The etymology of "panic": The Greek god Pan's angry shout inspired panic when he was disturbed in his afternoon naps. Only the Apollonian man makes panic, the warcry of Pan, taboo. The Dionysian man thrives in panic, ritualizing it by playing the pan flute.
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Replying to @MimeticValue
Pan is also the genus of the chimpanzee, so chimping out is a valid way to panic.
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Replying to @MimeticValue @smart_intellecc
this is totally off-topic, but your GIF showed me that the old saw that chimps with typewriters given enough time would eventually produce Shakespeare is wrong, because a chimp typing is not a random process
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