OMG! A New Threat To Our Children!!!

[regnaD kciN]

It's from last month, but I'm surprised no one has commented on it here yet.

Web Delivers New Worry for Parents: Digital Drugs

..and dig that groooooovy picture of the teenage drug fiend!

:eyes:

[jeff30997]

1. Humbug.

"But it doesn't end there. You'll find doses that purportedly mimic the effects of LSD, crack, heroin and other hard drugs. There are also doses of a sexual nature. I even found ones that supposedly simulate heaven and hell."

Gee,what a bunch of idiots.

[XemaSab]

2. I'm sure it's more fun than huffing your own shit

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Drugs/story?id=3834092&page=1

[jeff30997]

3. Barf! Disgusting.

I can picture the DEA doing a body search and arrest someone for possession of illegal shit. :)

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Oh noes!!!!11!! Teh internets is out to get the children!!11!

[mcctatas]

5. My 5 year old autistic son listens to binaural beats as part of

his therapeutic listening therapy. This shit has been around for decades, used to treat all kinds of disorders. And IMHO, it's not all that effective...

[FloridaJudy]

6. "Sir, step out of the car slowly

And keep your hands in sight at all times. Now, breathe into this balloon while I attach these electrodes to your head. Aha! Just as I suspected! You've been driving under the influence of hippie music. You have the right to remain silent..."

This might be an interesting thing to try with meditation, but for actual intoxication? I'll believe it when I see a study in a refereed journal. Sounds like yet another pseudo threat to alarm the parents, as they did with comic books back in the fifties.

[DS1]

7. It's been shown that bad hip hop or techno or any other kind of monotonous beat

puts your brain to sleep. We don't need the web for that.

[FloridaJudy]

10. And bad country music

Lowers your IQ significantly if you listen to it long enough. Note, C&W fans: I said bad country music. Those who enjoy Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, and the Dixie Chicks are off the hook. But you Billy Rae Cyrus fans are doomed.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Not to mention...

...Rush Limbaugh and Fox Noise.

[mainegreen]

8. I honestly don't know what to say.

I'm flabbergasted really.

Flabbergasted by the absurdly ridiculous serious tone of that steaming pile of dump abc news just took on the web.

[regnaD kciN]

12. I'm just waiting...

...for someone to discover the next big threat: binaural beats with backwards-masked Satanic messages! :wow:

[Zuiderelle]

9. Wow, that's really dumb.

[elshiva]

13. WTF? I don't get that at all.

Also, it is written by someone called "Kim Komando." Is this a hoax?

[regnaD kciN]

14. No, sadly...

Although that is undoubtedly a pseudonym, the person in question does write for USAToday and ABC.

It just shows how easily people succumb to their deep fear of technology.

[Wapsie B]

15. If it's the Kim Komando I'm thinking of she's the one with a techie radio show.

She bills herself as the "Digital Goddess," or some such thing.

[OakCliffDem]

16. Opium des Volkes

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. - Karl Marx

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