Comments on: They want to believe

By: Sofia

Sofia — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:20:50 +0000

Gol’s seats are orange.

By: Mad Tom

Mad Tom — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:53:19 +0000

Remember: P.T. Barnum made his famous quote in the 19th Century. The world birth rate is a lot higher these days!

By: Cardoso

Cardoso — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:58:02 +0000

I think most conspiracy freaks want a MEANING, a PURPOSE. Not an stupid accident, not fate, but victims of some evil plan.

The South Park episode about 9/11 conspiracies was great. The government was pushing some crackpot websites, because the PEOPLE demanded such conspiracies. They made the Government look big, powerfull and very clever, they could not swallow that it was a plan from some angry arabs.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:50:45 +0000

Another Snopes reader checking in…I expected to see pictures from “Fight Club”, but I guess “Lost” is a bit more contemporary (and more recognizable, which I guess is the whole point of this exercise…)

“I wonder what the underlying psychological need for all this conspiracy and horror is?”

It’s three generations of being told that There Is A Reason. Shit doesn’t just happen anymore, and nothing is ever your own fault. Someone did these things, and they had a reason. They wanted all the niggers to die, or they wanted to get re-elected, or they were just trying to save a buck. Nobody wants to think about how easy it is to get killed, even though every day we climb into automobiles (a quick jerk of the steering wheel and it’s Game Over) and drink liquids (inhale instead of swallow, your lungs are coated and no Heimlich maneuver will save you.) Or maybe a weak place in an artery wall will give way and your skull cavity fills with blood, dead as sure as a fifty-meter fall will leave you. We don’t want to think about that. And so when something reminds us of that fact, we go to insane lengths to not have to believe it. It isn’t possible that four guys could take over an airplane with razor blades, and then fly an airliner into a building before anyone realized what was happening. No, they must have had help from the inside.

By: Chuck Henry

Chuck Henry — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:27:17 +0000

I believe you are absolutely correct. I was just hoping all the really stupid people were here in my country. I wonder what the underlying psychological need for all this conspiracy and horror is. Why are humans taking this turn? I fear that they are the majority and those of us who still retain respect for rational, critical thought are rapidly becoming the minority.

HEY, maybe it’s the cell phone microwave towers…….Sorry I had to throw that in there.Ha Ha

By: Cardoso

Cardoso — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:14:39 +0000

Me? Nope.

By: Ed Young

Ed Young — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:58:54 +0000

You didn’t happen to attend Drexel?

By: Ananke

Ananke — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:19:43 +0000

Hahahaha, that is hilarious. I just caught this story on Snopes. As soon as I saw the picture, I knew it was from Lost. But even for the people who never saw this show, someone should have asked themselves why someone would be standing up in a plane snapping pictures while the back of the plane detached. That’s sort of like the picture that circulated after 9/11 of the guy standing on the observation deck of one of the twin towers while a plane flew directly at him from behind. It just defies reason that a sane person would be calmly snapping a picture of his friend while a passenger jet rumbled toward them. Or that someone wouldn’t turn around to find out where that incredibly loud noise was coming from. Or that the camera would even survive a fall from 110 stories! Argh! You’re right, people are only too willing to believe anything.

By: Ken Snyder

Ken Snyder — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:43:21 +0000

Major Antonio Nelson–>Major Tony Nelson–>The guy who came up with this was obviously a fan of “I Dream of Jeannie.” I’m surprised that Dr. Bellows wasn’t the medical examiner…

Having spent the better part of 10 years flying the 737, I spotted the 747 tail assembly immediately.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:50:26 +0000

I read snopes, too. Although I’ve never seen “Lost”, I immediately thought they might be photos from a tv show or the movie “Alive” which has a scene that looks similiar to the stills you used.
Even if I hadn’t seen that movie, or gone to snopes looking for the daily hoax, just look at the photos….
The lighting is too good, the picture quality looks like television/film quality work. They look like stills from a video. Who has their camera set to those picture sizes? The lighting is too perfect, and the open back of the plane looks too CGI. Is it me, or does everyone have perfect hair for the amount of wind they should be experiencing, and why would they have the oxygen masks already on in mid-collision?