Man Convicted After Burger Rage (actual journalistic title)

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy.  Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.

I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.

Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.

I have always said this was the best plan.

[Suu]

I love that he has to pay for the cop's shirt.

So tell me, is this the height of crime in New Zealand?

[hooplala]

If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy.  Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.

I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.

Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.

Good point, that's happened to me... well maybe not that bad, but close...

[hooplala]

So tell me, is this the height of crime in New Zealand?

No, the "dinosaur chase scene" from King Kong is.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

We studied this shit in rats in 1962.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

Now we're studying it in humans.

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

I am more inclined to believe that it's the result of some new kind of enculturation that tells us not to ask for what we want or try to fix problems until it's too late, at which point we erupt.

Because how hard would it have been to go to the counter and say "hey, you gave me a chicken sandwich instead of a fish sandwich"?

Instead, people are just taking it, and are angry afterwards. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.

I'll buy that. 

And it's hardly any secret in the news.  "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example.  Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.

and and and

"He was a nice boy.  Very polite.  Very quiet."

"It's always the quiet ones."

"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."

"It's like you're never safe anymore".

and and and

"Step into the pervert machine, sir.  You look like a potential terrorist."

and and and

Police wearing combat gear.  Police having armored vehicles.  Leonard Peltier.  Lisl Auman.  That nice old man that used to live down the street.  The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?

and and and

Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed.  Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up.  Generation Kill still in top ratings.  Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew?  The press will be here in minutes.

Sorry about those bystanders, New York.  These things just happen and there's nothing we can do.  Now get in the back of the van.

[Epimetheus]

If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy.  Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.

I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.

Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.

I have always said this was the best plan.

It's true. Do nevar bottle.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.

I'll buy that. 

And it's hardly any secret in the news.  "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example.  Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.

and and and

"He was a nice boy.  Very polite.  Very quiet."

"It's always the quiet ones."

"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."

"It's like you're never safe anymore".

and and and

"Step into the pervert machine, sir.  You look like a potential terrorist."

and and and

Police wearing combat gear.  Police having armored vehicles.  Leonard Peltier.  Lisl Auman.  That nice old man that used to live down the street.  The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?

and and and

Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed.  Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up.  Generation Kill still in top ratings.  Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew?  The press will be here in minutes.

Sorry about those bystanders, New York.  These things just happen and there's nothing we can do.  Now get in the back of the van.

Ain't no mirth anymore, it's all just horror and we don't have a horror emote.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.

I'll buy that. 

And it's hardly any secret in the news.  "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example.  Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.

and and and

"He was a nice boy.  Very polite.  Very quiet."

"It's always the quiet ones."

"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."

"It's like you're never safe anymore".

and and and

"Step into the pervert machine, sir.  You look like a potential terrorist."

and and and

Police wearing combat gear.  Police having armored vehicles.  Leonard Peltier.  Lisl Auman.  That nice old man that used to live down the street.  The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?

and and and

Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed.  Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up.  Generation Kill still in top ratings.  Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew?  The press will be here in minutes.

Sorry about those bystanders, New York.  These things just happen and there's nothing we can do.  Now get in the back of the van.

Ain't no mirth anymore, it's all just horror and we don't have a horror emote.

Then how come I can't stop laughing.  My throat is sore from the howling.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

But you're right.  We need a horror emote.

[Luna]

But you're right.  We need a horror emote.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.

Point.  New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.

On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days.  Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.

I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.

In the early 80's I remember people talking about assertiveness, "I'm going to assertiveness training", "I got this great book about assertiveness", etc. ...you don't really hear that word anymore.

It's still fucked up that people forget how to be assertive without books and classes and seminars, though.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's a good thing we have The Cleaners for this sort of thing.