Why are accidents and disasters so fascinating?

Ar-Cunin · 06-27-2002, 07:45 AM

The reason I'm posting this subject is that I'm currently watching a fire in the roof a nearby 9-storey appartment block ( in can see it out of my 4-storey window)

What is it about disasters and accidents that are so fascinating - are we all ghouls who relish in death or it just morbid curiousity ( or something else)

P.S. I did call the fire department (although someone else beat me to it) and they have arrived.

P.P.S It is early afternoon over here now - so there's probably not a lot of people at home

DiabloRex · 06-27-2002, 07:48 AM

Good question. I guess its just common human nature to watch that kind of things. You can see that is true since the coloured newspapers (ekstrabladet in dk, the sun in uk etc.) have the highest number of sales.

Lek Dukagjin · 06-27-2002, 07:50 AM

Yeah, but I've read about disasters where firefighters couldn't rescue people because so many onlookers had blocked routes to beleaguered people by standing there ans gawping.

Jorath Calar · 06-27-2002, 07:52 AM

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Death is pretty, why would I think that?

Maybe we are all Bhaalspawns... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Volguuz RageWaar · 06-27-2002, 08:01 AM

a fire, now this is outstanding

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ALERT, ALERT, FIRE IN 9-storey appartment REPORTED SEE IT IN IWF FORUM [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 06-27-2002, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by Jorath Calar:

quote:
Death is pretty, why would I think that?

Maybe we are all Bhaalspawns... [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]read my sig... lol.

Ar-Cunin · 06-27-2002, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by Volguuz RageWaar:
a fire, now this is outstanding .
ALERT, ALERT, FIRE IN 9-storey appartment REPORTED SEE IT IN IWF FORUM [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

With the risk of being a troll - are you trying to be funny or are you an idiot? It seems to me that your post is a deliberate attempt to 'destroy' my thread.

I was trying to start a serious discussion about peoples fascination with accidents and disasters - the fire was just an example.

[ 06-27-2002, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

Yorick · 06-27-2002, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by Ar-Cunin:
The reason I'm posting this subject is that I'm currently watching a fire in the roof a nearby 9-storey appartment block ( in can see it out of my 4-storey window)

What is it about disasters and accidents that are so fascinating - are we all ghouls who relish in death or it just morbid curiousity ( or something else)

P.S. I did call the fire department (although someone else beat me to it) and they have arrived.

P.P.S It is early afternoon over here now - so there's probably not a lot of people at home

Becasue they are rare. At the moment humanity deifies rarity. Think oil vs water, a tennis star vs a nurse. Why are the rarer things more valuable than the things more beneficial to us?

Consequently is a 'bad day' really a bad day? How many things worked that you took for granted? Like breathing, walking, feeling, eating, seeing, thinking.

Miracles all.

johnny · 06-27-2002, 12:56 PM

It's a strange thing indeed. The best example is possibly a freeway accident. It happens and suddenly all the other cars are slowing down and some of them actually stop, mostly cousing more accidents to happen. I think people somehow want to see blood and once they've seen it they turn away in disgust. Very strange !!!

Paladin2000 · 06-28-2002, 12:17 AM

I guess people like to be reminded of their mortality. I remeber when I was younger, rented a series of VCR tapes - Faces of death (I think). Very very horrible documentary but at the end of the show, me and my friend reminded ourselves that life is short (in some cases, extremly short) and we should enjoy every second of it.

06-27-2002, 07:45 AM	#1
Ar-Cunin Ra Join Date: August 14, 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 52 Posts: 2,326	The reason I'm posting this subject is that I'm currently watching a fire in the roof a nearby 9-storey appartment block ( in can see it out of my 4-storey window) What is it about disasters and accidents that are so fascinating - are we all ghouls who relish in death or it just morbid curiousity ( or something else) P.S. I did call the fire department (although someone else beat me to it) and they have arrived. P.P.S It is early afternoon over here now - so there's probably not a lot of people at home __________________ Life is a laugh <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[biglaugh]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/biglaugh.gif\" /> - and DEATH is the final joke <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[hehe]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/hehe.gif\" />

06-27-2002, 07:48 AM	#2
DiabloRex Elminster Join Date: July 2, 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 460	Good question. I guess its just common human nature to watch that kind of things. You can see that is true since the coloured newspapers (ekstrabladet in dk, the sun in uk etc.) have the highest number of sales. __________________ [url]\"http://everspoon.mine.nu\" target=\"_blank\">Everspoon Temple</a>

06-27-2002, 07:50 AM	#3
Lek Dukagjin Dungeon Master Join Date: May 16, 2002 Location: British Empire Age: 48 Posts: 72	Yeah, but I've read about disasters where firefighters couldn't rescue people because so many onlookers had blocked routes to beleaguered people by standing there ans gawping. __________________

06-27-2002, 08:01 AM	#5
Volguuz RageWaar Manshoon Join Date: April 1, 2002 Location: Portugal Age: 39 Posts: 218	a fire, now this is outstanding . ALERT, ALERT, FIRE IN 9-storey appartment REPORTED SEE IT IN IWF FORUM [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] __________________ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, Love under will<br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[diablo]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/diablo.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" />

06-27-2002, 12:56 PM	#9
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	It's a strange thing indeed. The best example is possibly a freeway accident. It happens and suddenly all the other cars are slowing down and some of them actually stop, mostly cousing more accidents to happen. I think people somehow want to see blood and once they've seen it they turn away in disgust. Very strange !!! __________________

06-28-2002, 12:17 AM	#10
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 52 Posts: 1,728	I guess people like to be reminded of their mortality. I remeber when I was younger, rented a series of VCR tapes - Faces of death (I think). Very very horrible documentary but at the end of the show, me and my friend reminded ourselves that life is short (in some cases, extremly short) and we should enjoy every second of it. __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

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