Reply #44: You beat me to the punch, stuntcat. Schadenfreud and entertainment.

[tom_paine]

After all, what is our relentless drive towards Dark Ages and possible extinction but the greatest reality show of all time.

My thought is: One the internal screaming at the onrushing train stops, the laughter at the people standing oblivious on the tracks with their Brittney Spears people magazine starts.

Can you imagine the looks on their sheep's faces when the truth becomes clear, about "one second", metaphorically-speaking, before the train hits?

It will be something like this:



I would like to give a ringing endorsement of this strategy of enjoying the show, but I have just starting out on this coping strategy and so I don't yet really know if it is yet effective.