[mdlug-discuss] Speaking Of Teenagers........

[Peter Bart]

On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 15:53 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Brian Riggs wrote:
<snip>
> Solution to sheeple-mode:
> 
> "if I hear that thing get rebooted one more time without anyone
> actually attempting to FIX THE PROBLEM, it's going directly to
> the trash.... in pieces!"

	Thought about that, not going to happen. I'd just have to replace her
mothers notebook.

> 
> Sometimes, the only way to get people out a trance, especially
> one that results from conditioned behavior, is to apply what
> is known as a "pattern interrupt" -- interrupt the auto-pilot
> behavior so that the thinking part of the brain actually gets
> engaged once again.

	Yup, but it's a teenager we're talking about here.

> 
> Depending on the situation, a pattern interrupt can be as simple
> as yelling the word, "Stop!" or making a loud noise, or a flash
> of light.  (that's ONE reason why police use "flash-bang"
> grenades -- to derail conditioned "resist all authority figures,
> no matter how stupid it is to resist" patterns of people in
> the area to be cleared).

	Now, where to get a crate of flash
bangs...........................................

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Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
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