*sighs*

[conuly]

People!

Earthquakes? So far, this year, we've had an average number of 'em. And an average number of deaths, too.

Hurricanes? Well, we already knew we'd be in a high-activity cycle, because that's what all the data of the past 100 years or so shows. And right now we're midway through the high-activity cycle. Joy. We don't know if the problem has been exacerbated by global warming, but let's wait for the known high-activity period to start fading before we jump to conclusions, 'k?

Flu pandemics? Nope, those go in cycles too. Every 20 - 40 years, which matches with what I've read elsewhere In fact, we're about overdue for one, which is why people are freaking out over avian flu right now.

It's not just one person. It's everyone. And it's getting on my nerves.

Comments

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

How thoughtful of you.

Actually, in response to any of you who are frustrated by my "types," let me just say this...

I haven't spent the time googling any of this, because, frankly, I have better things to do. My post took all of about 30 seconds to type. It's 30 seconds I took out of researching the surgery I'm having in a few months. I just happened to be thinking about it because I had the new on the TV next to me.

Really...I'm terribly sorry I don't have as much spare time as you do to research how often we have hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and pandemics. I'm a bit precoccupied with the life-changing event that is happening for me right after Christmas.

How about you work my 40 hours this week, you watch my two kids and make sure they do their homework, you cook dinner and wash the dishes, do the laundry and clean the yard, go have my mammogram done for me next week....and I'll be more than happy to take the time to research just how often we've had natural disasters in the past.

[conuly]

I'll be more than happy to take the time to research just how often we've had natural disasters in the past.

All of 45 seconds. A minute, tops. In the time it took you to post about it, read my reply, read my reply to you and everybody else *here*, and post a reply, you could've done that for yourself.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

I'm just insulted that it's assumed that my "types" don't know how to google or research something. I'm not going to get into an argument about how I should be prioritizing my time, let alone my online time. I should have had dinner started an hour ago, but I was sweeping the sidewalk and cleaning out the garage. Things that it's taking me twice as long to do, now that I have at least 2 extra pounds on my chest I'm carrying around that I didn't have before.

I didn't think my post was even that "apocolyptic" or "new age Edgar Casey." I simply stated something to the effect that we don't own the Earth, and the rest was questions...not outright statements. I was looking for opinions, not to be insulted on someone else's journal for not taking the initiative to do research about it. Hell, I even asked if it was a cycle the Earth was going through.

I'm aware that you didn't blatantly insult me...what pissed me off was reading your friends' comments. They seem a bit pretentious.

At any rate, I really do need to get dinner started.

[conuly]

1. I didn't say anything about your 'types' or anything else - while the above commenter did, what she meant was apocalyptic people and such. That implies something, but not what I suspect you think it implies.

2. the rest was questions...not outright statements.

Maybe. But the way you phrased your questions is reminiscent of a common rhetorical technique. When Caesar, after a great victory, asked "Was it the gods, or was it Caesar who did this?", the answer he was looking for was "It's Caesar, Caesar all the way!". When you phrase a question "Is this cycles or global warming? What about those earthquakes? Or the flu? The earth doesn't belong to us", that doesn't sound like 'looking for answers'. It sounds like "Gee, all this is unusual, I wonder if it's our fault, it seems like our fault".

Quite a few people on my friends list *did* say that, in those terms. And most of them do have the time to google.

I gotta leave this. I think by now I'm responding to stuff that wasn't said, but I can't prove it to myself.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

It's actually spelled Cayce.

[conuly]

Not the time...

[conuly]

DAMNIT!

Take out about half of my "angry reply to the angry reply", would you? I thought you were replying to me. I've *got* to start heading to the actual entry pages... But it really *did* only take about a minute to search google. That's 33 seconds per disaster.

Though I guess I cheated - I'd already looked up the stats for the hurricanes and flu pandemics. So add another half minute on to that, make it 90 seconds even.