Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000,comp.society.futures,alt.religion.kibology Path: news.cinenet.net!news.winternet.com!nntpX.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!world!kibo From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) Subject: Re: Great Depression Sender: news@world.std.com (Mr Usenet Himself) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:28:13 GMT X-Battlestar-Galactica-Date: 6743 centons, 90 microns, .01 abians References: <35BFEF35.AF6C6A55@wharton.upenn.edu> <6prc3h$jl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <2124E91AE07C9AEE.429F646CEB8B2045.FA704ED05C4C8AB8@library-proxy.airnews.net> <35c267cf.0@news2.uswest.net> <16FDE27824F754BC.48DA66F3B95AA47E.73032B9BE69A55C7@library-proxy.airnews.net> <6q5rgm$5gl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6qharl$98k$1@plug.news.pipex.net> <35CE2DA0.1853@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kibo.std.com Organization: welcome datacomp X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.4.4 Followup-To: alt.online-service.webtv,alt.religion.kibology Lines: 83 Xref: news.cinenet.net comp.software.year-2000:84912 comp.society.futures:3071 alt.religion.kibology:70150 X-Cache: nntpcache 1.0.6 (see ftp://suburbia.net/pub/nntpcache) In comp.software.year-2000, comp.society.futures, alt.religion.kibology, and alt.nuke.the.USA, Andrea Chen (fallinghawks@earthlink.net) wrote: > > Jason wrote: > > > > What really amuses me is how ignorant Americans are... they just assume > > averything good was done by them without having a clue what really > > happened..... > > What doesn't amuse me is how often people who fall for a troll accuse > the troller of being ignorant without the slightest idea of what's > happening. > EXAMINE the text you are responding to. Look at the placement of > (emotional) BUTTONS along with cliches taken to absurdity. Now ask > yourself: "why did I IGNORE these obvious signs that I was being bated, > why do I go through life being programmed and controlled by anyone who > feels like it?" Doesn't the Apple Human Interface Guide require that the "I'm OK, you're OK" emotional button be positioned in the bottom right corner of the screen, with the "CANCEL my self-worth" button in the bottom left? Also, shouldn't they all have Balloon Emotional Help and a vegetarian pull-down menu? > Do you realize you just spent a huge amount of time responding > (SERIOUSLY) to a joke? Yeah! Please learn to respond seriously faster! > This could be an experiment by alien mind control agents. Yes, but this sentence could be a typographical error made by the world's smartest man. Your point? > Jason, USENET is filled with predators No, no, it's filled with tasty prey! > I found this out the hard way. I've devoted my life to revealing the > alien conspiracy and people make fun of me and are mean even though > I'm always nice. Sometimes it makes me so sad, but this the way it is. Andrea, if you have a failing, it's that you're too nice. > They will take advantage of you Jason! They will use you! They will > tell you things like Archimedes Plutonium is an alien and then when you > ask him he tells you isn't! Wait, he told me he was. > This is the kind of people we have on Usenet Jason. You must be careful. > The aliens have programmed them and they want to waste your time so you > won't think about the greatest threat to humanity. It's "Viagrolestra". Now with more mesquite! > And it's not just the United States Jason. The English have it too. > Think about Teletubbies! The truth has been revealed and they're using > the same insidious methods right here on Internet. You mean right THERE on the Internet. I'm not using the Internet. I'm using a WebTV, which is like using the Internet only I can't watch TV while I'm using it! Waah! > Don't respond to posts like that Jason. Join the Raptor Project > (don't believe the lies about how it's a CIA front as posted in > alt.conspiracy) and help save humanity. Project Raptor is *not* a CIA front. It is an ancient fraternal organization founded by Epimenides in 1781 BC. Beethoven was a member! (Why do you think he went deaf and insane?) > I'm telling this because I'm your friend. Waah! You're *his* friend! What am I, chopped liver? Andrea, if you'll be my friend, I'll give you a dollar. Made from chopped liver. -- K. Won't say whose.