What Purpose Does It Serve?

WLDB

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In a way, it's like the video that's out there that shows the Paul Walker accident. I don't have any desire to watch it, as I know that two people are dead (dying?) while the car is on fire. It's a horrible enough death that I don't need to watch it "live".

I watched one of them because of the screen cap. Looked like a fireball from a movie. The video did indeed look a lot like that. More irony considering the victim. How many similar explosions had he pretended to escape from or been near only to die in the real thing? Unfortunate.

I had a discussion about this with a friend of mine. She said that videos of things like that scare her the most. Car wrecks, things like that where you dont see the people inside. Its the opposite for me. I watched 9/11 on tv when I was 13. It wasnt til a year later when it was actually said "when you see that plane go into that building you are watching hundreds of people die in an instant." In the back of my mind I already knew that but it wasnt til then that it really sank in. That line goes through my head every time Ive seen those images since then and when I see things like this crash. Without that thought its just another fireball like in the movies.

Listening to a tape of guns going off and people screaming and dying - no need for that line to go through anyones head. You know whats going on on an individual level. Things like that or the video clips from Columbine those are far more difficult for me because they show exactly what is going on.
 

petros

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Does that qualify as news? Lol. I thought that was a flyer. The Penny Saver is bigger than Metro! (Do they even have The Penny Saver anymore?)
No idea, we've never had Penny Saver in Regina.. I call the Metro by the Ukrainian first name pronounced Meetro.
 

SLM

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The Metro is good for soaking up oil from making deep fried fish and chips.

Well by "print" I did mean online. That way if I think an article is slanted or skewed, I can quickly Google for other sources and see what they're reporting.
 

shadowshiv

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I watched one of them because of the screen cap. Looked like a fireball from a movie. The video did indeed look a lot like that. More irony considering the victim. How many similar explosions had he pretended to escape from or been near only to die in the real thing? Unfortunate.

I had a discussion about this with a friend of mine. She said that videos of things like that scare her the most. Car wrecks, things like that where you dont see the people inside. Its the opposite for me. I watched 9/11 on tv when I was 13. It wasnt til a year later when it was actually said "when you see that plane go into that building you are watching hundreds of people die in an instant." In the back of my mind I already knew that but it wasnt til then that it really sank in. That line goes through my head every time Ive seen those images since then and when I see things like this crash. Without that thought its just another fireball like in the movies.

Listening to a tape of guns going off and people screaming and dying - no need for that line to go through anyones head. You know whats going on on an individual level. Things like that or the video clips from Columbine those are far more difficult for me because they show exactly what is going on.

I remember narrowly avoiding a massive accident on Highway 401 by a couple of minutes (between Windsor and Chatham), which had been caused by heavy fog. I remember someone telling me that someone they knew(their relative or friend, I can't recall which) was one of the people that had tried to get a young girl (17 years old) out of a car that had caught fire. She was pinned in, and they couldn't get to her. The rescuer could only stand by helplessly as she screamed out ( I believe she had said "I'm only 17 years old", but I'm not certain of that) and perished in the fire. If I had left work two minutes later, that could have been me. If someone had taped that, I would never want to watch any of the accident (or it's aftermath). I only need think of that poor girl (and the other victims) to know why.
 

shadowshiv

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Does that qualify as news? Lol. I thought that was a flyer. The Penny Saver is bigger than Metro! (Do they even have The Penny Saver anymore?)

The Penny Saver is still handed out in Chatham.
 

petros

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Mahjong eh? I could handle that. Come to think of it I have Deer Hunter 2013 app too and for my nieces and nephews Minion Rush.
 

SLM

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Mahjong is an awesome way to waste time.

My kids got me "addicted" to a game called Fliow Free, it's a puzzle where you join two colored dots on a grid board. Gets challenging when it's a 14x14 board with 10 colors, lol

I just play games on my phone or iPad when I'm bored and waiting for something.
 

petros

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Mahjong is an awesome way to waste time.

My kids got me "addicted" to a game called Fliow Free, it's a puzzle where you join two colored dots on a grid board. Gets challenging when it's a 14x14 board with 10 colors, lol

I just play games on my phone or iPad when I'm bored and waiting for something.

I like real mah-jong.

I read when bored then bore people telling them about what I read. Kinda like on here.
 

shadowshiv

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I used to be an avid reader! But lately I just can't get into a book, I've tried. I think the last book I really read was RCS's book, lol



I just get the flyers.

I think we've successfully derailed the thread!

I still read books when I can. I read various Archie digests before going to sleep.
 

SLM

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I think we've successfully derailed the thread!

That's okay, I'm the OP. I'm not going to report myself, lol

I still read books when I can. I read various Archie digests before going to sleep.

I used to love to read. I think things have just been too stressful the past couple of years. Hopefully I can get back into reading soon. It was always my favorite way to pass the time.
 

petros

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I used to be an avid reader! But lately I just can't get into a book, I've tried. I think the last book I really read was RCS's book, lol.
The Equinox was excellent. I just finished Inferno by Larry Niven. I read it non-stop, I just couldn't put it down. It was fantastic.