Posted: 9/26/2005 2:07:57 PM EDT
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for a post whose entire useful content is contained in the title, such as "Al Jolson, star of "The Jazz Singer," dead at age 137," to get hundreds of views? What the hell are people expecting to learn from clicking the thread? You already know that: 1. Somebody died; 2. It was Al Jolson; 3. He starred in "The Jazz Singer;" 4. He was 137 years old. Seriously, WTF? 
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With all the sadness and disasterous events going on in our world today, it is worth reflecting on the life of a very important person who recently died. In the light of the hurricanes and war, his passing almost went unnoticed. until burial time. Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93 last week. The traumatic time for his family began when he was being put in the coffin. They put his left leg in ....................and then the trouble started. 
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... because maybe the story inside contains hilarious details - like he drowned in a vat of jello while having sex with a nubile 18 year-old porn star. Or, alternatively, someone like me might click on that post, just to learn whoever the hell Al Jolson is/was. |
(at Gunner1x)
I am surprised at your post. I always assumed that if a person was involved with cheese or wooden shoes, you'd already know the details, and he wasn't involved with cheese or wooden shoes, you wouldn't care. Apparently you are much more intellectual and sensitive than I had ever imagined. |
Ouch   Meanwhile, there are already over 40 views of my thread which clearly states in the title that there is nothing inside it. 
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It's up to 70 now, but is clearly petering out. (It had over 40 views in about a minute, I believe) |
Has this psychology experiment been approved by your ethics committee? SBG |
Hell, UNL would have had my balls if I would have asked someone their name without approval.  SBG ETA -- Now at 125+
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Actually, if I were REALLY collecting data off ar15.com, I probably would need human subjects approval, although since it's sort of a "public" behavior kind of place, it's not clear what kind of consent I would need. Luckily, because our human subjects committee also deals with the medical school (and we've got one of the really big ones in the country), they are really laid back about behavior research, and barely even care about survey research - because they often are reviewing experiments that DO involve injecting stuffinto people and drastic things like that. ... sorry about the nerd-jack, FLAL1A
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As it so happens I just passed my university's certification process for being on the Institutional Review Board for human subjects research. If you just watch the threads and posts, then thats just observing public behavior and its exempt from IRB review. If you ask innocuous questions that pose minimal risk to participants, then you qualify for an expedited review by one committee member. I love my job. |