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offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-02-01 11:50 [#02042840]
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in 5 minutes, at 5 to 8 pm, i and hopefully a ton of other
people will turn off all lights, so that our planet may rest
for 5 short minutes.

This is not my initiative and i cannot be arsed to find a
link in english which explains the whole project, but it
would make me very happy if you'd all contribute. Just 5
minutes, at 7:55pm your time.

Cheers.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2007-02-01 11:55 [#02042842]
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RUHE! RUHE BITTE!

yeah it's already 5 to 7 here. can't see me convincing the
people i live with that this is a good idea.

the lights around the house are usually left on overnight,
as are electric heaters, for the one reason that "we don't
have to pay the bill" :(


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2007-02-01 12:48 [#02042884]
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Thats sucked.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2007-02-01 12:53 [#02042887]
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Fuck off. The Simpsons are on and there are only four
episodes on today and I'm not watching it in the dark like a
fucking poor person.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2007-02-01 12:54 [#02042889]
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My heating is turned up so high I have to run my air
conditioning unit 24 hours a day :(


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-02-01 14:09 [#02042931]
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water heating is where it's at bitches!


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-02-01 14:21 [#02042948]
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that was immense.


 

offline shady from chicago (United States) on 2007-02-01 14:24 [#02042951]
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screw this, my power has been lost in to many storms thsi
year. ive spent at least a week in the dark all together
damnit.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2007-02-01 14:27 [#02042960]
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Was this a worldwide 5mins of simultanious zechs thing, or
what?


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-02-01 14:30 [#02042966]
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what if turning your lights off would make the storms less
severe?


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-02-01 14:31 [#02042968]
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excellent point.


 

offline shady from chicago (United States) on 2007-02-01 14:34 [#02042970]
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good point, but theres no storm right now, just fucking
freazing.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-02-01 14:40 [#02042977]
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so you're going to wait until the storm hits again and turn
your lights off then?


 

offline shady from chicago (United States) on 2007-02-01 14:43 [#02042979]
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the power goes out in a lot of storms here, i dont turn them
off myself.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-02-01 14:46 [#02042980]
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I was actually trying to write a.. what's it called? It's
like an article that you can send to newspapers, and it's
not called an article..

Anyway, a psychologist here in Norway had done some research
and found out that in order to make people do something
about anything, you had to kind of inform them of the
consequences of not doing anything and at the same time
avoid a "moralising" (the word usually has a negative
connotation in Norwegian for some reason) tone 'cause that
turned people off. I was trying to write something about how
people tend to pick and choose what they see as good advice,
a warning and a moralizing statement, all depending on how
good they like the advice they're getting: if you warn them
not to step backwards 'cause then they'll fall off a ledge,
they're happy to hear it, but if you, with the same
intention (warning), tell them to ride a bike to work
instead of driving, they get pissed because you're pointing
a finger at them and being moralizing.

However, I'm having trouble writing it in a way where it
isn't as obvious that I hate most people.


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2007-02-01 14:51 [#02042983]
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it's 10:50pm my local time and i just noticed this thread.

sorry J.....but i'm gonna turn all my lights off in about an
hour, so....cheers indeed

!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-02-01 14:51 [#02042984]
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I meant that more in a

"why wait until disaster strikes again?"

kind of way


 

offline shady from chicago (United States) on 2007-02-01 14:51 [#02042985]
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i usually dont use much of my lights anyway. i use the light
that i need in the room iam in, any other lights are turned
off, as well as any other things that need electricity.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-01 16:28 [#02043083]
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just use electricity normally. if someone else turns their
lights off, someone else will balance out the goodness y
turning their on.l theres no point. progress towards
renewable energy will ony happen when the poil actually runs
out, its inevitable in out modern capitalist owrld etc


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-02-03 08:05 [#02044163]
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what a load of cock. i stood watching the city on someones
roof, nothing happened. i feel bullshitted.


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-02-04 12:12 [#02044992]
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happy 16000 points day.

shame you have to celebrate it in a country full of idiots.
I say FUCK YOU to the Netherlands for pulling this shit.

I'm ashamed.


 


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