Originally posted by guitarguy1and actually not even that ...
It succeeded in throwing the american public into pandemonium for a short while.
It threw the cable news shows and talk radio into pandemonium. Most Americans I know certainly took notice - but a few days later - unless you lived in the northeast US - it was business as usual.
For New York and New Jersey - they still have not recovered.
Originally posted by Howell123Actually that is the real point.
Around mid-afternoon the whole world knew the truth about what had happened in New York.
Instant communication.
Used to be when moments shook the world it would take months or years to get the word out.
The moments may not be bigger now, communication is faster.
And whoever adding Princess Di being killed, please. I am sorry for your loss, but I was much sadder when Freddie Mercury died.
Originally posted by Rosa KorganeNo, I agree. It was a loss. Perhaps "great" made it sound sarcastic. 🙂
🙂
Didn't say it was a great loss (if you are teasing), just that who added more to our cultural evolution - Princess Di or Freddie Mercury?
"The show must go on..."
Originally posted by RagnorakIt depends when you want the cutoff to be. When the last major crop that we use today was domesticated? When the handful of civilizations which domesticated crops were linked together? When the majority of the world was no longer hunting and gathering? I'd draw the line around the advent of literacy because it seems that the cultural changes that domestication of crops bring about (specialization, centralized leadership and perhaps most importantly staying in one place) seem to lead to writing systems being developed (at least in cases where outside influence was long enough coming that it got the chance).
Well, they do and they don't.
You can't have the Industrial Revolution without the Agricultural Revolution, so aggi is number 1.
Can anybody tell me when the agricultural revolution ended, btw? It started about 10,000 years ago.
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"The day everything became nothing, I was standing underneath a
streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette. I can't recall anything
unusual about it. If there was something in the air, if the skies had
clouded over, I wasn't aware, I was too bored to care. No thunder
roared. No lightning cracked. No missiles rained from the sky. This
was no sneak attack. There was just suddenly this awful lack. Things
had changed, that's for sure.
The day everything became nothing, you couldn't put your finger on
what had gone wrong. The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still
smelled; there was no panic in the streets; just a lot of grief--in
people's faces, in their eyes--a mixture of horror and total surprise.
This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky, there were
no miracles at the 7-Eleven, no one screamed, no one even asked why.
It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died. So let it die!
I can't recall much of what happened next. I was on my way to visit
this woman I knew. All we had in common was good sex, and now I
couldn't even remember her address. A group of us, just strangers,
got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem. We
talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional
responsibility. I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob.
It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to."
Originally posted by The Slow PawnThe day Boris stopped being a vain egocentric.
1.) The Metallica Clan was created
2.) The Metallica Clan reached page 1
3.) The Metallica Clan reached the top spot
4.) TSP passed leadership of clan Metallica
5.) TSP re-gained leadershiop of clan Metallica
Surely, those are the top 5 !!
Originally posted by Howell123What about the discovery of the New World? Cris Columbus really shook the world -although Larry King was not there to interview the guy. 😉
We know moments which sook the world full of terror and questioning over the next five days i will be saying what i find are the TOP five moments that shook the world.
Number 5.
September 11th 2001-
I think no-one living today can describe September 11th 2001, It was a normal day in the life of New York City.Until......
2 hijacked planes in Boston we ...[text shortened]... ke me to post anymore please do not hesitate to ask so.
Happy Playing
Tom 14, United Kingdom
One of the things that shook me when it first became news was AIDS. That awful disease that had no cure. I can remember all the news headlines saying how by the end of the 1980's we would all know someone with the disease.
It really frightened me. Now everyone just takes it in their stride. It isn't news anymore. Too many other awful things going on I suppose.
Originally posted by wormwoodYou just made yourself a new friend whether you like it or not.
"The day everything became nothing, I was standing underneath a
streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette. I can't recall anything
unusual about it. If there was something in the air, if the skies had
clouded over, I wasn't aware, I was too bored to care. No thunder
roared. No lightning cracked. No missiles rained from the sky. This
was no sneak attack. T o I called myself Bob.
It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to."
I am a HUGE nomeansno fan! 😀