The sequel to Jisei arrives! A teenager with the ability to relive the death of any corpse he touches finds himself tangled in another murder case when the owner of a high profile corporation dies under mysterious circumstances. This time, however, he's forced to team up with a group of kids with abilities as strange as his own. Unfortunately, these new team mates might be more dangerous than the killer they're hunting.
Internet Myths My girlfriend and I were talking over dinner and she told me something she read on the internet. Because I can't keep my mouth shut I reply, "I think you should Snopes that." A smarter man would, of course, just listen and smile politely, but as we've covered: I am a fool. On the bright side it leads me to a great story that I read on the internet, and this one is possibly true! In 1993 a woman wrote an article concerning how gullible people are to believe anything they read on the internet, citing a number of circulating emails containing many false 'facts.' She then went on to give some examples of other plausible lies and at least one of them ended up doing the exact opposite of her intentions. Rather than getting people to not believe junk emails one of her examples ends up becoming one of the most widely believed internet myths of all time! Classic. The myth: You eat an average of 8 spiders a year while you sleep. (though as a note: my girlfriend said it was 4) Yeah, that's false people. Really? You think that is true? Spiders are poisonous, you'd hear about people dying from that a lot more often if it were true! Sure not every spider is going to kill you, but there are no shortage of ones that will if you eat them. So what are your favorite internet myths? Let's bust em! http://www.amaranthia.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&type=&topic_id=17605&forum=1 PS: For anyone who wants to read the full Snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp Words from The Fool: My grandparents are obsessed with sending me emails containing false stuff. A lot of the success of one of these fake emails hinges on telling a story that we want to believe is true and telling it in a compelling manner. There's no shortage of them that are racist, politically motivated, and focused entirely on our distrust of fellow man. It kinda makes me sick that people are so willing to believe those kinds of emails. No fooling. Unsubscribe from the Amaranth Games Newsletter |
