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(Mother Nature Network) Scary You're sailing down the Amazon and come in contact with members of a tribe that have never seen modern people. Do you: A) Approach? B) Back off? C) Leave food? D) HOLY CRAP, THEY'RE SHOOTING ARROWS AT US   (mnn.com) divider line 165
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gopher321 [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:26:34 AM
Whip a little McDonald's on them, throw in some reality television, etc. That's how you take revenge on those savages.
 
RexTalionis [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:32:10 AM
The Amazon Trail was an awesome game.
 
maliklockett
2011-10-24 10:40:01 AM
If only other tribes had been that smart. It would have saved them a lot of trouble
 
MooseUpNorth
2011-10-24 10:41:01 AM
Yeah, piece of information missing in the headline. The boat is full of tourists. No jury in the world...
 
macross87
2011-10-24 10:41:09 AM
Tell Jack to start the plane?


/not obscure
 
Aidan
2011-10-24 10:41:24 AM
Hm? North Sentinel island?

/Haven't read TFA yet
 
docwizz
2011-10-24 10:41:36 AM
blankets with smallpox? worked before
 
xSauronx
2011-10-24 10:41:36 AM
file under
"places i never want to visit"

i bet they dont even have 3g there.
 
Aidan
2011-10-24 10:42:14 AM
Aidan: Hm? North Sentinel island?

/Haven't read TFA yet

Oooo... A DIFFERENT uncontacted tribe. Spiffy!
 
Flakeloaf
2011-10-24 10:42:15 AM
weer goin

duhSIVILEYEzum
 
Arkanaut
2011-10-24 10:42:23 AM
macross87: Tell Jack to start the plane?


/not obscure

And make sure there's no snake in the plane.
 
Aphoticamy [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:43:12 AM
Good for them.
 
holdenoversoul
2011-10-24 10:43:16 AM
www.wearysloth.com
unavailable for comment.
 
KingoftheCheese [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:43:35 AM
They were only protecting the nest of dinosaur eggs.

/obscure?
 
Possible Homersexual
2011-10-24 10:43:59 AM
upload.wikimedia.org (new window)

Unimpressed.

/hot
 
Bruxellensis
2011-10-24 10:44:06 AM
"Oh, look honey! Those people with no shoes are lobbing sticks at us! It must be their way of welcoming us! Let's get closer for some better pictures!"
 
Bryntryst
2011-10-24 10:44:14 AM
img82.imageshack.us

/sympathizes
 
Ponzholio [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:44:50 AM
Maybe that's just their way of warning the tourists about the parasites that go up their peepee...
 
Stavr0
2011-10-24 10:44:58 AM
macross87: Tell Jack to start the plane?
/not obscure

Jock, not Jack.
 
H31N0US
2011-10-24 10:45:10 AM
smallpox blankets
 
dionysos
2011-10-24 10:45:14 AM
I know next to no Spanish, but I'm pretty sure I deciphered what 'flecha' means.
 
unicron702
2011-10-24 10:45:45 AM
Introduce them to the modern world:

www.epicycle.org.uk
 
skylabdown
2011-10-24 10:46:04 AM
Do those tribes pay enough taxes? They have a ton of land... they don't let anyone come into their area. They are part of the 1% !!!
 
MDGeist
2011-10-24 10:46:17 AM
Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".
 
8.5 tailed fox
2011-10-24 10:46:43 AM
dionysos: I know next to no Spanish, but I'm pretty sure I deciphered what 'flecha' means.

It's when you take a straw and, um.... something with the butt?
 
Jake Havechek
2011-10-24 10:46:51 AM
Air drop Snooki.
 
wood_stones
2011-10-24 10:47:03 AM
Firebomb the tribe.

Attempted MURDER!
 
Tax Boy
2011-10-24 10:47:14 AM
members of a tribe that have never seen modern people.

Unless these guys are the sole remaining Neanderthals, I'm pretty sure that they're "modern people" too, racistsubby.
 
Aidan
2011-10-24 10:47:22 AM
MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

We've tried that a couple times. It doesn't end well. Generally the common modern decision is "leave them alone. If they want to join us, they'll let us know."

Generally arrows mean no.
 
MooseUpNorth
2011-10-24 10:47:53 AM
dionysos: I know next to no Spanish, but I'm pretty sure I deciphered what 'flecha' means.

Yeah, she was starting to sing the "Badger" song. No jury in the world...
 
maliklockett
2011-10-24 10:48:12 AM
Arkanaut: macross87: Tell Jack to start the plane?


/not obscure

And make sure there's no snake in the plane.


Aww, that's just his pet snake "Reggie"

Why don't you show a little backbone
 
Easy Reader
2011-10-24 10:48:47 AM
I usually leave gifts of drugs and alcohol.
 
KingoftheCheese [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:48:56 AM
MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

It's almost like our own little Prime Directive.
 
The Crepes of Wrath
2011-10-24 10:48:56 AM
www.smh.com.au

You don't say.
 
RexTalionis [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:49:00 AM
Aidan: MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

We've tried that a couple times. It doesn't end well. Generally the common modern decision is "leave them alone. If they want to join us, they'll let us know."

Generally arrows mean no.

The Prime Directive - always a good decision.
 
traylor
2011-10-24 10:49:32 AM
Send in the Spanish Inquisition.
 
Duke Phillips' Singing Bears
2011-10-24 10:51:08 AM
Aidan: MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

We've tried that a couple times. It doesn't end well. Generally the common modern decision is "leave them alone. If they want to join us, they'll let us know."

Generally arrows mean no.

Here's the plan. We drop a an empty coke bottle on their heads and see how they react to it. If one of them goes on a hilarious, madcap journey to dispose of it, then we leave them alone.
 
cgraves67
2011-10-24 10:51:44 AM
sic Catholic missionaries on them to teach them the dangers of doggy style and non-christianity while spreading diseases to them that they have no natural resistance to.
 
Marley'sGirl
2011-10-24 10:52:07 AM
I find it hard to believe that they have never seen modern people floating down the river before now. Maybe they haven't made contact, but I'm sure this isn't the first boat full of tourists to go by. It's probably a regular part of the tour. I might even suggest it was staged.
 
probesport
2011-10-24 10:52:36 AM
MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all

Have you had it in the ear before?
 
vudukungfu
2011-10-24 10:52:43 AM
Developers, miners and prospectors have been known to shoot and kill natives when they encounter them

Or, as americans call it, Progress.
Or Manifest destiny.
Or white supremacy.
 
Flakeloaf
2011-10-24 10:53:20 AM
cgraves67: sic Catholic missionaries on them to teach them the dangers of doggy style and non-christianity while spreading diseases to them that they have no natural resistance to.

Captain Clock!
 
deeproy
2011-10-24 10:53:25 AM
e) Sign up for Amazon Prime?
 
Fenwick3
2011-10-24 10:53:41 AM
i56.tinypic.com
 
StreetlightInTheGhetto [TotalFark]
2011-10-24 10:53:53 AM
MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

you really can't think of a single effing reason why?

Yeah, cause we know what's better. Usually that means "we immediately try to find a way to kick them off their land. If "we're" lucky, they'll just die of pneumonia or flu quickly.
 
unicron702
2011-10-24 10:54:09 AM
Marley'sGirl: I find it hard to believe that they have never seen modern people floating down the river before now. Maybe they haven't made contact, but I'm sure this isn't the first boat full of tourists to go by. It's probably a regular part of the tour. I might even suggest it was staged.

The archer works at an Arby's 10 miles from where that was filmed.
 
jmadisonbiii
2011-10-24 10:54:52 AM
farm4.static.flickr.com

Make a hat
 
angry_scientist
2011-10-24 10:55:19 AM
Ask Kurtz...
 
Bad_Seed
2011-10-24 10:56:10 AM
Aidan: MDGeist: Maybe it's just I'm a modern guy and all, but why do we want to keep them in the dark again? Why not go say hi and be like "hey look at all this neat stuff we have now a days"? Just seems a bit selfish to not introduce people to modern times and let them live in their mud houses in the name of "losing their way of life".

We've tried that a couple times. It doesn't end well. Generally the common modern decision is "leave them alone. If they want to join us, they'll let us know."

Generally arrows mean no.

But do they know about the existence of the iPad? If they don't, then how can they possibly make an informed decision? Don't they realise that Apple changed the world? Surely it's our duty as civilised men to spread the word of Jobs.
 
chewielouie
2011-10-24 10:56:51 AM
macross87: Tell Jack to start the plane?


/not obscure

You could warn them...if only you spoke Hovitos.
 
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