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Forum Meta => Archive => General Discussion Archive => Topic started by: Akka-Wakka on February 26, 2008, 06:37:38 PM
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If nothing else, these prove why America has the largest consumer market in the world.
Quite cool.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id
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Indeed, interesting stuff. He seems to bring up some social problems we have here without being all that trite or overt, even though similar work's been done before.
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whoa....
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omg! Michael Moore was right! it's becoming a normal satyric line
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Depics the number of fingers the average American needs to tell you how awesome we are
(http://civilizer.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/middle-finger-of-the-apocalypse.jpg)
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omg! Michael Moore was right! it's becoming a normal satyric line
"OH YEAH"?
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yes
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she said that?
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Those were some really neat pictures, Akka! I tried to not be depressed by what they represented. ^_^ It worked!
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:-P
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the gun made me think though. Some people (me, and others) get picked on so much. Its just going to be a matter of time till on guy snaps and brings a gun to school.
Hell, i had a dream once that i brought gun to school.
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Oh? And you think that's cool do you?
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the gun made me think though. Some people (me, and others) get picked on so much. Its just going to be a matter of time till on guy snaps and brings a gun to school.
Hell, i had a dream once that i brought gun to school.
getting picked on is not a good reason to shoot people up.
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Then why do people bring guns to school and kill oher students?
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Then why do people bring guns to school and kill oher students?
Because they indulgently allow themselves to be taken over by anger to the point where revenge fantasies change in two very important ways:
1.) They become more intense and violent than warranted.
2.) They become more "real" and seem not only plausible but reasonable to the one experiencing them.
Those who do those awful sorts of shootings could also be suffering from any number of psychological ailments, chemical imbalances, etc., which make it easier to disconnect from reality to the point where killing people for their childish taunts/pranks feels like a logical jump.
It's simply not the sort of thing a sane mind would seriously consider. A single dream is different, but to actually do something like that is beyond the realm of anything resembling a rational reaction. Believe me, I was picked on and tormented all through elementary and junior high school (verbally and physically) and I never once considered hurting someone. Kids and teens can get through that rough stage without becoming violent.
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ok.