Monday, January 11, 2010
Captain Obvious I've noticed that humans have a tendency to state the obvious.You've noticed now? What took you?
Actually, I read about it in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and they do have a point about it. Like, for example, some guy catches fire and someone screams "this man's on fire!". I wonder why we do that.
Perhaps it's to inform those nearby on what has happened. Not everyone could be paying attention, after all.
And the others would roll their eyes and go, "No shit, Sherlock!"
Is that a standard response to stating the obvious?
Pretty much.
Also, I've noticed that every time a group faces an impending danger, someone usually screams "Run!" before everyone else begins fleeing.
Perhaps they're stricken with fear due to seeing the danger, and someone needs to get everyone to wake up their ideas and decide on what to do.
Isn't the instinctive reaction to a threat to run?
Sometimes it takes too long for the body to decide "fight" or "flight", so perhaps someone needs to abridge the process by issuing a command.
This would lead to funny situations and lines, though, like, "Mother, he has killed me."
Well, it actually takes a little time after the killing before the human body stops working...
So people don't die when they're killed?!
Not immediately.
Labels: thoughts
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Posted on 9:14 PM.
