Why Do People Get Off On Pure Speculation

[SPKrazy]

and treat it as fact?

:shrug:

or worse

pure lies passed off as fact

[ThomCat]

1. I think we're hard-wired to guess based on what we think we know.

After all, how much do we ever really know with total certainty? :shrug:

[SPKrazy]

2. we never ever do

we never know with certainty

we never know jack

we are all stumbling around in the wilderness of life

speculating as if we know

[TZ]

3. I don't really know, but....

If people did NOT do that I have a feeling the last 7 years would not have happened (starting with the amount of people who STILL think Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11)

[SPKrazy]

8. i agree

bunch of ignorant asses

[FloridaJudy]

4. People want to make sense out of the universe

And aren't willing to accept that things might be more complicated than they appear. They also want to feel good about themselves, even if it's at someone else's expense. Republicans, in particular, know this and exploit it to the max. Reagan was a master at that.

That's my take on it, at least.

[SPKrazy]

6. It's a good take

but it's fucked up ya know?

[DarkTirade]

5. Only time I get off on speculation

is if I spend a buck on a lottery ticket. I'm paying for the entertainment... a full day to waste thinking of crazy things I'd do if I actually won. :)

[SPKrazy]

7. that's not exactly what i'm talking about

but okay

[DarkTirade]

10. My way of pointing out that there IS a way to get off on and enjoy speculation...

without being a cock to other people in the process. :)

Something the tabloid rags and sensationalist news people, and the people who lap up the crap they put out, don't seem to care if they do or not.

[SPKrazy]

11. exactly

fucked up bunch of shit

has spread from tabloids to regular life

[DarkTirade]

24. I think it already existed in both places

and the two sides just feed off of and support each other.

[SPKrazy]

25. no doubt

the earth doesn't need gravity

it sucks

[Generic Brad]

9. I'm guessing they do it because they actually believe their own bullshit

It's a medical condition known as Bill O'Rileyitis.

[SPKrazy]

12. that fuckhead

:grr:

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Because of the shit the aliens that the FBI and CIA refuse to acknowledge polluted our water

with alien chemicals, elements that we've never heard of, that would be positioned in the interstitials of our Periodic Table, which is a purely made up abomination from the NSA and KGB anyway.

I mean, look - on 9/11 I was in Oklahoma, and I looked to the east and I did not ANY smoke - AT ALL - clearly the WTC attacks NEVER HAPPENED, and any "evidence" that says it did is just the Area 51 aliens fucking with our minds with their elements that the world scientific community - because they want to control everyone - refuses to admit exists, but which they use in their secret radiation and other experiments that make us think we have control over our lives.

[SPKrazy]

15. you might be right

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Of course I am. It's pure fact. The evidence is there.

Think about it - have you ever been in Colorado and been able to see Connecticut?

No, you haven't. PRETTY FUCKING WEIRD, DON'T YOU THINK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!

Only the government, with alien help, could do that.

[SPKrazy]

18. true

well mostly

[TZ]

22. beautiful....

I don't think I have ever seen so many conspiracy theories woven together in such a fine fashion..
To you sir::patriot: :tinfoilhat:



:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

14. because it's easier than researching it.

and people are lazy.

[SPKrazy]

16. true

[SallyMander]

19. What is this "pure speculation" you speak of

and where can i get some? :evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

20. look around

there seems to plenty to be found everywhere

[SallyMander]

21. I know, i was just kidding

I think it's a symptom of boredom, personally... people don't have enough to think about, so they make up stories to entertain themselves. :shrug:

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

23. i think it is societal decay

perhaps boredom is the decay agent

societal boredom

i say find something to do and quit speculating about others lives

:hi: