You can´t handle the truth!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I was watching Men in Black when they go through the whole "we must keep everything under wraps because mankind couldn´t handle the truth if they found out this and that".
And it got me thinking...
Are we really THAT fragile?
Do you honestly think society would break apart if some hidden dark truth was revealed overnight?

I´d like to think we´re a bit more resilient than that.
That if we suddenly realised there´s alien refugees from planet Qkerxahtm IV living among us, our first reaction would be "are they paying taxes?" or "is there any health issue worth addressing?" instead of "ZOMG! It! Cannot1 Be! My perception of realitty has been shattered. Destroyed!"

And I don´t even believe there´s inteligent alien lifeforms out there.
Yet.

I´d like to think that life would go on if one day we woke up and the world en masse realised religion is one big fat lie.
Or that Paris Hilton is actualy God.
Or that atoms are actualy made of bubble wrap which is actualy made of caramel.
Or that we reincarnate as dolphins.
Or that ... or that...


Or am I completely off here?

[section 8]

Are we really THAT fragile?
Do you honestly think society would break apart if some hidden dark truth was revealed overnight?


Firearms sales sky-rocketed the minute Obama was elected President

you tell me.

[bringthenoise]

Section 8 pretty much covered it. As the film itself says, a person is smart, PEOPLE are stupid.

[Charles RB]

During the 1940s, people of Britain managed to adjust and live their lives during nightly bomb raids, with the threat of invasion from Germany, and the constant loss of colonies and positions in the East deemed unconquerable. We're not the only country to have been in a terrifying and humiliating situation of that nature.

I don't get why "oh shit, hostile aliens/monsters!" wouldn't be something we could handle and adjust to. It's just something made up to make writer's jobs easier.

The thing that annoys me? The Buffyverse uses the "people ignore it out of FEAR!" excuse for people not noticing demons... but only half the time. The other half, bar owners, street gangs, shopkeepers, lawyers, businessmen, students, tourists, criminals and school faculty have adjusted to it and carry on as normal. So clearly it's not that big a deal really.

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Firearms sales sky-rocketed the minute Obama was elected President

you tell me.

I'm guessing that was because they thought 'Oh my God! He's gonna pass Gun Control! Better buy while I still can!' rather than 'oh my God, Black President! Let's raise an army!'

[section 8]

I'm guessing that was because they thought 'Oh my God! He's gonna pass Gun Control! Better buy while I still can!' rather than 'oh my God, Black President! Let's raise an army!'

I find either one to be alarmist and I'm a member of the NRA!!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I think if it ever was revealed we killed a bunch of aliens outta being stupied or things could be worse on Earth ...etc etc. Its kept hidden as Section 8 points out. Just the hint that Obama is gonna take away people's guns have had 1 man flip out and kill a bunch of cops over that reason. Others are rushing to buy guns for that.

Imagine if the President annouced something really scary as shit about aliens. And imagine the reaction the entire world would have. Those who are mentally un-stable. :wink:

[GozertheGozarian]

I'm guessing that was because they thought 'Oh my God! He's gonna pass Gun Control! Better buy while I still can!' rather than 'oh my God, Black President! Let's raise an army!'
I've heard both. Seriously fucked up.

[Charles RB]

Imagine if the President annouced something really scary as shit about aliens. And imagine the reaction the entire world would have.

Well, McDonalds, Starbucks, Virgin, Apple etc would react by going "POTENTIAL NEW MARKET!" and masturbate.

[Gadget3440]

Well, McDonalds, Starbucks, Virgin, Apple etc would react by going "POTENTIAL NEW MARKET!" and masturbate.

The trekkie in me would be overjoyed at the prospect of being able to emulate Captain Kirk and Ryker.

[Charles RB]

We'd probably end up emulating Dave Lister and Arnold Rimmer really. :frown:

[Gadget3440]

We'd probably end up emulating Dave Lister and Arnold Rimmer really. :frown:


Major:frown: I really don't want to end up being my own father. Can't I end up getting it on with a three breasted dame from Mars instead?

[Pink Bat Maxine]

What I want to know is why, in the future, doorknob technology is lost forcing everyone to install doors that open and shut themselves.

[worstblogever]

Or that Paris Hilton is actualy God.


Great, now I have alternate lyrics to the Joan Osborne song...

"If God had panties? Would she even wear them?
And would she tape herself shagging...
so it would leak to the 'web..."

[mgs]

I was watching Men in Black when they go through the whole "we must keep everything under wraps because mankind couldn´t handle the truth if they found out this and that".
And it got me thinking...
Are we really THAT fragile?
Do you honestly think society would break apart if some hidden dark truth was revealed overnight?

I´d like to think we´re a bit more resilient than that.
Don't tell me that if one day, you were 'awake' to the fact that we were, in fact, living batteries for the Matrix robots that wouldn't freak you out a little? :wink:

And yes, humankind, as a whole, are like scared skittish cattle that jump at things that unnerve them.

[Flying Saucers Over Oz]

Then there's that whole Orson Wells' 'War of the Worlds' thing, which was apparently exaggerated a bit...

[Tommy]

In the 1500's Europeans discovered two entirely new continents, filled with radically different people, none of whom where mentioned in the bible.

Of the many things they did, loose their shit was not one of them.

[Charles RB]

In the 1500's Europeans discovered two entirely new continents, filled with radically different people, none of whom where mentioned in the bible.

Of the many things they did, loose their shit was not one of them.

Though the natives did lose their shit at swordpoint. :frown:

[Tommy]

Though the natives did lose their shit at swordpoint. :frown:

Yep. Sad isn't it? But the discovery of the New World was as huge an event and the news spread as rapidly as anything that could happen today. So I think if rather than freaking out and committing mass suicide they saw "Gold, Glory, and God," we can assume people would do the same.

[Charles RB]

Hell, I remember there were people annoyed about transport delays on July 7 2005, when the delays were due to an actual terrorist attack and worry of another.

On the same day it happened, people were working around it to get on with shit.

Why couldn't we do that for aliens? Most of the ones in Men In Black just want to live her and drives taxis anyway.