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Topic: Hey Kook, for future reference...

Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #57,501

...if I can track down footage of an old-time circus geek biting the head off a live a chicken, should I post it here for you to watch?

kook joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #739,090

yes!

Wildchild !GjXpatdBd. joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #739,110

I looked and I doubt if any exists at the time, at least online, because video footage wasn't utilized in the time period, the geeks were often alcoholics who were paid in alcohol during prohibition and were placed in a status below the freaks (it's easier to find a person to bite a head off a live animal then to find someone with 4 legs.) I don't know what animal abuse laws have to do with geeks dying out, but perhaps it may have something.

I would like to see it if you can find it.

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Wildchild !GjXpatdBd. double-posted this 9 years ago, 22 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #739,112

Yea@previous (Wildchild !GjXpatdBd.)

> I looked and I doubt if any exists at the time, at least online, because video footage wasn't utilized in the time period, the geeks were often alcoholics who were paid in alcohol during prohibition and were placed in a status below the freaks (it's easier to find a person to bite a head off a live animal then to find someone with 4 legs.) I don't know what animal abuse laws have to do with geeks dying out, but perhaps it may have something.
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> I would like to see it if you can find it.

I meant to say "video footage wasn't commonly utilized" instead of not utilized. I noticed my mistake too late. Making a video of something in the 1930's and 1940's was expensive and took a lot of effort to do so.

kook !!OPZbEQMT1 joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #739,136

Yes!
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