Woman Sues Over NYC Pipe Explosion

[Spitfire]

http://www.comcast.net/news/national...24/722212.html

I read this and it made me want to find that women and slap the crap out of her. I'm sick of these sue happy people who act like 5 year olds to get money out of the government and major corporations. They fake injuries, fake finding fingers in their food, and pull stunts like this.

Want to know a good way to make money? Get a job, if you have time to pretend a pipe exploding reminds you of 9/11 you have time to call a few places and apply.

This place will be the end of my sanity.

EDIT: You know what I want to change this topic title to why I hate people, I just remembered that moron over in Europe who had metal diagnosed as a disorder.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

http://www.comcast.net/news/national...24/722212.html

I read this and it made me want to find that women and slap the crap out of her. I'm sick of these sue happy people who act like 5 year olds to get money out of the government and major corporations. They fake injuries, fake finding fingers in their food, and pull stunts like this.

Want to know a good way to make money? Get a job, if you have time to pretend a pipe exploding reminds you of 9/11 you have time to call a few places and apply.

This place will be the end of my sanity.

EDIT: You know what I want to change this topic title to why I hate people, I just remembered that moron over in Europe who had metal diagnosed as a disorder.

I agree that she's being a little irrational, but so are you. It seems like you need to learn irrationality, ignorance, and stupidity are EVERYWHERE, not just here.

And I also don't see the point in this thread, as I can see it getting locked soon.

Edit: I made this post before your edit so......yeah.

[Barkworm]

I changed the thread title.

[Spitfire]

Thank you BW.

Yeah I know I get steamed about it sometimes. I don't run around calling people idiots and i know their all over I just wish there was more news report that prove mankind isn't doomed to stupidity and less about this kind of crap. Most of our headlines are celebrity gossip.

[Cure]

Well, have you heard about the chihuahua that saved a baby from a rattlesnake?!?!?!?!?!

[Dr. Doom]

Dude, that's awesome. I love dogs.

[Mecha Cow]

Man, stop complaining about 'stupid people' already. You remind me of myself...at age 13.

[Katie]

See, the way I see it, people like to see stories about stupid people because it makes us feel less stupid....am I right?

It's like watching a soap opera. Those things are full of stupid people who make the worst possible choices you can imagine (if I sleep with my wife's twin who will it really hurt, right? That evil rich guy is OBVIOUSLY out to destroy someone, but hey, he's my father, he wouldn't do something bad to me, right?).....yeah, watch a couple of episodes of fake people ruining their fake lives and all the stupid choices you made in your life suddenly don't seem so bad in comparison.

Reporters give us stories abour REAL LIFE people who do stupid things (oh!! I bet if I cut the finger off my dead aunt at her funeral and put it in my chili, I could get money from Wendy's!!! Oh wow, was that a good night of drinking, I think I'll drive home now....whoops! The cops....let me say some stupid stuff about Jewish people and call the female cop sugar t*ts...no one will know the difference)

moral of the story: as long as people in the world like to feel better about themselves and their life journey.....there will be reporters willing to bring us stories of people who do silly things.


(and sombody died of a heart attack when that pipe burst.....you bet I'd be upset if I were that person's family)

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

Man, stop complaining about 'stupid people' already. You remind me of myself...at age 13.

Except at age 13 your one of them, you just don't know it yet.

Yeah I'm setting myself up there.

I've been on this planet just over 19 years now and in my span I've been surrounded by these people. Their not just a danger to themselves but to others as well.

I almost got in a car accident once because my friends idiot girlfriend swerved into the next lane cutting some guy off because somebody threw a cigarette out the window and she thought it would fly up under her hood and cause her engine to explode.

So with people who drive like that I can't really drive anywhere without it being nerve racking.

A little gang we have around here beat the **** out of my friend because "His shoes were messed up" I can hold my own in a fight but when there's 10 people there's not much you can do.

A house not to far from mine caught on fire because someone got really high and passed out, some how the house caught on fire and burned to the ground. Half the house next to it caught on fire as well. Had the firefighters not gotten there when they did my house could have burned down too.

I don't just hate idiots because their idiots. I hate idiots because they make life dangerous and harder for me. This idiot is going to be taking her money from the city so basically shes making all the people that live there pay her when their taxes are higher. Now she's hurt tons of people so she can have more money.

Does it make sense now?

[Mecha Cow]

Except at age 13 your one of them, you just don't know it yet.

You're also still an idiot at 19, the only difference is that you should be mature enough to realise your strengths and flaws and actively try to better yourself (This isn't a stab at you; we're the same age). An I-Am-Smarter-Than-Others attitude doesn't solve anything, even when it is justified.

There's stupid people everywhere, you just need to deal with it. Getting angry at everything is a waste of time. There's also plenty of people that aren't idiots, you just don't hear about them as often in the news.

[KROW]

You're stupid, I'm stupid, we're all stupid. Even a rocket scientist can't fix a toilet sometimes. So, Godspeed, Koombaya, and sh*t or get off the pot.

But since we're on the subject of 9/11 (kind of), I would love to know where the Emergency Broadcast System was through the whole thing. What the hell... All our favorite television programs get interrupted by the damn thing to let us know that the system is working in proper order just in case an actual emergency should ever arise, then we get one in NYC and what happens? Not a thing. I guess that means that TV won't help you with everything. So if you see smoke, grab a coat and duck out the back window.

[Blithe]

That's weird, KROW. All the stations immediately began covering it in my area. I would've figured since you're just upstate the same thing would have happened.

My boyfriend and I drove by the site the other day. They aren't letting anyone onto the street, but even from the car we could see a heck of alot of debris and the rim of the crater. Just hope the poor guy whose truck got swallowed by that thing recovers. Think he has 3rd degree burns over 80% of his body. Horrible!

[Cure]

Originally Posted by KROW

You're stupid, I'm stupid, we're all stupid. Even a rocket scientist can't fix a toilet sometimes. So, Godspeed, Koombaya, and sh*t or get off the pot.

But since we're on the subject of 9/11 (kind of), I would love to know where the Emergency Broadcast System was through the whole thing. What the hell... All our favorite television programs get interrupted by the damn thing to let us know that the system is working in proper order just in case an actual emergency should ever arise, then we get one in NYC and what happens? Not a thing. I guess that means that TV won't help you with everything. So if you see smoke, grab a coat and duck out the back window.

Yeah, I have no idea what you're talking about because even Cartoon Network started broadcasting news on the attacks. Every channel was except the premium channels like HBO if I recall correctly.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I do have times where I am in Philly and New York a good bit and I have to say Ground Zero is hard to see and think about all those poor people
If the memory is soo painful and an accident like a pipe bursts that just happen sometimes freak you out so bad NY may not be the best place to stay. I know I wonder and worry sometimes something could happen especially when I am in Penn station or near a landmark but that is something you just have to live with. Usually I do feel pretty safe.
I can't imagine how that person feels but I doubt she is going to win a suit over something like that.

I know people can be infuriating and hard to understand Spit. I just hope that she is really acting on past pain and not just wanting to win some money in a lawsuit

[Spitfire]

You missed my point completely I give up.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Blithe

That's weird, KROW. All the stations immediately began covering it in my area. I would've figured since you're just upstate the same thing would have happened.

Yeah, it is. The EBS didn't do anything, even though the radio stations were covering the whole story 24/7.

Originally Posted by TheCure

Yeah, I have no idea what you're talking about because even Cartoon Network started broadcasting news on the attacks. Every channel was except the premium channels like HBO if I recall correctly.

Well, I was at work when it happened, so all I got was radio news. Though when I talked to my relatives they said that the TV was boggled with the event, but not once did any of them hear anything from the EBS.