s from the Star Trek episode that John\_DiFool was quoting from. > > > > [Spock's Brain - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock%27s_Brain) > > Thanks. Just watched it. > > Holy shit, was that awful. The worst part is that it was written by one of _Star Trek’s_ best writers, Gene L. Coon, under a pseudonym. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/26 "2020-09-16T20:49:24Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Hmmm … I like it! Thing is, if no space ships are necessary because they are never going to come here, why enslave us in the first place? ❓ Don’t know, guess I’ve fallen for their evil plan and I’m too busy surfing the net and shopping for things I don’t need to think about it, maybe I should as Alexa. ❤👽 I’m thinking Jeff Bezos is a replicant. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/27 "2020-09-16T20:52:09Z")
I am sure the little slimeball deserved it. Must have buggered the owner so much he decided to set it afloat. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/28 "2020-09-16T20:52:25Z")
Who the hell is Brian, and what did he ever do to any of us?! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/29 "2020-09-16T20:55:33Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > > > Well my theory is that the knowledge to build computers with Artificial Intelligence was sent to us by aliens from outside our solar system in order to propagate their species and enslave us. > > Hmmm … I like it! Thing is, if no space ships are necessary because they are never going to come here, why enslave us in the first place? ❓ They can still turn to OUR robot overlords for solutions to THEIR problems,\* and not have to worry about being enslaved themselves. \*You know, with a not less than eight-year delay between posing the question and receiving an answer, given that the nearest star system is four light years distant. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/30 "2020-09-16T22:49:52Z")
Homer: Alright brain. You don’t like me and I don’t like you. But let’s just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. Homer’s Brain: It’s a deal. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/31 "2020-09-17T08:45:59Z")
The brain is the only organ that named itself. Arrogant thing. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/32 "2020-09-17T09:55:28Z")
I think I figured it out - why brains are so nasty to us. The brain is actually a bug. Millions of years ago, a particularly loathsome creature - the proto-brain - with masses of tentacles, swam the early Earth’s oceans. It was incompetent, stank, and could not feed itself. It was nearly eaten to extinction. Then one day it managed to capture a critter and, using its masses of tentacles, figured out how to control that unfortunate creature’s bodily functions. It then made itself a shell and lived on top of that critter permanently. It eventually figured out how to control other species. One day it crawled out of the ocean and infected primates - and lo, millions of years later, here we are! All the mass-extinction going on is brain-vengeance against the creatures of the land and sea that used to feast upon this bug when it was still roaming around free. The brain is a bug! We have been colonized! Wake up sheeple! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/33 "2020-09-17T11:15:05Z")
Memes are memes way of ensuring memes survival. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/34 "2020-09-17T11:44:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > You know, with a not less than eight-year delay between posing the question and receiving an answer, given that the nearest star system is four light years distant. Depending on the question, eight years can be a very long time. For example: “Should I duck?!” LOL ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/35 "2020-09-17T13:16:43Z")
Thinking, logical part of brain: > This is fine. Worry is unjustified. Amygdala: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aXgSHL7efKg/maxresdefault.jpg "CHIC - Le Freak (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgSHL7efKg) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/36 "2020-09-17T13:26:19Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > Me: _Begins meditation_ > Brain: “YOU’VE BEEN HIT BY, YOU’VE BEEN STRUCK BY, A SMOOOOOOTH CRIMINAL” > TADALALALA TRALALALA HAHAHA I have been stuck with “Smooth Criminal” for weeks. I’m trying to substitute a song I don’t loathe. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/37 "2020-09-17T15:11:36Z")
What I hate about my brain is that it remembers stupid stuff I said 45 years ago, but doesn’t remember why I entered a particular room. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/38 "2020-09-17T15:37:18Z")
That’s the “Doorway Effect.” > **[Ever Enter a Room & Forget Why You Went There? Blame The Doorway.](https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/ever-enter-a-room-and-forget-why-you-went-there-blame-the-doorway)** > > Ever Enter a Room & Forget Why You Went There? Blame The Doorway. > **[Why Do We Forget What We Were Supposed To Do The Minute We Enter A Room?](https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/doorway-effect-why-we-forget-what-we-were-supposed-do-after-we-enter-room.html#:~:text=Psychologists%20believe%20that%20passing%20through,to%20as%20the%20doorway%20effect)** > > If you think that you're the only one who experiences this, let me tell you that you are not alone. It can happen to the most brilliant people with the greatest of memories; in fact, it happens to everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751/39 "2020-09-20T03:47:57Z")
“I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body; then I realized who was telling me this.” – Emo Phillips [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-brain/920751.md?page=1)