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Adjei-Brenyah is so good at writing fight scenes that our moral disgust never definitively stamps out the primitive thrill of reading them.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/books/chain-gang-all-stars-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah.html
Although we have a highly developed brain, violent warfare is our primitive, default mode for responding to threats to our societal structures and dealing with past grievances.
An end must be put to these provocative primitive actions or we shall be forced to defend ourselves with every legitimate tool at our disposal.
A tip for campers and hikers is to check under the seat when using a primitive bathroom, Brown said.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-brown-recluse-spider-fact-fiction.html
Chris Bowen has called for fierce critic Andrew Bolt to be sacked for saying the energy minister was 'kowtowing to the primitive' by opening a speech in with a modified Acknowledgement of Country.
He added,”The tragedy of this strange introduction of mindless, primitive violence to Opobo politics is the apparent endorsement of same by the once revered traditional institutions in that Local Government Area.
Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/march-18-we-must-play-this-game-by-the-rules-apc/
He cites rituals—“for the men of primitive times, as for men of the modern day whom we rightly or wrongly call primitives”—of asking for forgiveness before killing an animal to eat it.
Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/12/the-cradle-of-humanity.html
If the goal of an empire is to keep its presence among primitive worlds a secret, it might be hard to do, given that the observation post hangs around in orbit.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/stellaris-first-contact-story-pack-dlc-paradox/
It’s primitive to imprison an old man for chamba which is a Zambian traditional practice.
Logging Creek Campground: Opens June 26 to primitive* camping on a first come, first serve basis.
Most liberal Zionists see themselves closer to “civilized” white Christian Europeans rather than their “primitive” Brown Muslim Arab neighbors.
Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/14/protests-assist-israeli-state-propaganda/
Nor did they take kindly to being patronised by a political elite who had lately taken to describing them as ignorant, primitive transphobes.
Of course, to get horse meat requires hunting a horse, which can be tricky with primitive weapons.
People still travel miles to access medical care as was done in the primitive era while the leaders enjoy medical tourism.
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/are-lawmakers-fighting-for-nigerians-or-for-their-interests/
So, by the time they really became aware, they had electronic games, at least, even if it might have been Space Invaders at an arcade, but if you want to get really primitive, try going back to the 50's.
That is why he preceded the words “primitive accumulation” by “so-called.”
Their accommodations above the bar are impossibly primitive.
Source: https://observer.com/2023/10/the-royal-hotel-movie-review-nothing-really-happens/
There were advances in ammunition as well: Tanks went from primitive mobile gun platforms to thundering killing machines firing armor-piercing projectiles against enemy tanks.
To cut costs, according to "The Twilight Zone Companion," the network forced the show to film six episodes on primitive, low-quality videotape that would get printed over to 16mm film for broadcast.
Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1459477/the-twilight-zone-static-tv-mourn-death-radio/