81 Replies to “Never before was it so easy to spot individuals damaged by drugs”

  3. rg at October 14, 2011 2:46 AM
    In my system there’s only the one hand gesture. Much easier to learn.
    But, rg, does it employ one or two digits?

  4. If anyone (IF ANYONE)
    had the temerity (HAD THE TUMMER…ARY)
    to complain about the length (TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LENGTH)
    of the meetings I chair (OF THE MEETINGS I CHAIR)
    while at the same time repeating (WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REPEATING)
    everything everyone says (EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS)
    I would smash them (I WOULD SMASH THEM)
    over the head (OVER THE HEAD)
    with my gavel (WITH MY GAVEL)
    Can I get some raised arms to wave some fingers now?

  6. Now we know what twenty years of a liberal education does to our youth, turns them into stupid utterly stupid puppets of the elites.

  7. Good news, the CAW union is supporting the protesters.
    That would be the same CAW that lobbied for the bailout of the corporations…..which the protesters claim to be against, but they welcome the CAW with open arms.
    I’m getting a headache.

  10. “That would be the same CAW that lobbied for the bailout of the corporations…..which the protesters claim to be against, but they welcome the CAW with open arms.”
    Ah yes, those annoying old inherent contradictions.

  12. Another seful habd signal is to extend your index finger and revelve it couner-clockwise next to your temple.
    These people are caught up in themselves. Why do you have to wiggle your fingers to show support? Wouldn’t it be easier to just raise your hand,or is that too much like ,you know,establishment talk?

  14. orch and Stan nail it. It is all about the useful idiots of van Jones et al trying to replicate the French and Russian revolutions.

  15. Unbelievable. Can’t remember the last time I face-palmed this much. They’d seem like a parody if they weren’t so clearly sincere.

  16. I was curious about WHY the entire crowd repeats what the speech maker is saying. Turns out, there is a reason. Its called ‘the People’s Microphone’. Amplified voices are banned, so someone who needs to get people’s attention and speak begins by calling “Mic check!” which is then repeated by the people who can hear it. Everything that is said is spoken in short phrases, repeated aloud by the listeners, and in that way transmitted to the whole group.
    Okay, now I know, and, so do you.
    But, to me, its still proof that you can’t fix ‘stupid’, and crowds certainly amplify it.

  17. so someone who needs to get people’s attention and speak begins by calling “Mic check!” which is then repeated by the people who can hear it.
    And none of the Irish are complaining about this?

  19. “Amplified voices are banned, so someone who needs to get people’s attention and speak begins by calling “Mic check!” which is then repeated by the people who can hear it”
    But then, this would have been a common practise during the millenia before sound amplification was invented. “Four score and ten,” “FOUR SCORE AND TEN” “Years ago,” “YEARS AGO”…
    The purpose of mass ritual chanting is to induce a state of suggestibility and ego suppression, that’s why they do it.

  21. CW @4:48
    So CW, what you are saying is that not only is the message stupid, but, the means of delivery by the group just amplifies the stupidity.
    Perfect….

  22. “If you want to move the meeting along” “IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG” “Quit repeating everything I say” “QUIT REPEATING EVERYTHING I SAY”

  23. Otterdriver, tee!
    Why aren’t these alleged adults ashamed of themselves? Seriously. This repetition stuff occurs in kindergarten classes where it is deemed appropriate.
    If they don’t want to be taken seriously, they should just say so.

  24. The height of stupidity of the flea party is that their response to the crony captialism that happened when the government slushed out billions in tax dollars, is to allow that same government to get its hands on more tax dollars.
    When are they going to catch on that the reason the MSM isn’t giving them the level of coverage they crave, it would only invite further ridicule.

  25. So how do the people in the first video communicate with the people in the second video? I thought they had different sets of gestures.

  26. Mike,
    You said it succinctly, thanks.
    However, I am not aware of this practice being common prior pre bullhorn or even pre-electricity.
    There are no cultural artifacts that I am aware of that indicate this.
    I think your point is bang on. There may be a use for the practice but it isnt the point of the practice.
    Ego supperession, indusce a state of suggestability for sure….I would add create a false sense of community.
    “men go crazy in congregation they only get better one by one”

  27. This has got to be the first “revolution” that uses Robert’s Rules of Order. Isn’t that an oxymoron?
    Any meeting whose chairman insists on using Roberts Rules of Order has lost the argument before it even started.

  28. At first, I thought perhaps this might be the rise of the Morlocks –
    But I was wrong – These are the burgeoning ranks of the Eloi. They just don’t know it yet – and likely never will.
    Truly, a target-rich environment for sales of “Dain Bramaged” T-shirts…
    “…to me, its still proof that you can’t fix ‘stupid’, and crowds certainly amplify it…”
    That says it all THAT SAYS IT ALL!!

  29. I’m most interestedly awaiting, BTW, the outcome that will arrive in a few weeks when “Occupy Wall Street/Portland/Whatever/Wherever” turns into “Occupy Rain/Sleet/Snowbank”
    Should be “educational” to see –

  30. This is what happens when you overeducate morons.
    A clear example of the need to slash higher education in order to preserve civilisation and culture.

  31. Someone needs to get the bullhorn and do the “Mic Check!!” until they are all repeating him/her… then start:
    I Pledge of Allegiance…
    to the flag…
    of the United States of America…
    and to the republic…
    for which it stands…
    one nation…
    under God…
    indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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