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<p>93.158.79.70: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1156<br /> | date = January 4, 2013<br /> | title = Conditioning<br /> | image = conditioning.png<br /> | titletext = 'Why are you standing in the yard wearing a papal hat and a robe covered in seeds?' 'Well, the Pope is visiting our town next month ...'<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Herein, the author devises a method of addressing the issue of drivers who turn up their music (and their bass) to irritating levels. <br /> <br /> As the title suggests, the idea is to condition animals to respond to a thumping bass. The machine would work as follows: every few hours, the bass would turn on, and the box would dispense food behind an opening designed to look like an open car window. Over time, local wildlife would flock to the box to get the food, and would soon realise that the bread crumbs are dispensed only after the subwoofer is activated. Over time, the animals would associate a thumping bass with food, and would approach such a noise in groups. <br /> <br /> The end result would be that the local wildlife would approach (and presumably surround) any car that has that same thumping bass. Drivers, in turn, would cease to turn up their music in order to prevent the groups of animals from chasing after their cars, thus solving the problem of annoyingly loud bass.<br /> <br /> The title text is a dialogue about using a similar method of conditioning to send animals after the Pope.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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