WTF Stories of the Week - Page 332

JWBear · 09-15-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Doh' they changed the video clip that my link goes to.

Try this, ~31 seconds, with volume up.

I still can't hear anything in the background.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-15-2011, 10:51 PM

That I can't help with.

Kevy Baby · 09-16-2011, 12:38 AM

I heard it - now I don't feel snubbed

Ghoulish Delight · 09-19-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Terrible story. But I watched 5 minutes of CNN but had to turn it off not because of the images but because of the voices of apparently honest shock that people who weren't under the collapsed structure actually tried to help the people who were. Even *gasp* though they didn't know them.

I really can't stand how we're apparently supposed to react with surprise that in events like that people help each other.

I was reminded of this post, which was in regards to the stage collapse in Indiana a little while back, while watching coverage of this weekend's air show crash.

They had a quote from a family member of one of the victims who died. He was there with his son and his son's friends, all of whom survived. The family members said, "I think that he probably sheltered his son. And that's the kind of guy he was." Really, THAT kind of guy? Wow, what a remarkably unique trait that guy must have had, to instinctively protect his children! Let us all laud him as the singularly amazing human being he was for doing something that no one else in the world would ever do, protect their child from danger!

I, like Alex, am rather sick of the fiction that the instinct to help others is somehow NOT the norm and miraculous when it happens.

Strangler Lewis · 09-19-2011, 12:14 PM

Oh, I don't know. Being a coastal liberal, if I had been at that air show, I would have expected the FAA to protect my children.

Disneyphile · 09-19-2011, 02:24 PM

Best Headline Ever.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-19-2011, 02:26 PM

"Badger-Gassing Program" is the name of my experimental electronica side project.

CoasterMatt · 09-19-2011, 03:50 PM

Badger badger badger badger MIDGET! MIDGET!

alphabassettgrrl · 09-19-2011, 05:01 PM

Wow. I had to read the article- that was just too odd.

There's a market for midget look-alikes? I guess I can see it.

Betty · 09-20-2011, 07:11 AM

Um... what was he going in a badger den??? Did he go in willingly or did the badgers overpower him and drag him in there?

09-15-2011, 10:51 PM	#3312
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09-16-2011, 12:38 AM	#3313
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09-19-2011, 12:14 PM	#3315
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Oh, I don't know. Being a coastal liberal, if I had been at that air show, I would have expected the FAA to protect my children. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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09-19-2011, 02:24 PM	#3316
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Best Headline Ever.
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09-19-2011, 02:26 PM	#3317
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	"Badger-Gassing Program" is the name of my experimental electronica side project. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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09-19-2011, 03:50 PM	#3318
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Badger badger badger badger MIDGET! MIDGET! __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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09-19-2011, 05:01 PM	#3319
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Wow. I had to read the article- that was just too odd. There's a market for midget look-alikes? I guess I can see it. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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09-20-2011, 07:11 AM	#3320
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Um... what was he going in a badger den??? Did he go in willingly or did the badgers overpower him and drag him in there? __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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