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I... think I just felt my brain die
Jan. 18th, 2007 01:13 pmMemo to myself: don't ever, ever, ever click on a "discuss this story" link from Yahoo News.
There's this link to a story 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid nuclear, environmental fears, which I thought might be interesting. Clicked on it and was instead taken to the Share Your Thoughts page and... ::sob::
Yes, we're doomed. Not because of the threat of global warming or nuclear war, but because of the sheer weight of the stupidity of our species. I think there were maybe two sane and reasonably intelligent comments there amidst the almost uniformly illiterate crap. Said crap seemed evenly divided among the wildly hysterical, the invincibly ignorant & complacent, and the bewilderingly paranoid. Plus a few random nutjobs here and there to keep it interesting.
I only read about thirty comments before backing out in dismay, so I may have missed a few gems of reasoned argument from either side of the story. But here's a small sample:
The article itself, by the way, is somewhat interesting. Nothing new, just more of the same plus a couple assertions that I'd have to check out before feeling comfortable agreeing or disagreeing with them.
There's this link to a story 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid nuclear, environmental fears, which I thought might be interesting. Clicked on it and was instead taken to the Share Your Thoughts page and... ::sob::
Yes, we're doomed. Not because of the threat of global warming or nuclear war, but because of the sheer weight of the stupidity of our species. I think there were maybe two sane and reasonably intelligent comments there amidst the almost uniformly illiterate crap. Said crap seemed evenly divided among the wildly hysterical, the invincibly ignorant & complacent, and the bewilderingly paranoid. Plus a few random nutjobs here and there to keep it interesting.
I only read about thirty comments before backing out in dismay, so I may have missed a few gems of reasoned argument from either side of the story. But here's a small sample:
- "Our Prime Minister Seven Harper has to get out of office - he withdrew from the Kyoto Protocal"
First off, it's Protocol, and no, he hasn't. He's admitted we won't come near to honouring, but has not officially withdrawn. Which is arguably worse than outright withdrawing and you're welcome to state that, but get your facts straight first. - "and i myself think that this climate change is normal its just a bunch of overgown city slickers wh are to sissy to take the cold i think they should grow up and live with the cold!!"
Y'know, The Day After Tomorrow was just a movie, right? You know most of us aren't actually worried about a new Ice Age, right?
...right? - "According to the Bible, God will intervene before we destroy ourselves, so why worry?"
O...K... - "WOW! You selfish ignorant stupid people! These scientists are alot smarter than you. Who writes "i've never filled my car up with fossil fuel"? Where do you think gas comes from? It comes from fossil fuels DUH! Look it up."
Incidentally, she's quoting somebody who said governments had to get on board and do their part to make alternative sources of energy accessible to regular people, because "[t]hese sources have been around for years yet I still have to fill my car up with fossil fuel."
The article itself, by the way, is somewhat interesting. Nothing new, just more of the same plus a couple assertions that I'd have to check out before feeling comfortable agreeing or disagreeing with them.
