The World Continues to go Mad

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  1. BRID

    BRID Has name in red. Staff

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    Yeah i completely agree with that.

    As a child of the internet, 14-15 years down the line you soon become overloaded with information. The confusion of infinite choice, information and stimulation starts to change the way you think, feel and react to things.

    Its even more prevalent in younger people today, with things like facebook having profound effects on cognition. People are so used to the idea of simple childlike interaction with the world around them ('poke' people, 'like' this, add/remove friends) and the idea of instant gratification, that it affects their psychology.

    Things like mass grief or outrage when big things 'happen' are all relatively new concepts compared to a long time ago, and the by product of social conditioning, media and everything. In a relatively short amount of time you can have a population taking to the streets demanding war, or demanding peace depending on how you sell things to them. One week we want to be a part of europe, and then the next week we want out. Petrol is too expensive if the Sun says it is, but then if it doesnt we just go along with everything. Its pretty facinating.

    I dont think we are as 'free' as we like to think we are. No more free than children in a nursery who might have a load of toys set around them to keep them occupied and 'FREE' to choose which ones to play with. But those bars are always there, and as time goes by its getting harder and harder for people to even see this.
  2. Ash1

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    Good points there. And if the Sun says it is a Tory...
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    Skirts get shorter, Eyelashers get longer and hairdos are getting HUGER, WHY? cos every girl wants DESPERATLEY to be the most looked at person in the club.

    When will it end?
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    forks still not dead

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    priceless! this made my day
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    You people are living in a world where you think its normal to pay 75p for a mars bar

    I pity you
  8. Ash1

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    You can get 5 in a multipack at Morrisons ATM £1 (also Snickers & Kit Kat Crunchy's)!
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    Deal of the week - 3 Cadburys Creme Egg Easter Eggs for 2.50 Teco (total consists of 6 creme eggs & 3 hollow eggs)
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    Very true.

    A mate was telling me yesterday that his 9 year old daughter asked him to wash his car ready for the weekend so he could take her to a birthday party...
  12. Congay

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    fuck off, is that true!?!!?
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    Set her away with the power washer and some snow foam, sounds like a cracking idea to me.
  14. Congay

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    Aye take her fucking iphone and delete her facey too. AND stop letting her boyfriend stay over in her bed. (only if she refuses the valet tho)
  15. hummel

    hummel Fucking imbecile

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    nonce :lol:
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    you depressing gits haha. since humans have occupied this world its always been a bit fuckin mad to be fair but there is a lot of good out there thankfully, whether you see it or not is a different matter.
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    Aye it's true! Madness

    Ha Mick - I like the line...'theres always someone worse off than you'. Easy way to make someone feel better about things - by thinking about someone with no life or a country with zero technology.

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