Althouse: "A woman's bloodcurdling screams as an iceberg collapsed near her boat has seriously split web opinion."

July 28, 2014

"A woman's bloodcurdling screams as an iceberg collapsed near her boat has seriously split web opinion."

The "Run, Rick, go - GO!" viral video.

11 comments:

Fernandinande said...: "A woman's bloodcurdling screams as an iceberg collapsed near her boat has seriously split web opinion."

My blood didn't curdle, and, no, it hasn't seriously anything. Just another phony headline.

Cool iceberg though, ha ha.; 7/28/14, 8:47 AM
George M. Spencer said...: Americans get hysterical if the WiFi won't work.

There's an OpEd piece in Saturday's WSJ about Gen. Grant's 1864 order to turn the Shenandoah Valley into a "desert."

Gen. Sheridan's troops went in blackening the sky for 100 miles burning everything, telling his men to leave everything a "barren waste." Newspapers reported hundreds fleeing, starving. In 1865, an English visitor found the area empty, and its population fell 11 percent.

The editorial also quotes Sherman in 1864 saying that in the South "there is a class of people--men, women, and children--who must be killed or banished before you can hope for peace and order."

We have no memory as Americans of things that people really once screamed about. It's part of the reason voter turn out is so low, re: your post yesterday, Professor.

Complacency.; 7/28/14, 9:17 AM
Conserve Liberty said...: A reasonable response.

What we don't know from the video alone is the background - who else was in the boat, why was it there, had other 'bergs recently collapsed and and was there consensus about the entire situation?; 7/28/14, 9:46 AM
Oso Negro said...: Ok by me. I would rather have a screamer than one who watches with a bovine placidity while the boat is swamped.; 7/28/14, 10:09 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Fuck that - I'm with her - who knows what a wave like that could do? You'd sit and wait to see if it capsizes you - without the required experience?

That's a fool's move.

Yes, she over-reacted, but better safe than sorry:

Go, Rick, GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!; 7/28/14, 10:11 AM
YoungHegelian said...: I watched the video. That wasn't an over-reaction by the woman. It just sounds loud because she's right next to the microphone, and she's got to scream because 1) she's facing AWAY from Rick, and 2) there may be other ambient noise sources between her & Rick that she's got to overcome.

Is she scared? Yes, but she has damn good reason to be scared with a tidal wave like that coming towards them (ending up in cold water even with a life jacket is a dangerous proposition).

And, who knows? Maybe Rick is kinda thick & slow moving & needs a good kick in the pants....; 7/28/14, 11:01 AM
Mrs Whatsit said...: My bloodcurdling screams in reaction to journalistic inability to master the third-grade basics of subject/verb agreement have (not "has," for crying out loud, and it isn't exactly rocket science) seriously split opinions in my office as to the advisability of working within earshot of me.

I feel, however, that fair warning of this clear and present danger to the English language is in order.; 7/28/14, 11:15 AM
paul a'barge said...: Never get into a boat with a hamster.; 7/28/14, 12:51 PM
Sam L. said...: More click-bait!; 7/28/14, 1:45 PM
The Godfather said...: My impression from the video is that Rick was a little slow in getting the boat moving. Given a choice between a possible overreaction and a possible undereaction to a life-threatening situation, I'd choose over, wouldn't you?; 7/28/14, 2:29 PM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: She reacted very quickly. The safe thing to do was to leave. She made a split second decision and acted on it. That's not panic.; 7/28/14, 2:37 PM