Why/how did they even think about doing that?

i have always wondered how we came up with some of the things in modern medicine today.

I mean seriously, a colonoscopy (i understand the importance of them and that they are worth doing past a certain age, but why would anyone even think of doing that way back before it was proven to reduce colon cancer?)

who stood behind a chicken and said "i know ill eat the next thing that comes outta that things ass"

One of the twenty-something, fun-loving boys on the Fringes of Mr. Noddy's Family decided to see how many tickets he could collect for parking illegally in handicapped spots.

Fifteen years later he is coping with MS and I don't feel particularly sorry for him.

mama always said "what goes around..."

I recently went on a car trip with a co-worker. Instead of "messing up" her ashtray, she'd throw her cigaret butts out the car window. Then she complained that I'd left my butts in her ashtray. I emptied her ashtray later, like, in a trash can.

I said I didn't think it was good to litter, I'd heard birds mistake butts for food. She kept doing it anyway.

I have to admit, I really didn't like her.

I don't get why anyone would do any of the things I've seen on that show Jackass. He is a jackass. Why in heavens name would you sit on the floor with your legs spread and have someone chuck pool balls at your nuts?????

Um, because you're stupid?

Yet another TV show I'm glad I've missed!

I was unfortunate to catch it one night while flipping through channels. I could actually feel the knowledge seeping from my ear as I watched that show.

Thus the name of the show! Only a jacka$$ could think up and do such insane "stunts".

Who cares about the jackasses on t.v at least there being punished for their stupidity lol. self inflicted pain, interesting idea suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure. the people i really wonder about is the ones who do inexplicable things that affect other people. for example the other day i was on a bus where someone just threw a rock through the window shattering glass all over some poor innocent girl, what did they gain? why bother?

Very simple. The answer is feigned power and control, for people who feel powerless and not in control. These acts of stupidity give the perpetrator the illusion that he is "getting over" on someone, or society in general. You may have noticed that people who are secure within themselves, who have a high level of self-esteem, do NOT have to commit these kinds of acts.

If you think about it, pre-adolescents are notorious for pulling mild (and if they really have problems, not so mild) anti-social stunts. They are at a stage in life where they are attempting to assert their power, but don't really yet have the wherewithal. In some cases, adults have never gotten beyond this stage.

Here is a perfect example of a young person seeking power and control, with disasterous results. At the time he must have been chuckling about how many people he had driven up a wall:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1436786

Angelina - if it makes you feel better sometimes these idiots get caught. A similar thing happened to my parents several years ago. My dad was driving with my mom in the car. Fortunately none of us kids were in the car at that time. Some idiot threw a rock at the car and smashed a back window.

My dad (who was in not the best shape) pulled the car over and chased the young derelict. Believe it or not my middle aged slightly overweight constantly complaining about aches and pains caught him and held onto him. I think my dad surprised this teenager to the extent the kid did not resist. The police showed up and h*ll broke loose. The mom crying saying her son would never do anything like that - he is such a nice boy. The police disagreed letting my parents know they know this particular teen as a constant trouble maker.

Re: Why/how did they even think about doing that?


Many, many times.

I've come to believe we all have our moments of complete and utter insanity. That's the only rational explanation I can find.

Phoenix, you have very simply and elegantly explained a problem that is plaguing society these days. Well done!

My post that you alluded to is typical of that sort of thing - virus writing.

Thanks again for sheding light on this.

Who was it that burned the library at Alexandria?