# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 453
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9041 "2024-11-11T22:33:17Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Because ethics in government isn’t a thing any more. Looking at DJT stock price and there was this paywalled article that starts off > ‘The government ethics program is dead’ says former Office of Government Ethics director [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/will-trump-have-to-sell-his-djt-stock-before-the-inauguration-0af0089d](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/will-trump-have-to-sell-his-djt-stock-before-the-inauguration-0af0089d) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9042 "2024-11-11T23:09:17Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > The thesis of the book is that human hunter-gathers were polyamorous/bonobo-like, and relatively steady and abundant food from agriculture/herding led to similar changes in human society. Who wrote that book, what were their credentials, and on what evidence did they base their thesis? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9043 "2024-11-12T04:49:09Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I don’t change anything that will alter the meaning. Sometimes I change a can’t to cannot, etc. Or I occasionally remove a comma. You absolutely aren’t allowed to change what a poster wrote inside the quote marks (like changing a “can’t” to a “cannot”). You can add a hyphen at the end (which is understood here) or just quote the relevant portion of their post, not the entire thing. Or drop the last period. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9044 "2024-11-12T04:56:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Or _can_ there be a Hell in the absence of the supernatural? Oh, there certainly will be. And it is we who shall be living through it for the next four years. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9045 "2024-11-12T05:06:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Who wrote that book, what were their credentials, and on what evidence did they base their thesis? Here you go, read it for yourself. (Title was mixed up) > **[Sex at Dawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_at_Dawn)** > > Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality is a 2010 book about the evolution of human mating systems by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá. In opposition to what the authors see as the "standard narrative" of human sexual evolution, they contend that having multiple sexual partners was common and accepted in the environment of evolutionary adaptedness. The authors contend that mobile, self-contained groups of hunter-gatherers were the norm for humans before agriculture led to high ... ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9046 "2024-11-12T09:21:16Z")
OK, so _not_ a research paper or peer-reviewed scientific study, but an interesting hypothesis. It’s suggestion of what might have been, not definitive proof. Got it. I mean, they do have a point that in the past (through today) researchers do have their own bias and tend to see other cultures through the lens of their own. On the other hand, hunter-gatherer bands were (based on the current survivors and the diversity of places like New Guinea) probably even more diverse culture-wise than modern people so really, I very much doubt they were all the same, or all “bonobo like”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9047 "2024-11-12T12:58:35Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Sex at Dawn - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_at_Dawn) I’m sorry – I se that title and all I can think is that this is some crazy kind of duel that I would _love_ to receive a challenge in. “Sex at Dawn. Stand back to back, take zero paces, then turn and act.” “What do we use? Dildo? Vibrators?” “Challenger gets the choice of weapons. Bare hands.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9048 "2024-11-12T13:10:25Z")
“Joke’s on you-I’ve been studying gymnastics and wrestling for years.” ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9049 "2024-11-12T13:13:36Z")
And this is why one should always check titles before posting. My thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9050 "2024-11-12T13:28:55Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > OK, so _not_ a research paper or peer-reviewed scientific study, but an interesting hypothesis. It’s suggestion of what might have been, not definitive proof. Got it. One of the authors is a PhD (from a not particularly distinguished university), and the book makes footnoted comparisons of accepted, modern beliefs vs. what can be inferred from known hunter-gatherer societies and other primates. The book is based on his dissertation, which I haven’t read because I probably wouldn’t follow it and I don’t care that much. I found the arguments pretty well laid out (with an obvious bias towards his thesis), but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9051 "2024-11-12T17:04:51Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Sex at Dawn. Stand back to back, take zero paces, then turn and act.” > “What do we use? Dildo? Vibrators?” > “Challenger gets the choice of weapons. Bare hands.” If the coup de grace is necessary, I shall administer it myself. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9052 "2024-11-12T20:58:30Z")
I knew Dawn. She was, um, unusual. One time in a bar, she went up to a guy, cussed at him for his T-Shirt, “_I’m so horny the crack of dawn isn’t even safe_”, and naturally, at the end of the evening, went home with him. Or the time she was bowling, turned to a friend and mused “_I wonder if it’s possible to give head to a dog_” (at which point every guy within earshot started barking). Yeah, “sex at Dawn” has special meaning for me. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9053 "2024-11-12T21:48:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If the coup de grace is necessary, I shall administer it myself. This is going to involve both Grace and Dawn? Oh boy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9054 "2024-11-12T21:57:24Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Yes, but with our closest relatives, the bonobos, Chimps and bonobos are each others’ closest relatives, and so humans are equally close to both. It’s like if your aunt has two children, you can’t say which of them is your closest cousin. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9055 "2024-11-12T22:06:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If the coup de grace is necessary, I shall administer it myself. Welp, that’s Mortal Kombat ruined for me… [![](https://images.uncyc.org/pt/a/a2/Fatality2.JPG) ](https://images.uncyc.org/pt/a/a2/Fatality2.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9056 "2024-11-12T22:10:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Welp, that’s Mortal Kombat ruined for me… It’s even worse if you do a Babality instead of a Fatality, and still keep the “sex at dawn” aspect. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9057 "2024-11-13T13:05:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Chimps and bonobos are each others’ closest relatives, and so humans are equally close to both. It’s like if your aunt has two children, you can’t say which of them is your closest cousin. I’d been told that bonobos were closer to humans than chimps were, but a quick online search turns up stuff like this: [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11128](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11128) # The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes from 2012, which shows that the degree of overlap is comparable, with difference so small that, if this were the results of, say, a political election, you’d call for a recount. I particularly like the Venn diagram of Segmental Duplications. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9058 "2024-11-13T19:27:30Z")
Fox News host says that, if Marco Rubio joins Trump’s cabinet, Desantis should appoint Hulk Hogan to replace him. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lashrzw7nc2n)** > > Jennings: If Marco Rubio does, in fact, become secretary of state, we will need a new senator from the state of Florida. We do need someone with Rubio's national security credentials and there is one Floridian who can do it… Hulk Hogan for US Senate ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9059 "2024-11-13T20:24:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Fox News host says that, if Marco Rubio joins Trump’s cabinet, Desantis should appoint Hulk Hogan to replace him. That seems more like a jab at Rubio than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9060 "2024-11-13T22:17:20Z")
Yeah, but given DeSantis’s perspective, lack of sense of humor, and overall intelligence, he may consider that advice worth taking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=454)