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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Translated plainly, this comic reads "People who don't think feathered dinosaurs sound scary have never tried to fight an ostrich."
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Translated plainly, this comic reads "People who don't think feathered dinosaurs sound scary, have never tried to fight an ostrich."
  
 
This comic is a jab at people who dismiss the idea feathered dinosaurs sound scary.  Adding feathers to a reptile can trigger a cognitive dissonance; people today see feathers and think of harmless birds. However, the {{w|Ostrich|ostrich}} and a few other avian species, which are {{w|Origin of Birds|feathered dinosaurs}} ([[1211: Birds and Dinosaurs]]) are in fact deadly.  The diagram points out that anyone who has tried to fight an ostrich would be scared of a dinosaur with feathers, and anyone who thinks a feathered dinosaur doesn't sound scary has never tried to fight one.  The two groups of people are exclusive because the two circles do not overlap.  
 
This comic is a jab at people who dismiss the idea feathered dinosaurs sound scary.  Adding feathers to a reptile can trigger a cognitive dissonance; people today see feathers and think of harmless birds. However, the {{w|Ostrich|ostrich}} and a few other avian species, which are {{w|Origin of Birds|feathered dinosaurs}} ([[1211: Birds and Dinosaurs]]) are in fact deadly.  The diagram points out that anyone who has tried to fight an ostrich would be scared of a dinosaur with feathers, and anyone who thinks a feathered dinosaur doesn't sound scary has never tried to fight one.  The two groups of people are exclusive because the two circles do not overlap.  

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