Self-Fulfilling Prophecies?

[Skeleon]

Good idea,otherwise you'll have to use a knife or something and that'll be a bit slower. Kill yourself now, or you'll have to do it painfully later!

Fun fun; but seriously, do it.

Let me tell you...
It's not "across the street" but "down the highway".
It's good to know. Just in case.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Yeah, it's sort of sad how these terrible things can be caused by ourselves and for no reason.

Oh well. Not much you can do about it.

 

[delet]

Good idea,otherwise you'll have to use a knife or something and that'll be a bit slower. Kill yourself now, or you'll have to do it painfully later!

Fun fun; but seriously, do it.

Let me tell you...
It's not "across the street" but "down the highway".
It's good to know. Just in case.

Oh, I've known that for a while now. I'm actually skinny enough that my veins pop out without me flexing or anything... Maybe that's a bad thing. Anyway, I have a nice road map that tells me exactly where to go. It's like I have a navigation system ready to go

 

[Skeleon]

Oh, I've known that for a while now. I'm actually skinny enough that my veins pop out without me flexing or anything... Maybe that's a bad thing. Anyway, I have a nice road map that tells me exactly where to go. It's like I have a navigation system ready to go

Oh, noes! Not the veins, too little pressure. You gotta go deeper. The arteries are where it's at.

 

[delet]

Oh, I've known that for a while now. I'm actually skinny enough that my veins pop out without me flexing or anything... Maybe that's a bad thing. Anyway, I have a nice road map that tells me exactly where to go. It's like I have a navigation system ready to go

Oh, noes! Not the veins, too little pressure. You gotta go deeper. The arteries are where it's at.

But then I'd have to work for it... You know what, screw it. I'll just cut off the entire damn arm

 

[Skeleon]

But then I'd have to work for it... You know what, screw it. I'll just cut off the entire damn arm

Well, it may be messy but it surely does the trick.
And it'd be a lot of a more manly way to die, that's for sure.

 

[BioEnchanted]

Actually, I'm suprised that bank runs still happen, as I'm sure enough people have seen Mary Poppins to see how such things actually occur. Seriously, a kid doesn't want a bank to have his money, so everyone asssumes its insecure, withdraws like mad and the bank goes under. People think the moral is obey your elders and good things will happen, but I read it as DON'T PANIC.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

It's the effing news networks man, every once in a while they take a tidbit of information and sensationalize it into a full blown clusterf*ck of panic. Examples:

Swine flu. News networks all over the place run headlines that read: "New Global Pandemic?" I read articles on news websites detailing "The U.S. Government's Worst Case Scenario" for responding to global disease, where sports stadiums and every public arena is closed, everyone walks around in haz-mat suits, etc. School systems all over the nation close in fear of harboring the next "patient zero" and causing countless children to die.

Now it's 2-3 weeks later and we are only now being told "Oh, it turns out it's not a pandemic. IT'S A F*CKING COLD."

Gas shortages. Last year I get a phone call: "Hey the news is saying that gas is going up to $5 a gallon because of the hurricane, so you better go fill up your cars now!" I go to the gas station like a moron, and sit in a 45 minute line to pay $4 for gas, thinking I'm saving money. Turns out a week later, the news reports "Because of the run on the pumps, gas stations were short of fuel, causing gas prices to stay high for at least another few weeks." Thanks, uninformed panic.

Bank runs. Though this hasn't been a huge problem yet, with the "stress testing" that the government is doing on banks, you know if ONE single bank name is dropped as "possibly" being at risk to go under, that bank will sink like a damn rock within the week because everyone and their mom will yank their cash in a heartbeat.

All that to say: maybe if people reported the news in a wise and prudent way - as opposed to sensationalizing EVERYTHING - then we might be able to make more informed decisions that didn't immediately screw ourselves over all the time.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

It's the effing news networks man, every once in a while they take a tidbit of information and sensationalize it into a full blown clusterf*ck of panic. Examples:

Swine flu. News networks all over the place run headlines that read: "New Global Pandemic?" I read articles on news websites detailing "The U.S. Government's Worst Case Scenario" for responding to global disease, where sports stadiums and every public arena is closed, everyone walks around in haz-mat suits, etc. School systems all over the nation close in fear of harboring the next "patient zero" and causing countless children to die.

Now it's 2-3 weeks later and we are only now being told "Oh, it turns out it's not a pandemic. IT'S A F*CKING COLD."

Gas shortages. Last year I get a phone call: "Hey the news is saying that gas is going up to $5 a gallon because of the hurricane, so you better go fill up your cars now!" I go to the gas station like a moron, and sit in a 45 minute line to pay $4 for gas, thinking I'm saving money. Turns out a week later, the news reports "Because of the run on the pumps, gas stations were short of fuel, causing gas prices to stay high for at least another few weeks." Thanks, uninformed panic.

Bank runs. Though this hasn't been a huge problem yet, with the "stress testing" that the government is doing on banks, you know if ONE single bank name is dropped as "possibly" being at risk to go under, that bank will sink like a damn rock within the week because everyone and their mom will yank their cash in a heartbeat.

All that to say: maybe if people reported the news in a wise and prudent way - as opposed to sensationalizing EVERYTHING - then we might be able to make more informed decisions that didn't immediately screw ourselves over all the time.

exactly why we must make a new story telling everyone a reason to go away and we can then start our own country

 

[gh0ti]

Classic example was the failure of Northern Rock (a bank) here in the UK.

The media find out the govt. has given Northern Rock £300 million to ensure its continued stability. Chancellor does this on the understanding that Northern Rock is a financially viable institution that will be able to pay back the money in good order.

THEN, media leak story, say that Northern Rock is in crisis and everyone rushes out to withdraw their money, precipitating its collapse. End result: Government has to bail out Northern Rock to the sum of billions, and the taxpayer gets screwed over because (A) the media in this country is sensationalist and (B) when people get scared, they get stupid.

 

[clicketycrack]

Maybe we should tell people the world is going to end then all the idiots will commit suicide AND BAM theres a problem solved.

but then I'll just look like the crazy old man that stands on the street corner outside my apartment. Besides, we've been telling everybody that the worlds going to end someday and it hasn't worked yet.

 

[Gizmo]

Maybe we should tell people the world is going to end then all the idiots will commit suicide AND BAM theres a problem solved.

but then I'll just look like the crazy old man that stands on the street corner outside my apartment. Besides, we've been telling everybody that the worlds going to end someday and it hasn't worked yet.

We need to work harder to get them to believe.