Public support is stupid and so are people

1. 2018-04-21 at 12:24 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   There was a bus crash in my country where a bunch of kids died and it was sports related + kids so you can imagine the outcry, businesses getting in on the donations, people on Facebook volunteering, etc.
   
   It's become a national thing and I read about it every day in the news.
   
   I understand it's tragic but this seems like overkill to me, it's one of those news stories that will not die even weeks later.
   
   It's harder to kill than a bus full of kids.
2. 2018-04-21 at 12:46 PM UTC

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   Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
   That's how it seems to be in all Western mainstream, particularly TV, media. Normal, day-to-day traffic accidents become national tragedies for weeks on end that never escapes the news until one day...it does. It's the very reason I don't watch/listen/read mainstream media. It almost seems planned to be spoon-fed.
3. 2018-04-21 at 1:23 PM UTC

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   Soyboy African Astronaut [relevantly rival my dehydroretinol]
   It's probably the most exciting thing to happen in Canada in decades, eh?
4. 2018-04-21 at 1:23 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Not really.
5. 2018-04-21 at 1:35 PM UTC

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   Soyboy African Astronaut [relevantly rival my dehydroretinol]
   
6. 2018-04-21 at 5:43 PM UTC

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   TheDarkTriad Yung Blood
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7. 2018-04-21 at 5:46 PM UTC

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   mmQ Lisa Turtle

   Originally posted by TheDarkTriad I don't understand why people care so much about a bunch of dead kids they didn't even know.

   
   You should take one single psychology class.
8. 2018-04-21 at 5:49 PM UTC

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   TheDarkTriad Yung Blood
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9. 2018-04-21 at 5:51 PM UTC

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   mmQ Lisa Turtle

   Originally posted by TheDarkTriad I have multiple graduate level degrees in the social sciences. I still don't get it.

   
   It's because of their brains.
10. 2018-04-21 at 5:52 PM UTC

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    TheDarkTriad Yung Blood
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