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fossilesque @mander.xyz

6mo ago

Pavlov

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That's just thought association, classical (pavlovian) conditioning is about a conditioned stimulus creating a learned response, not a thought, eg if you were to be shudder every time you heard 'Pavlov' because you thought of dogs.

Not everyone thinks of dog, there's a bit of a bell curve.
- Pavlova.jpg
- What else do there Pavlov?
  
  I thought of the VR shooter Pavlov shack first.
- at which end of the curve resides the bellends?
- That’s pretty normal. Like, less than sigma.

So Pavlov was sitting in a bar, having a nice cold beer. As the next person came in, the door caused a bell to ring. Pavlov panics: "Oh no! I forgot to feed the dog!"
- Pavlov is the Dr, not the dog.
  
  What? Yeah, I know. A dog sitting at a bar having a beer would be a different joke. Read my joke again.

- Next you'll be telling me that Schrödinger wasn't a cat
  
  How can you know if he was or if he wasn’t a cat?
- Frankenstein is the monster?
  
  Wait, the princess is Zelda?!

- There's a dog?!

My daughter was watching Bluey the other day, and Bingo wanted some "Pavlova". I immediately thought it was some reference to them all being dogs and Pavlov.
Nope. Turns out it's actually a dessert named after a Russian ballerina that originated in either New Zealand or Australia in the early 20th century.
- I think if any Australians see you you are in deep trouble!
  
  Is Pavlova a national Australian treasure or something? Wikipedia seems unsure as to whether it originated in New Zealand or Australia.
  
  I only knew of the Australian connection by reading the last continent

I've retrained on Pavlov's cat

I once read that reverse pavlovianism is the application of saliva to a dog's mouth in the attempt to ring a bell.

I always think of the VR game these days

That's not what pavlovian conditioning is though??
- Sure it is, strong association through repetition.

I think of a VR-only shooter where all the kids try to climb on me because I'm usually the tallest motherfucker in the game.

That's just how words work

Actually, Pavlov WAS the dog. Pavlov's dogs were his friends, who accompanied him on his adventure to find a bell and drool on it.

Wife forget his name the other day..
'the Russian dude. Poblob. Polbob.. Palbob... The dog guy.' 'oh pavlov' 'yeah whatever, close enough'
- Pob Loblaw’s Dog Blog

I always add an 'a' to the end and wish I could buy pavlova in the USA.
- Get some eggs and go crazy

I first heard of Pavlov from the game incredible machines, where if you dangle a banana in front of a mandrill (looks like a baboon to 6 year old me) he would run on the treadmill giving you power for your machines. So I always think of a baboon when I hear pavlov.

Why is my mouth watering?

And a bell
- And then I start to drool!

Nine nine!

I feel like im on the outside of a big joke or something. Why do people think of a dog?
edit: nevermind. my wife just explained it.

This is some Mitch Headberg shit.

I think of Pavlov's Daughter

Me too Jomny Sun, me too.

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