OT: The Thread About Nothing Part 200: Where does the time go?

[thethinglonger]

Holy **** I just got off the phone with my sister in law who lives in Nice. There was some sort of attack there a little while ago. And they weren't to far from the scene. She ssaid they could hear gun fire.

Hope your sister-in-law is safe and okay, Jim.

 

[JimEIV]

There is app on Facebook where family and friends can check in as safe its awfully reassuring to get the notifications.

 

[JimEIV]

Hope your sister-in-law is safe and okay, Jim.

They are. So is her husband and two children who were in the area. Thank you. But we still have a few friends who were there who we haven't heard from.

 

[njdevils1982]

There is app on Facebook where family and friends can check in as safe its awfully reassuring to get the notifications.

edit: responded out of context of conversation above, didnt read it right away

 

[Darkauron]

They are. So is her husband and two children who were in the area. Thank you. But we still have a few friends who were there who we haven't heard from.

Hope your friends are okay Jim.

Really getting tired of hearing all of these kind of attacks so often now.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Almost

Yup, it's an easy call. People (probably not an insignificant number) are going to die because of this game, and Ninendo will eventually shut it down.

Then his brother has the...testicular fortitude....to do this

Millennial? Gotta be a millennial.

Yep horrific attack occurred at Bastille day celebration

Large truck rammed into crowd and ran over a lot of people

30 dead , 100+ injured official count so far 60 dead is floating around as a figure as well but unconfirmed

A) I am REALLY getting sick of this ****

B) I am REALLY getting sick of the media's reaction (e.g. What's important to remember is that we must not jump to conclusions about who did this and what their motive might be) to this ****.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Death count now up to 73 with 50 people in critical/serious condition

 

[JimEIV]

edit: responded out of context of conversation above, didnt read it right away

I missed it...did you say something inappropriate and funny? If so I approve. Irreverence bordering
on crass is funny and soothing to me. It's how I deal with most of my life. What else can you do in a powerless situation?

 

[NjDevsRR]

Horrifying, what a sick world.

 

[JimEIV]

I fear we are all becoming desensitized to all of this. I hope we never allow this to become the new normal.

 

[Emperoreddy]

This is awful. Jesus

 

[BenedictGomez]

I fear we are all becoming desensitized to all of this. I hope we never allow this to become the new normal.

Another day, another mass murder Islamic terrorist attack.

Someone better get REAL serious about this, REAL quick. My patience with this is growing thin, and I pray most Americans share that opinion, or nothing will change & many more will die.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I fear we are all becoming desensitized to all of this. I hope we never allow this to become the new normal.

Is it bad that I'm glad that watching the video makes me want to literally throw up? Makes me think I'm not desentiszed yet.

To call this horrific is an understatement.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

The depressing/disturbing photo of dead child covered with sheet and doll laying alongside body should be on every major newspaper/telecast to really hit home the horror of today's attack

 

[tr83]

Getting closer people

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/32448682/2-pokemon-go-players-plunge-off-cliff

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Getting closer people

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/32448682/2-pokemon-go-players-plunge-off-cliff

People have been inside for so long, they've forgotten how to navigate outside. I am just waiting for them to blame a death on the game and get rid of it, when in reality it's just Darwinism taking its course.

 

[Rhodes 81]

The sad thing is that fewer people die to senseless violence now than at any other point in history just about. Humanity is simply a flawed existence.

Also blaming a game for people navigating unsafely is the same scapegoating that media has been doing for decades about blaming games, tv, music they don't like, or what have you for all the things those categories get blamed for, rather than the true culprit, ****** parenting and people brought up believing the world revolves around them.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Getting closer people

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/32448682/2-pokemon-go-players-plunge-off-cliff

Gosh I was so close. I'm sticking with my Grand Canyon call though. That's ripe for happening.

 

[njdevils1982]

I missed it...did you say something inappropriate and funny? If so I approve. Irreverence bordering
on crass is funny and soothing to me. It's how I deal with most of my life. What else can you do in a powerless situation?

no, just commenting on people being too connected with technology then realized after reading above that this situation is a different story.

Getting closer people

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/32448682/2-pokemon-go-players-plunge-off-cliff

people are ****ed

 

[BenedictGomez]

The sad thing is that fewer people die to senseless violence now than at any other point in history just about. Humanity is simply a flawed existence.

Also blaming a game for people navigating unsafely is the same scapegoating that media has been doing for decades about blaming games, tv, music they don't like, or what have you for all the things those categories get blamed for, rather than the true culprit, ****** parenting and people brought up believing the world revolves around them.

I'd add "instant gratification" to that list, especially among people younger than say...... oh.... 30 years old or so.

I blame the internet.

Think about this: If you're younger than 25 years old, you've never known life without the internet, and this is an amazing and bizarre concept to me.

For these people, everything, their entire life, has been at the touch of a button.

Boredom? There's an app for that
Games and fun? Imagination not necessary.
Outdoorsman skills? Who goes outdoors anyway.
Directional / map skills? That's dumb, we have GPS.
Social skills? Communicating with human being is overrated.

And 1,000,000 other examples. Everything is now instantaneous, and at the touch of a button. Thinking is becoming endangered.

 

[njdevils1982]

I'd add "instant gratification" to that list, especially among people younger than say...... oh.... 30 years old or so.

I blame the internet.

Think about this: If you're younger than 25 years old, you've never known life without the internet, and this is an amazing and bizarre concept to me.

For these people, everything, their entire life, has been at the touch of a button.

Boredom? There's an app for that
Games and fun? Imagination not necessary.
Outdoorsman skills? Who goes outdoors anyway.
Directional / map skills? That's dumb, we have GPS.
Social skills? Communicating with human being is overrated.

And 1,000,000 other examples. Everything is now instantaneous, and at the touch of a button. Thinking is becoming endangered.

this burns me the most, i know people that cant/wont go a few blocks without google maps…..and they trust it and when a wrong turn happens they again rely on the computer to get them back on course.

yes, thinking IS endangered

 

[New Jersey]

Boredom? There's an app for that
Games and fun? Imagination not necessary.
Outdoorsman skills? Who goes outdoors anyway.
Directional / map skills? That's dumb, we have GPS.
Social skills? Communicating with human being is overrated.

I mean I'm 22 and I go on hikes for the pure hell of it with friends, but I'll admit we'd be ****ed without our phones as GPS devices out in the woods.

I have never used a compass in my life.

this burns me the most, i know people that cant/wont go a few blocks without google maps…..and they trust it and when a wrong turn happens they again rely on the computer to get them back on course.

yes, thinking IS endangered

A few blocks? People don't even know their neighborhoods anymore? That's some next-level ****.

I find it hysterical when I go into the City with some friends and I'll be walking ahead of everybody like, "This way, guys." Meanwhile, they're like, "Uh, OK..." as they try to hide the fact that they're making sure I know where I'm going with Google Maps.

 

[tr83]

The sad thing is that fewer people die to senseless violence now than at any other point in history just about. Humanity is simply a flawed existence.

Also blaming a game for people navigating unsafely is the same scapegoating that media has been doing for decades about blaming games, tv, music they don't like, or what have you for all the things those categories get blamed for, rather than the true culprit, ****** parenting and people brought up believing the world revolves around them.

The internet picks up EVERY act of violence now. So it's always in front of us.


It's like holding a bar and its bartenders legally liable for some drunk irresponsible jerk when they get into a wreck.

Gosh I was so close. I'm sticking with my Grand Canyon call though. That's ripe for happening.

The Grand Canyon would be outstanding, but I think some idiot walks off a pier and plunges 50 feet into the water and gets slammed into a pylon by a wave.

no, just commenting on people being too connected with technology then realized after reading above that this situation is a different story.




people are ****ed

HAHAHAHA...I forgot about this.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I mean I'm 22 and I go on hikes for the pure hell of it with friends, but I'll admit we'd be ****ed without our phones as GPS devices out in the woods.

I have never used a compass in my life.

That's another great example. When I was a kid (and it's not like I'm that old) pretty much every little boy could use one. Either from Cub Scouts / Boy Scouts, or because someone taught them it was important for camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, etc..

Makes me wonder what people are going to do when they get lost in the woods and their phone's battery dies.

The Grand Canyon would be outstanding, but I think some idiot walks off a pier and plunges 50 feet into the water and gets slammed into a pylon by a wave.

That's very specific, way to commit.

This could be an interesting morbid predictions game. I think "Fatal car crash" is going to come off the board quick. Came real close a few days ago in upstate NY:

An Auburn, N.Y., man told police that he swerved into a tree Tuesday night while trying to play Pokémon Go, reports Syracuse.com. The 28-year-old player suffered no serious injuries, however, the entire front end of his car was mangled in the crash.

http://jalopnik.com/pokemon-go-user-playing-while-driving-successfully-catc-1783609111

 

[JimEIV]

Everyone should have a lesson with a compass and a topographical map. My dad use to have huge USGS topo maps backed by cardboard. They were about 3'x3' for different locations.

I must have been 7 or 8 years old when my Dad first taught me about ridges and elevation on a topo map. Then he would quiz me on the best routes to get from point A to point B and I would have to answer in compass bearing degrees.

Then in the summer of 1981 just before my 11th birthday he dropped me off in the Delaware water gap and gave me a bearing and told me he'd be waiting at point B one mile away. He said if you hit the river you went to far..lol. I think that would be considered child abuse today. I found him though