Comments on: cheaper than hysteria http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/03/cheaper-than-hysteria.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linoge http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/03/cheaper-than-hysteria.html#comment-4955 Linoge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:26:16 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=3253#comment-4955 <strong>Eseell:</strong> Well, if the poles start spinning fast enough, the induced current in any electrical or electronic equipment would be something indeed! <strong>Qbert:</strong> Eh, yeah, like I said, it probably does sensationalize the product, and maybe that will help it sell, and if it sells, the guy who wrote the advertisement gets his paycheck, so the cycle of life continues. Still, though, what with Katrina and Haiti and everything else that has been going on, you would think the writer would find <em>something</em> a little more realistic to field. <strong>Standard Mischief:</strong> Yeah, that Y2K thing is going to be a... wait... ;) Eseell: Well, if the poles start spinning fast enough, the induced current in any electrical or electronic equipment would be something indeed!

Qbert: Eh, yeah, like I said, it probably does sensationalize the product, and maybe that will help it sell, and if it sells, the guy who wrote the advertisement gets his paycheck, so the cycle of life continues. Still, though, what with Katrina and Haiti and everything else that has been going on, you would think the writer would find something a little more realistic to field.

Standard Mischief: Yeah, that Y2K thing is going to be a… wait… ;)

]]> By: Standard Mischief http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/03/cheaper-than-hysteria.html#comment-4954 Standard Mischief Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:43:19 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=3253#comment-4954 2012? I'm sweating the end of the world in 2038, when the calendar rolls over. 2012? I’m sweating the end of the world in 2038, when the calendar rolls over.

]]> By: Qbert http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/03/cheaper-than-hysteria.html#comment-4953 Qbert Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:10:59 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=3253#comment-4953 On the one hand, you're right - the movie and the phenomenon is BS. On the other hand, nobody went to college hoping to become a writer of catalog descriptions, and the National Enquirer rejects wind up employed somewhere. I just hope his mom doesn't read the catalog - She'd be crushed. On the one hand, you’re right – the movie and the phenomenon is BS.

On the other hand, nobody went to college hoping to become a writer of catalog descriptions, and the National Enquirer rejects wind up employed somewhere.

I just hope his mom doesn’t read the catalog – She’d be crushed.

]]> By: Eseell http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/03/cheaper-than-hysteria.html#comment-4952 Eseell Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:58:40 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=3253#comment-4952 God, I've even heard the "Earth's poles will reverse and stop all electronics" from people who should know better, like an architect. Short of a nuclear war, your electronics are fine. God, I’ve even heard the “Earth’s poles will reverse and stop all electronics” from people who should know better, like an architect. Short of a nuclear war, your electronics are fine.

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