Reno race crash in front of grandstands

Boris Badenov said:
Bizzarely (if you know how poor a pilot I really am and the sorts with whom I consort), I've never known anyone very well who's biffed it. So I defer to those who know how that feels. That said, if I ever dig a big smoking hole in the ground, feel free to broadcast it far and wide. From my perspective, the worst thing that could possibly happen is that someone learns something (always dangerous). I do require that you make Flapper Girl give a tearful rendition of "you were the best thing that ever happened to me" over my smoking grave, and that Waco swear never to vote for "the lesser of two weavils" again. Oh, and Dough must lead the polity in a mass-reading of "High Flight" whilst spreading rose petals. Is that too much to ask?
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Only if I get the trooper. And we need some type of fire arm salute.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Bizzarely (if you know how poor a pilot I really am and the sorts with whom I consort), I've never known anyone very well who's biffed it. So I defer to those who know how that feels. That said, if I ever dig a big smoking hole in the ground, feel free to broadcast it far and wide. From my perspective, the worst thing that could possibly happen is that someone learns something (always dangerous). I do require that you make Flapper Girl give a tearful rendition of "you were the best thing that ever happened to me" over my smoking grave, and that Waco swear never to vote for "the lesser of two weavils" again. Oh, and Dough must lead the polity in a mass-reading of "High Flight" whilst spreading rose petals. Is that too much to ask?
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Sweet. If you do something on the "Let's 410 it!" level of stupid, are we free to call you stupid without being persecuted by the "it wasn't his fault!" police?
 
Boris Badenov said:
Bizzarely (if you know how poor a pilot I really am and the sorts with whom I consort), I've never known anyone very well who's biffed it. So I defer to those who know how that feels. That said, if I ever dig a big smoking hole in the ground, feel free to broadcast it far and wide. From my perspective, the worst thing that could possibly happen is that someone learns something (always dangerous). I do require that you make Flapper Girl give a tearful rendition of "you were the best thing that ever happened to me" over my smoking grave, and that Waco swear never to vote for "the lesser of two weavils" again. Oh, and Dough must lead the polity in a mass-reading of "High Flight" whilst spreading rose petals. Is that too much to ask?
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So what do I do with all these white doves??

Also it might not be YouTube taking vids down. If some one makes a copyright claim, they take it down and sort it out later. It happened a couple weeks ago. Couldn't get to my fav Beibs vids.
 
BigWaveDave said:
I use you tube to find backing tracks for practicing scales and guitar solos. Even those videos have horrible comments. The interwebz gives people a strange outlet to blurt out whatever comes to mind. Normally I'm certain these people may be thinking that something horrible but they would never say it "in public".
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Anonymity, or at least the false promise of such, is 90% of the problem when it comes to vitriolic attitudes.

If I could reset forums, social media, et al, there would be no pseudonyms. If one is afraid to say it with their real name, why say it at all because eventually, it absolutely will get tracked back to you anyway no matter how hard one tries.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Anonymity, or at least the false promise of such, is 90% of the problem when it comes to vitriolic attitudes.If I could reset forums, social media, et al, there would be no pseudonyms. If one is afraid to say it with their real name, why say it at all because eventually, it absolutely will get tracked back to you anyway no matter how hard one tries.
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I am vitriolic in person.
 
ShortOne said you were a sweetheart. I'm not even buying your shtick! :)
 
BigWaveDave said:
I use you tube to find backing tracks for practicing scales and guitar solos. Even those videos have horrible comments. The interwebz gives people a strange outlet to blurt out whatever comes to mind. Normally I'm certain these people may be thinking that something horrible but they would never say it "in public".
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That, and generally the dumbest people seem to be the most vocal. There's a car website I used to love going on, the caliber of commenters was pretty high, and the funny comments were really the main reason I visited the site. Now it's just degraded into basically the same thing as YouTube comments. The dumbing down continues...
 
Doug Taylor said:
ShortOne said you were a sweetheart. I'm not even buying your shtick! :)
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I was sweet to ShortOne. I felt bad because she's stuck in a marriage with Train. I'd have been vitriolic otherwise. I was vitriolic with Train and with Zap.I will say this, in the theme of the thread:These people that got zapped are just like us. If anyone had given us free tickets to Reno ALL of us probably would have jumped at the chance - and why not. A one of a kind sporting event that is exciting. Then blammo, they are identifying people through DNA they can sponge up. The lesson here is this - a thing as small as a trim-tab can irrevocably change the course of many, many lives randomly. If there is something you want to do - do it. If there is something you want to experience, do it. If there is a girl you want to know...but are afraid she might reject you...go for it. If there is something in your past you are regretting, or fretting about, or constantly re-living and beating yourself up over...stop it. Your life is incredibly fragile and can be snuffed out in a moments notice by a small piece leaving an airplane - so don't waste time. That is the best memorial you can give the people that died in this tragedy - don't waste time, and don't be mediocre.
 
JordanD said:
That, and generally the dumbest people seem to be the most vocal. There's a car website I used to love going on, the caliber of commenters was pretty high, and the funny comments were really the main reason I visited the site. Now it's just degraded into basically the same thing as YouTube comments. The dumbing down continues...
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Check out the Arizona Republic website on any article then read the "comments" section.

I fear for not only our future, but our present.
 
This bears repeating...
WacoFan said:
I will say this, in the theme of the thread:These people that got zapped are just like us. If anyone had given us free tickets to Reno ALL of us probably would have jumped at the chance - and why not. A one of a kind sporting event that is exciting. Then blammo, they are identifying people through DNA they can sponge up. The lesson here is this - a thing as small as a trim-tab can irrevocably change the course of many, many lives randomly. If there is something you want to do - do it. If there is something you want to experience, do it. If there is a girl you want to know...but are afraid she might reject you...go for it. If there is something in your past you are regretting, or fretting about, or constantly re-living and beating yourself up over...stop it. Your life is incredibly fragile and can be snuffed out in a moments notice by a small piece leaving an airplane - so don't waste time. That is the best memorial you can give the people that died in this tragedy - don't waste time, and don't be mediocre.
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WacoFan said:
I was sweet to ShortOne. I felt bad because she's stuck in a marriage with Train. I'd have been vitriolic otherwise. I was vitriolic with Train and with Zap.I will say this, in the theme of the thread:These people that got zapped are just like us. If anyone had given us free tickets to Reno ALL of us probably would have jumped at the chance - and why not. A one of a kind sporting event that is exciting. Then blammo, they are identifying people through DNA they can sponge up. The lesson here is this - a thing as small as a trim-tab can irrevocably change the course of many, many lives randomly. If there is something you want to do - do it. If there is something you want to experience, do it. If there is a girl you want to know...but are afraid she might reject you...go for it. If there is something in your past you are regretting, or fretting about, or constantly re-living and beating yourself up over...stop it. Your life is incredibly fragile and can be snuffed out in a moments notice by a small piece leaving an airplane - so don't waste time. That is the best memorial you can give the people that died in this tragedy - don't waste time, and don't be mediocre.
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Very well said indeed sir.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Bizzarely (if you know how poor a pilot I really am and the sorts with whom I consort), I've never known anyone very well who's biffed it. So I defer to those who know how that feels. That said, if I ever dig a big smoking hole in the ground, feel free to broadcast it far and wide. From my perspective, the worst thing that could possibly happen is that someone learns something (always dangerous). I do require that you make Flapper Girl give a tearful rendition of "you were the best thing that ever happened to me" over my smoking grave, and that Waco swear never to vote for "the lesser of two weavils" again. Oh, and Dough must lead the polity in a mass-reading of "High Flight" whilst spreading rose petals. Is that too much to ask?
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Hell, where's the open bar??? Or at least a keg of High Life...
 
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