SHEEP (why don't people THINK about things?)

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:21 pm

I think it lets them feel like they're part of something. Probably why they like getting catalogs in the mail and stuff.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:26 pm

Neon wrote:you're working with a pack of douchebags, and you were right to tell 'em what's what.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:39 pm

You should send my chain letter around the office and see what they think

You could definitely add alot more to it. I wanted it to be as long as the original but got lazy pretty quickly.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:42 pm

szycag wrote:I got a similar letter from my grandma, I set her straight on it. There's something about old people and forwarding chain letters in their e-mail. Like, they think that's some kind of e-mail tradition or something. It's just one big trail of ignorant.

My grandma actually complains about the kind of chain mail her friends send her all the time. "Ruth is such a whore!" Grandma will only ever send me ones about puppies or the occasional funny video.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:33 pm

szycag wrote:I got a similar letter from my grandma, I set her straight on it. There's something about old people and forwarding chain letters in their e-mail. Like, they think that's some kind of e-mail tradition or something. It's just one big trail of ignorant.

yeah.. these ladies are in their 30's, and they seem reasonably intelligent if you talk to them in person. but now i know how retarded everyone is

Post by **undamned** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:32 am

This kinda silliness gives Christians an even worse name. And I love it when people throw around "the Bible says..." I bet about 20% of those sayings people come up with are even in the Bible and about 1% are actually used in their proper context.
-ud

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:10 am

it's closer to 10% and 0.1% respectively

the 0.1% is the ten commandments

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:49 am

yeah, i noticed the email says "I believe the Bible has warned us"

that doesn't sound very certain. it's likely another blatant mislead under the assumption that most people will be like 'THE BIBLE SAYS THAT OBAMA IS A TERRORIST! IT MUST BE TRUE!'

i could say that i believe that george w loves to eat penis, but nobody would believe me

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:46 am

I believe the bible HAS warned us about the dangers of eating a lamb cooked in its mother's milk

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:34 am

Neon wrote:I forget who originally said this, but if you want to know the temperature in a room, you don't have one guy who says 70 degrees and one guy who says 80 degrees scream at each other on national TV - you send for a thermometer.

Well, Emily Dickinson said this:

Faith is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see--
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.

Of what earthly use to anyone but spamming address harvesters is the complete historiographical provenance of a forward? That bugs me more than content, TBH.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:51 pm

trivial wrote:historiographical provenance

dayum @ well educated phrase