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ronaldo · 02-01-2007, 01:37 AM

Anyone ever heard of stagefright?

Imagine standing on the street minding your own business and someone with a video camera starts shooting you and asking questions. If it was Jay Leno it might even be worse because of the star factor. I used to think I could answer any of the questions they threw at the "idiots" on Jaywalking, but after I thought about it for a bit, chances are I and a lot of people that know the answers would get a couple wrong under the pressure as well. Then they'd sit and home, watch it, and wonder, "How the fuck did I get that wrong? I KNOW that."

Don't get me wrong, I have little doubt that many of those just didn't know the answers, but I also have NO doubt that some of them were just nervous as hell.

The most frightening segment to me was all of the people who would blindly support their President in attacking a country they'd never even heard of, based on nothing more than the President's word because, "He's from Texas, he must be right" or "I like President Bush, so I'd have to say yeah (I'd support him)".

02-01-2007, 01:37 AM
ronaldo Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ICQ#: 272000271 Posts: 5,475	Anyone ever heard of stagefright? Imagine standing on the street minding your own business and someone with a video camera starts shooting you and asking questions. If it was Jay Leno it might even be worse because of the star factor. I used to think I could answer any of the questions they threw at the "idiots" on Jaywalking, but after I thought about it for a bit, chances are I and a lot of people that know the answers would get a couple wrong under the pressure as well. Then they'd sit and home, watch it, and wonder, "How the fuck did I get that wrong? I KNOW that." Don't get me wrong, I have little doubt that many of those just didn't know the answers, but I also have NO doubt that some of them were just nervous as hell. The most frightening segment to me was all of the people who would blindly support their President in attacking a country they'd never even heard of, based on nothing more than the President's word because, "He's from Texas, he must be right" or "I like President Bush, so I'd have to say yeah (I'd support him)".