Yea you're right, but I'm sure I'd freak out a little too given the situation. But nonetheless it was rough both ways.
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Yea you're right, but I'm sure I'd freak out a little too given the situation. But nonetheless it was rough both ways.
Because he was acting like a total fucking idiot, and screaming at the top of his lungs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy
Yeah, I agree. I felt much worse for her than the guy who died.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
I don't know why people who are about to lose their lives have to be such assholes.
He accomplished absolutely nothing during that entire exchange, and that's counting even if the building never collapsed and they were gotten out safely. He told them where they were, what was going on, and that's all he needed to do besides remaining on the line for whenever they needed more information. He may be upset that they hadn't gotten there yet, but that doesn't change the fact that help was already on the way and no amount of telling people you have a family will make them appear faster. Bitching to someone who is not the person on the way will not make the other group mystically teleport to your location, and even if that was one of the firefighters it still wouldn't give them mystical properties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy
Why do you think they teach people to not flail around wildly when getting saved from drowning and not to rush fire exits? Because being retarded in an emergency generally gets you killed a whole faster, or gets you killed when you could've lived. Obviously that ended up not meaning anything in this instance but he didn't know that.
Nevertheless, I'm always going to feel worse about the family and other people involved. The guy's dead. If you believe there is no afterlife then it doesn't matter at all, and if you believe there is many religions consider it a better place than this or he'll return here anyway most likely having no immediate recollection of what happened (and if there's a form of hell and he ended up in it then all the more reason to not feel sorry for him). It's the people that are still alive that you should care about, his dead body doesn't give two shits who you feel bad about.
Thread idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
That clip was extremely unsettling to say the least. And as said before, it's too bad this sort of thing might be shamelessly mined and rehashed for personal agendas.
Hey, glad to hear you've moved on and yeah, your friend should not have stayed when you played it. But let me get this straight: You and your friend play a media clip of a man about to die a grisly death. This understandably would upset some folks more than others. And now, you're posturing on an internet forum over how "tough" you are because you're annoyed he startled you when he started screaming loudly? haha Wow. Just wow. Get over yourself, kid.Quote:
I played it in my room and my roommate went batshit crazy. I really did have to hold in my laughing towards him and just say shut the fuck up.
I think if I were in his situation, I would have been yelling my head off at the operator, too. She did a great job in dealing with him and I can't imagine how bad it must have been at the end when the tower collapsed. No matter how much she may or may not have liked her job, that had to be the absolute worst feeling.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
In any event, stuff like this just goes to show that the terrorists who committed it were 100% wrong and are terrible, evil people.
Anybody laughing at this, acting tough about it, or posturing on what whomever should have done is an ignoramus.
We are all very impressed. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
You guys can say whatever the fuck you want, but it completely sucks to not be able to click on anything Josh posts or something in VB because of fear of my roommate going apeshit crazy. And he started screaming his lungs off AFTER he left the room from watching a video he never should've watched anyway. Never mind I started watching it before he even walked in. He just happened to stand behind me and watch, and I even said "chris...you probably shouldn't watch this," since I know he can't handle 9/11 shit.
Thing I have learned- never rag on someone for how they treat their roommate. Unless you want to live with these people for a few months to really understand the dynamic between them. It's almost like marriage, except no sex and less incentive to get along.
Very disturbing clip. I wonder how long he lived? Was he on one of the floors that stayed intact most of the way down or did he get crushed instantly. Brrr...
James