A less than startling observation follows. Animals penned in enclosed spaces often develop repetitive behaviour patterns: in scientific jargon, this is called “stereotypic route-tracing”, or more generally “stereotypic behavior”.
A leopard at the world famous Night Safari circles in a never-ending figure 8. While the symbolism of the “Eight” in Feng Sui-riven Singapore might signal some sort of excessive Lillian Too presence, we should not be distracted from the ominous truth: this affliction is most assuredly a supra-national, cross-cultural and trans-species phenomenon.
Cast your eyes on the dead-end, brain-dead occupation that is “building security” and the uniformed guards who stand aimlessly while attempting to look purposeful. They, always and everywhere, tend to develop the same motion, a backward/forward swinging of arms as their eyes glaze into the netherworld comfort signalled by the end of their shift.
Hmmm, pehaps the Only One Solution guys (with their “WHY WE MUST ANNIHILATE THE HUMAN RACE” manifesto) aren’t so crazy after all.
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