It always feels like we're on the brink of something...

For ages now, I suppose since nine eleven, it constantly feels like something is going to happen..
Like another massive terrorist attack, some nuclear showdown with Iran etc., a severe pandemic or complete financial armageddon.

Has it always been like this? Is this the "fear" the conspiraracy theorists say the governments want us to feel? I'm always expecting to see something mad in the news..
What's a bit stranger is that I kind of want to.. If I come home and Iran has done something, it'd make life a bit more interesting.

super_furry

Turn off Sky News and you'll be grand. Sure it's a nice sunny day outside.

Dr. Baltar

Slightly off topic, but am I the only one who gets excited when horrible things like 9/11 happen?

Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely tragic and I do feel empa/sympathetic but when something happens in the world that isn't boring and could mean serious business such as a war or something, a part of me is going "oh boy! oh boy! this is gonna be interesting!"

hooradiation

Deleted User wrote: »

For ages now, I suppose since nine eleven, it constantly feels like something is going to happen..
Like another massive terrorist attack, some nuclear showdown with Iran etc., a severe pandemic or complete financial armageddon.

Nah, it's been like this since about the late 1940's see - Doomsday clock

sorrywhat

Maybe you're starring in a really really really long action/drama/war movie.... called Life.

kowloon

sorrywhat wrote: »

Maybe you're starring in a really really really long action/drama/war movie.... called Life.

Don't think I'd watch a film based on my life, even condensed into an hour and a half, much better things to be doing...

dvpower

super_furry wrote: »

Turn off Sky News and you'll be grand. Sure it's a nice sunny day outside.

They're everywhere! :eek::eek::eek:

The_Kew_Tour

There been plenty of devastating things happen since 9/11. Tsumani and just month back Haiti anyone?

i think what caught the eye about 9/11 was there was so much live coverage of event and of course it was in a country that seemed untouchable at the time to people.

petes

I ran out of beer a while back. The fear of it happening again has me constantly stocked up!!

Wazdakka

It's how various governments and organizations keep you trusting in them, doing what you are told, watching mind numbing crap on TV to stunt your intellectual growth and above all, consuming and spending money.

Most people feel like there is something absolutely devastating about to affect their lives right around the corner on a daily basis.

Shouldn't that be strange???


Says a lot about how the world works..

DigiGal

Ignorance is bliss......

Jesus Juice

sorrywhat wrote: »

Maybe you're starring in a really really really long action/drama/war movie.... called Life.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123964/ Really? Are you sure about that?

bonerm

super_furry wrote: »

Turn off Sky News and you'll be grand. Sure it's a nice sunny day outside.

Great advice. Besides even if the b/s that the popular media shovel us was true then why ruin your buzz listening to as it there is nothing you can do about it anyway. Best to just enjoy the last few days you have on Earth before hell is unleashed.

Dr. Baltar

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but am I the only one who gets excited when horrible things like 9/11 happen?

Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely tragic and I do feel empa/sympathetic but when something happens in the world that isn't boring and could mean serious business such as a war or something, a part of me is going "oh boy! oh boy! this is gonna be interesting!"

I'm the exact same.. Until it affects me, I want it there to make the news interesting.

Riddle101

It's all to do with fear mongering. The media likes to make it out that nobody is safe. That any day now a terrorist attack could happen in your own country and that you won't be prepared because you were too busy being sceptical. I think 9/11 really opened up a lot of fear in people. Before then I don't think anybody was really concerned about anything, but then 9/11 happened and suddenly everyone's confidence was shattered. The fact that it happened on American soil only caused more of a panic because i'd say Americans believe they are fully secure from things like that, and when other coutries saw it, they felt it could happen to them as well. If 9/11 didn't sway people into thinking that then I'm pretty sure 7/7 did.

Should we be afraid of the future? I don't know. But I think 9/11 was the key element that put the fear in people.

Jesus Wept

Deleted User wrote: »

For ages now, I suppose since nine eleven, it constantly feels like something is going to happen..

Sure that's only 7 hours ago, it'll be grand.

Trev M

Up your meds OP

no1beemerfan

I'm off to London in two weeks for 5 days hols. I was excited till I read this bloody thread



ah no.....I'll be grand. Won't I?

bonerm

no1beemerfan wrote: »

I'm off to London in two weeks for 5 days hols. I was excited till I read this bloody thread



ah no.....I'll be grand. Won't I?

Sure ..... just stay of the circle line.

MaybeLogic

Iran's destroying the world today??
I must have missed the memo.
My anxiety levels have just shot through the roof.

dan1895

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but am I the only one who gets excited when horrible things like 9/11 happen?

Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely tragic and I do feel empa/sympathetic but when something happens in the world that isn't boring and could mean serious business such as a war or something, a part of me is going "oh boy! oh boy! this is gonna be interesting!"

Its not just you, in a sick kind of way i'm the same and always want to be the first to tell others some celebrity is dead or that half a country sank into the sea after a terrorist attack!

dan1895

dan1895 wrote: »

Its not just you, in a sick kind of way i'm the same and always want to be the first to tell others some celebrity is dead or that half a country sank into the sea after a terrorist attack!

You know, maybe you, me nd dr balter could be the ones to create the news..

My house tomoro at the break of dawn, you bring the fertilizer.

Zebra3

Deleted User wrote: »

For ages now, I suppose since nine eleven, it constantly feels like something is going to happen..
Like another massive terrorist attack, some nuclear showdown with Iran etc., a severe pandemic or complete financial armageddon.

America has invaded two seperate countries and the world has gone into financial meltdown since Sept 2001.

Are you brain dead?

Mike 1972

Riddle101 wrote: »

I think 9/11 really opened up a lot of fear in people. Before then I don't think anybody was really concerned about anything, but then 9/11 happened and suddenly everyone's confidence was shattered. The fact that it happened on American soil only caused more of a panic because i'd say Americans believe they are fully secure from things like that,

Terrorism was hardly unknown in the US before 11/9/2001

Granted it was largely the preserve of domestic nutjobs before then but given the large population of that particular species it was actually quite suprising how few terrorist attacks there were.

Misty Chaos

I, for one, wouldn't waste my time worrying about it. Sure, they are being some terrorist attacks since ( and some foiled ones as well ) but my reaction to 7/7 was ' oh, wow, London got attacked by terrorists! What's for dinner? ' Not because I lacked sympathy, I felt sorry for them but and was shocked but I just wasn't as fussed about it as 9/11.

To be quite honest, the death of MJ shocked me more than 7/7. Now THAT was unexpected.

mud

adrian280582 wrote: »

There been plenty of devastating things happen since 9/11. Tsumani and just month back Haiti anyone?

i think what caught the eye about 9/11 was there was so much live coverage of event and of course it was in a country that seemed untouchable at the time to people.

And 9/11 was caused by man, the other two, while devastating were natural disasters.

Agent J

Reminds me of a line from Men in Black.

Paraphrased

"The world is always about to end. If its not one thing its another and the only reason people get on with their lives is that they dont know about it"

Turtwig

Oh yeah, the media always make us feel like we're on the brink of something good or bad. It's just a pity that they don't remind us that we have a brain we can use for ourselves.

dsmythy

Well major world events that affect global consciousness happen every two years or so it seems. So yeah things are always about to happen but it's a normal part of life and nothing to lose sleep over.

smurgen

i blame sky news and their bloody yellow and black flashing banners.i nearly get a heart attack every time the flipping thing gets updated.watching sky news with a hangover is terrifying!