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2004-12-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Moonbat alert: 'Cosmic' bakery's phone mast fear.

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Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-23 17:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Someone's been toking, I see.

Posted by Korora 2004-12-23 12:20:16 AM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-12-23 12:20:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Conspiracy theories go in cycles. The "evil microwave" claim was red-hot in the mid-80s, when it made its way into the MSM and a reporter for ~~Penthouse Moonbat~~ Omni magazine claimed that her life had been threatened for investigating the sinister emissions.
It went into abeyance when cell phones became a required accessory for media conformists*, but appears set for a revival now that the devices are almost universal.
Jan Brunvand, the folklorist who coined the term "urban legend," once noted that urban legends and allied phenomena, such as conspiracy theories, have a characteristic frequency of repetition. The "50 mpg carburetor," for example, swept the country every 3 years and 4 months without fail for almost 60 years. Other claims have different frequencies, that of the "Waldorf red cake" being over seven years.
This was true only so long as word of mouth was the chief vector. The Frequency of recurrence characteristic is almost obsolete, now that even the most bizarre ideas are kept current on the internet.

*Media elitist preferences and fads, or phenomena perceived as such, are almost never targeted by conspiracy theories.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-23 12:26:05 AM|| 2004-12-23 12:26:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 There's been a lot of negative effects from Eternal September.

You also have to take into account that as long as certain comspiracy theories fit a larger pattern, there are entire electronic networks devoted to their dissemination... like the late-night conspiracy radio shows.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-12-23 12:55:22 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-12-23 12:55:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd have to quibble about the "moonbat" description. More like the "Tin-Foil Hat Brigade" I think...

Posted by mojo 2004-12-23 1:19:24 AM|| 2004-12-23 1:19:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sheesh. Amateurs. All they gotta do is build a pyramid frame to cover the building - those waves'll bounce right off - and the bonus is the bread will rise higher and faster, Mrs Greenfield's cheeks will be rosier, all the wymyns there will have bigger boobs, and all the myns will have, uh, um, tighter buns and a much gooder time. Of course, there effect is the when you long stay too under the pyramid's influence, your English skills suffer, they do. Yes. I've happen seen it.

Posted by .com 2004-12-23 1:43:09 AM|| 2004-12-23 1:43:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Well if they are nervous there is a device know as a "Faraday cage"the can live in. I found this funny just so funny.

The higher power phones that used to be common made me nervous (5 watts) The current phone output in miliwatts and vary power to only that which is needed. But I was taught years ago to not look into wave guides At high power and up close Microwaves are dangerous to soft tissue. But phones can't output in this power range. Very little to see here, move along.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-23 2:45:29 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-23 2:45:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 A friend of one of my uncles had one of those 100 mpg carburetors, evidently Pacific Gas & Electric bought the patent seeing 125 mpg automobiles has a threat to its near monopoly on urban transportation. General Motors then bought out PG&E to own the secret of the 150 mpg carburetor, but GM found that the patent earlier had been sold to Brown & Root. :(

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-23 6:36:25 AM|| 2004-12-23 6:36:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 ...when you long stay too under the pyramid's influence, your English skills suffer, they do. Yes. I've happen seen it.

You still in Vegas, .com? Been hanging out at Luxor, have you?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-12-23 11:44:16 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-12-23 11:44:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Angie - I can see the beacon from my balcony, heh. That sucker's so big I think the effects radiate for some distance... well, that's my excuse,anyway. ;-)

Posted by .com 2004-12-23 3:22:01 PM|| 2004-12-23 3:22:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks .com, now we know what happened to Mucky's English skills!)

Posted by Spot 2004-12-23 4:14:44 PM|| 2004-12-23 4:14:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Spot - Frequent visitor, perhaps? Must be another one in Texas where our guy lives... bigger, of course, but missing the glitz, which the Texans would eschew, anyway... ;-)

Posted by .com 2004-12-23 4:33:29 PM|| 2004-12-23 4:33:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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