Student Arrested for Clock 'Bomb'

[Bison]

Noted.

[mirth]

Look at it from my perspective. I agree with you and Bill Maher. Reality is crashing down around me.

[JasonPratt]

^^ Crashing down around you like A BUNCH OF CLOCKS!

>:D

[LongBlade]

In the opening hours of the incident, it was spun to sound like a kid who had invented a homemade clock. There was nothing reported at the time indicating his intent was to create a hoax bomb. In the following days, lots of information came to light that points to that being exactly his intent. I bit on the early spin. I was wrong.

I am in the same boat. Initially I was quite critical of how the authorities handled the situation. However, as soon as further information came to light I, too, changed my opinion.

There's nothing wrong with reaching a conclusion based on facts, only to find out later additional facts contradict the first conclusion. The trick is to be wise enough to change your opinion.

[mirth]

I'm not sure what caused me to think the media would get the story right from the start. I feel so naive and foolish 

[Bison]

I just assume the media is always only telling 1/4 of the story based on fact and 3/4 based on some political interpretation.  And it doesn't matter the news source they all seem to do the same just depends on the slant they espouse.  Even a story about a wildfire, which should seem simple enough to tell objectively, is reported in the same manner.

[mirth]

I just assume the media is always only telling 1/4 of the story based on fact and 3/4 based on some political interpretation.  And it doesn't matter the news source they all seem to do the same just depends on the slant they espouse.  Even a story about a wildfire, which should seem simple enough to tell objectively, is reported in the same manner.

I'm usually extremely sceptical of the media. I just let myself get snookered this time.

[Bison]

It happens to all of us.  Especially if the story strikes a nerve.  I can get pretty bent out of shape about school news to the point I've had to stop reading articles about school lunch programs. 

[Sir Slash]

The reason nobody at the school recognized it as a clock is none of them know how to tell time anymore. "How can it be 8:20 when there's not even a 20 on the clock"?

[mirth]

Most teachers know when it's 4:20.

[bayonetbrant]

Most teachers know when it's 4:20.

yeah, the kids tell them ;)

[Nefaro]

Most teachers know when it's 4:20.

I learned this to be true more often than I had originally expected, before getting to know some public school teachers.  ;D

[mirth]

Most teachers know when it's 4:20.

I learned this to be true more often than I had originally expected, before getting to know some public school teachers.  ;D

I've known many teachers over the years. It was said only as a half jest ;)

[Nefaro]

Most teachers know when it's 4:20.

I learned this to be true more often than I had originally expected, before getting to know some public school teachers.  ;D

I've known many teachers over the years. It was said only as a half jest ;)

Which means it's approximately half-true.  *wink wink nod nod*

[bayonetbrant]

OK, so *this* meme made me laugh