Absolutely Appalled by the Human Race...
- Thread starter Steamboat Ricky
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Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
what the fuck ev.
Mega drive is a WAY more badass name
Mega drive is a WAY more badass name
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
But yeah, probably.
Sega Genisis also looked like this
So yeah same fucking thing, but only one has a stupid fucking name, though Mega Drive is certainly way better than Dreamcast
Father:_Polley
Fun's my Chinese neighbour's name
Bad timing and no games in a scene dominated by the PS2. Given even the N64 was struggling, the Dreamcast was doomed
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
I had a Dreamcast, still do some where, and enjoyed it very much, just thought the names was kinda lame, and yeah it was definetly the victim of poor marketing, Crazy Taxi and the Sonic Adventure games were prolly the 3 games I was most addicted too
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
It should be noted Sega is in terrible shape when they released the Dreamcast, seeing has their previous effort at a game system, the Sega Saturn, also failed miserably
klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
Wasn't it that they messed up with the sega cd and 32x?
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
Jesus, I forgot all about those, Sega must have had about the worst marketing department in the entire video game industry, I can't think of another company that has had so many massive failures with products that really weren't all that bad and were in fact just a little ahead of their time, Sega was also the first to take game consoles online with the Sega Channel too
klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
If you've never seen angry video game nerd, he has some great stuff on them. Just on the overall stupidity of sega at the time.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Please, xfear...please cite something where it gives the universal rule for "caring" and how one would "in all situations" respond to such things. Then, maybe I won't think that your post was the least sensible post in the history of all message boards.
I never rep people, so it gets mad annoying when I can't rep the occasional post due to spreading issues.
What's absolutely hilarious here is that you actually think I give a fuck about the people starving in Africa. You and Justin are both apparently dyslexic. Where in my posts did I say once that people should go and give their money to starving children?
My point was NOT that we should all be fucking sending checks to Africa, if you both had even a semblance of comprehension perhaps you could've understood my point was that it's fucking stupid to whine and cry about one dead asshole when thousands die every day under circumstances a hundred times worse.
Jesus Christ, it's like I need to post a cliff notes version of each of my posts, or else half of the idiots here won't be capable of understanding me.
READ MY POSTS. UNDERSTAND MY POINT. NOT-FUCKING-HARD.
Minor League Brian
Master of the Legendary Triple Post
I sometimes get Xfear and Justin confused. D=
You never said that we should give money to starving children, but your implication was that to truly care about issues like starving children you have to do something about it. My point is that you were attacking his sincerity of care without actually knowing him. He claims to care about something, so who are you to say that he doesn't truly care? Your notion of care implies that if you truly cared about something then you would be out there doing something about it. My point is that it is possible to care a death or tragedy without seeking out the family and mourning with them.
You would not have a problem nearly as often if you had a more effective writing style.
Downward Spiral
I'm Not From Your Country
I agree with X to an extent. You're allowed to feel sympathy for the people affected by the death, but to act as if it truly affects you is ridiculous. In my opinion, anyway.
All people are different. Some people take shit like that to heart and actually get weighed down by it.
Keep in mind that it doesn't apply to me. I lean towards existentialism.
If I thought it was worth it I'd become a nihilist...but what's the point anyway?
JackAttack
The Alpha and the Omega
What you seem to be forgetting Eko, is that were not appalled by the simple fact that the man was killed, but by the scumbags that murdered him. Were shocked at the fact that people would trample over a guy while not showing a shread of remorse, all in hopes of getting a few good deals.
The point of this thread wasn't to cry like a baby over one death, but rather he wanted to bring this up so we can discuss how people can sink this low. No one's saying that we don't care about the people of Rwanda or anything, but that started years ago. This happened last friday, which is why is getting more attention from us.
Also, the fact that you even brought up the genocides of Rwanda and the holocaust only goes to justify the starting of this thread. Almost all survivors of genocide have the same message: Don't stay silent! Discussing and recognizing sensless violence is the first step towards preventing it. We would be doing a greater diservice by simply ignoring it. To simply cast it off and say "So what. It happens all the time" is being no better than the monsters who trampled the guy to death.
The point of this thread wasn't to cry like a baby over one death, but rather he wanted to bring this up so we can discuss how people can sink this low. No one's saying that we don't care about the people of Rwanda or anything, but that started years ago. This happened last friday, which is why is getting more attention from us.
Also, the fact that you even brought up the genocides of Rwanda and the holocaust only goes to justify the starting of this thread. Almost all survivors of genocide have the same message: Don't stay silent! Discussing and recognizing sensless violence is the first step towards preventing it. We would be doing a greater diservice by simply ignoring it. To simply cast it off and say "So what. It happens all the time" is being no better than the monsters who trampled the guy to death.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
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My$terio_Fan
I can do whatever I want
"One dead asshole" now Mr. Eko if that was your father, brother, girlfriend or whatever you love I bet you wouldn't think that. It's such big news because "normal" human beings that wouldn't normally hurt people got into such a frenzy over 25% of a WI, or 15% of a TV that they couldn't care enough to walk normally. It's alot easier to no stampede in a store for some sales, then it is to help starving people in Africa, plus it's close to home which is going to cause more of an emotional attachment.
You do. There's a huge difference between caring and pity. You two are mixing them up. He feels bad for the guy because of what happened to him and what it was about, I get that. But he doesn't care. And no, that's not me making an assumption, it's a fact. He doesn't know this man, or his family. He probably hasn't even thought about him since he posted in this thread last. And that's not a problem. But no, you are not going to convince me that this man's death had any significant impact on the thread-starter's life.
Are you serious? My point was stated quite clearly, I'm still trying to understand how you could've gotten something different from my post.
I haven't forgotten anything. I already mentioned the circumstances of his death. And I also mentioned that the circumstances of his death are a day in the park compared to being raped infront of your family and then hacked to death with a machete. Something that happens to hundreds of people in a place like Darfur every day. My point was that it's absolutely ridiculious that THIS is the event that apalls him. My point was that one death means absolutely nothing in comparison to thousands. My point was that if something like this is so upsetting and shocking, then how do you feel about genocide, or AIDs? Where are the humanitarian threads on those topics?
"To sink this low"? It was an ACCIDENT. Am I the only one here that realizes this fact? These people didn't come to Wal-Mart with the intention of trampling a man to death specifically in exchange for Wii games. They were in a frenzy, and someone got trampled to death. It happens rather often actually. Which furthers my point that this story is absolutely nothing compared to other horrible things that happen every day, and are happening right now. I'm trying to understand WHY "this" is considered the straw that broke the camel's back to this poster.
Did you seriously just compare the Rwandan genocide and the Holocaust to the ACCIDENTAL trampling of a Wal-Mart employee? Did I read that correctly?
It's like I'm talking to a series of brick walls. How is this so hard to understand? The entire point of every one of my posts in this thread has been to explain why this event is incredibly meaningless in the grand scope of horrors that humanity has/does commit. I'm not saying that it's not unfortunate that this man died, I'm saying that it's astounding for this event to disgust so many people when the same people probably don't even blink when the news reports a new suicide bombing every day.
Eternal Dragon
Monster
I think I get what you're saying, but when people hear about things like that I think to them they can blame these people that are considered evil and most of them have this larger than life purpose for doing those things, but with something like this it the pettiness of all is the most shocking thing.
That made sense in my head.
Flames Out
Dragon
I think I get what you're saying, but when people hear about things like that I think to them they can blame these people that are considered evil and most of them have this larger than life purpose for doing those things, but with something like this it the pettiness of it all is the most shocking thing.
That made sense in my head.
Flames Out
Dragon
See, I'm glad that you've gotten my point ED. And I understand why the pettiness of this crime shocks them. But most people in this thread seem to have forgotten that this death was an accident. And I don't understand how an accident like this (over something petty, yes) can disgust and upset people more then a suicide bombing. One person dies of an accident versus 30 people dead over religious ideas.
