Though I know you have word limits, and many things to get through, I'm disappointed you passed along the fight-or-flight conventional wisdom as accurate. You didn't endorse it, of course, but simply repeating it reinforces that the psychologically iffy proposition is fact.
Wow! Greatest post ever. It should go in the posting hall of fame. Well, I have to go now: I'm dusting your portrait in my living room.
I did not know this, I'd also assumed the verb came from the animal. Thank you!
Though I know you have word limits, and many things to get through, I'm disappointed you passed along the fight-or-flight conventional wisdom as accurate. You didn't endorse it, of course, but simply repeating it reinforces that the psychologically iffy proposition is fact.
Thanks for bringing it up.
Continuing in animal metaphors, would "playing possum" be a sub-category in "The fawn response?"
What an insane column! Last week we had crazed moggies, this week it's deranged Bambis. Maybe it's a job for animal control.
Welcome to the zoo!
You packed a lot of great stuff into one column today. And I am not fawning over you, just a fan!