General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[MetaKraken]

I hope my friends (on the PS3 and that they are also from Japan) are all right...

What is wrong with mother nature today...?

[reach-big7]

terrible...God...

[KGB]

Good to hear from you Reach-big. It's a terrible time for your country, my thoughts go out to you all.

[OBH]

Great to see your alright mate.

Over 10,000 people in one area alone are unaccounted for, and the Japanese authorities reported the situation with the reactor as "We don't know what will come of this", which doesn't sound very reassuring at all.

Hope the rest of the world does it's part to help your people.
A truly epic tragedy.

[mic-dk]

It is indeed good to hear from you reach-big.

It is an incredible and terrible sight when our planet shrugs her shoulders. My thoughts too goes out to you and your countrymen.

[Aeroracer]

what happening to our world nowadays.

whats happened in japan is so devasting and upsetting.
2 million people have no water, power stations exploding, all the deaths and shattered lives and familys.i really hope the whole world joins together to help them rebuild there lives



why are we suddenly having all these world scale disasters latley

japan and austrailia this year
pakistan last year
haiti earthquake
indonsia in 2004
its like worlds falling apart.

[reach-big7]

Thank you for your prayer and rescue effort, mates.
I'm crying against my will.

[Oryx Crake]

hang in there reach! at the risk of sounding cheesy and unoriginal, though hopefully that doesn't detract from the statement, my thoughts are with you guys

[MetaKraken]

I'm glad my friends on the PS3 (in Japan, unless you already know) are all right, since I can see them going online, though I'm hoping everyone else is okay too.

[mdhay]

I was devastated when this happened, Sorry to hear it, I hope the Reactor doesn't go any worse. The world doesn't need another Chernobyl.

[Medusa]

I was watching a bunch of the tsunami videos that were posted on BBC at first, and then it really sunk in what I was watching...**** Absolutely heartbreaking.

I can't believe what is posted as the news, it was bad enough to watch Miyagi Prefecture being completely wiped off the map, but then they post a video with sound, you could hear people screaming for God's sake. Why is this sort of thing not edited out. For decency's sake they could at least dub over it. The one video of Minnamisouma, they showed people trying to run away from the water/debris while some on a hilltop are screaming "Hayaku! Hayaku!" (Quickly/hurry) to them. What do these victim's families think, if they are left. Their loved ones are being shown getting killed as news. Over and over again.
What the hell was I doing watching it?

Boxing Day 2004 all over again, but this time in Japan where there is video cameras everywhere, not like Indonesia...

[Aeroracer]

problem i noticed with some these news channels is they way they cash in on human disasters..the worse it is the more they rub there hands together....they make it as dramatic as ever to boost veiwing figures which is all they really care about..sad world that we live in

[Medusa]

Yes nearly every online site is profiting from this also, just look at what pops up on YouTube's main screens, they are making money from ads each time someone watches disaster videos, same with Yahoo, etc on and on...
At least with the legitimate news broadcasters they have the excuse they "need to inform." Yet at the same time they don't draw any limit anymore of what they show as video or photos. If it's news, anything goes. Sick.

[MegaGeeza22]

The times are wrong, it may confuse people who dont live in the uk.

[Nutcase:259]

The times are wrong,

as in the newspaper?

does anyone read a news paper for news? it should simply be called 'paper' or maybe 'paper with some words on it'

[MegaGeeza22]

lol, no the time at the foot of the page... it says GMT+1 when its GMT+0.
its confusing me anyway lol...

[mdhay]

But still, you can#t believe them either.

So tomorrow, there's multiple protests going on, it's annoying how I can't do anything. :/

[Nutcase:259]

just had a Christmas dinner.... in April lololol

Christmas crackers, party hats and all

feels a bit wierd TBH

[MetaKraken]

Today I was recently down in the dumps because of my friends (in the read world) I was thinking. It literally hurts me that after my graduations, me and my friends went separate ways. I miss them.

[SaturnReturn]

Ah yes, having real life friends. I remember those days....they were crap.

Seriously though MK, if you do really get on with and value your friends then make sure to put in the effort to keep in touch with them. Too few people bother these days.