I had a girlfriend get hit like the SUV that hits the bike. She was in her car with her two small children, both in car seats, and they hit a gas main, much like this car hits the motorcycle. They were suspended upside-down, her husband gets a call from a neighbor and rushes BEHIND THE FIRETRUCK to the scene, to see his whole, young family stuck like this. It was so horrifying for all of them. Her kids were so scared they were awake and uninjured, but they wouldn't respond to her; totally silent. They had to wait for the gas to get shut off before anyone could help them. It was the longest 20 minutes of their lives. They all recovered and the drunk that hit them left the scene. He was later arrested, still drunk. Her husband, however, fell to pieces afterwards. He doesn't laugh or joke around nearly as much. Her kids didn't sleep in their own beds again for a year. I know it's a terrible story, but when I watch this crash, it's all I can think of. I'm just glad they all survived.
So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p <==edited to add the correct link Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked
I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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They had to wait for the gas to get shut off before anyone could help them. It was the longest 20 minutes of their lives.
They all recovered and the drunk that hit them left the scene. He was later arrested, still drunk.
Her husband, however, fell to pieces afterwards. He doesn't laugh or joke around nearly as much. Her kids didn't sleep in their own beds again for a year.
I know it's a terrible story, but when I watch this crash, it's all I can think of. I'm just glad they all survived.