our world as it stands now

mackwell · Rank: Senior Member Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 312

i was watching the news the other day, and saw a brief news cast about whats going on in the middle east, soldiers this, marines that, blah blah blah. we hear the same things about the same people all the time(e.g. "a soldier today shot and killed some random guy. the random guy shot at the soldier and blablabla" but then it went on a long ass cast of some celebrity (i wont say any names but you can probably guess who i'm talking about) and their sex life, and what they bought, and how much they're worth. stuff that regular people like most of us really dont care about. but it wasnt until a few minutes ago that i realized why they do that. i think the reason why they do that is to distract people from the real problems in the world. like the trouble in the middle east, like our diminishing resources, like our economic state. it gives us the chance to focus on something else to take families minds off of the war, and helps them to ease their minds, even if it's only for a little while.
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BioRust · Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 2070

All true. The economy is dropping dead, we are in a war and all the media can think about is celebrities and who is making the most money. It sickens me. They say this country is strong, but the truth is... it's not.
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Silvador · Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

no, they invented pron to take our minds off the problems of the world, and the internet to get that pron out to everyone. what you see on the news is all there is, whether you care about it or not, it's news and it is (by whatever law where ever) the public's right to know that news. if people didn't want to know what's going on in the world then they can just not turn the news on and go fap to some porn all day long.
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Wolf Stride · Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 7678

Even if i agree with Silvador (not completely though.) the world is in a great state of crisis where no one cares much.
Everyone is too busy with they're lives and upgrading technology that they can't stop around enouh to really give a damm about what goes on around them.
They have lived sheltered for a long time and in truth don't give a damm about what happens outside of their own comfort zone.
It is until something does happen that action is needed that the masses react and most of the things they do is freak out and hope that someone else does something about.
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xivk · Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 4287

You guys should join me in white hell at the capitol. ^_^
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Chaosengine · Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 3307

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE

Scene from a movie back in 1976...

Listen to how relevant it is today...
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mackwell · Rank: Senior Member Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 312

it's like. you'd think that if you turned on the world news, it would live up to it's name. but instead it wants to cover stories on the worlds best bakery, or electronics buisness, etc.... maybe i'm just stupid for thinking that if i turn on the news, thats exactly what i'll get. but no, instead i get the worst singers from american idol. WHO THE FUCK CARES!!!!! you want the worst singers then go on youtube or myspace and watch it. thats what it's there for. thats not what the news is for. and you'd think that maybe now that we have tv and internet that we can get more news from these two things than a newspaper, but no. i have to read a newspaper, something that people did waaaaaaayyyyyy back then. and it's more efficient than modern technology...............aint that a bitch
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AlainDaishar · Rank: Senior Member Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 288

Couple things to note:
1 Thats the way most news operates. Practically everything is done by what sells. and what does? unfortunately, its usually not the stuff that matters. It's the crap like American idol and stuff like that. (obviously, I don't care much for that particular show)
2. just read the NYTimes online, or the LATimes or whatever it is that you read. That's what I do. and most of the time, it covers fairly important stuff.

oh and I noticed a couple posts back that the internet was invented to distribute pron? Fraid not. It was created by the military, just like most modern inventions. War funding paid for it. The only reason its public, is cause a bunch of programmers and folks realized that they could do something with it.
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Shadow_Twisted · Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1521

Yes, the internet was a military invention, but it's hard to say porn isn't a major part of it, especially considering the place we're posting.

If that wasn't enough Internet is for Porn

AlainDaishar · Rank: Senior Member Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 288

HAHAHA, ok. You got me on that one. and that's a damn funny video. Thats also why VHS won, and Blu-ray seems to have won. They had the backing of the pron industry.
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-Edited-

Reason: Had an opinion but it sucked and after checking it the facts were wrong (Facepalm)
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mackwell · Rank: Senior Member Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 312

i just find it real stupid how there are channels and shows that are dedicated to entertainment news, even some papers. and i can still watch fox news or the local news and hear 45 minutes of crap that doesnt pertain to anyone watching the news, nor will it ever pertain to us. does anyone care about tiger woods and his sex life....? does paris hiltons new clothing line benefit you in anyway? i could go to mtv, vh1, even fuse to fnd out about that. whats the point of having a music chanel that doesnt even play music anymore. my doctor advised me to stay away from dumb shit like that. it's bad for my blood pressure lol
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