British TV Show 'Blackout' Triggers Online LOLs 222
judgecorp writes "Britain's Channel 4 screened Blackout, a drama about a cyber-attack which crashes the national power grid. The show was silly enough, with a strong message about the dangers of lighting candles in such a situation, but the Twitter responses were even better. The show terrified some viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid."
Kind of reminds me of a story... (Score:5, Funny)
The show terrified some viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid.
A friend of mine was getting ready to get in his car one day and noticed the neighbor woman was having an issue with her car. He stopped over and asked what was wrong and she said it wasn't doing anything when she turned the key. He tried and noticed she didn't have any dash lights or anything and explained that it may have been a dead battery. She said to him "I thought cars ran on gasoline?"
Re:None of those tweets are funny (Score:5, Funny)
Of course they're humorless. They would much rather have humour.
Re:Kind of reminds me of a story... (Score:5, Funny)
I've encountered, on more than one occasion, people with the opposite misunderstanding. They don't think their cars will start because the power is out on their block. There's also a lot of people that don't realize corded phones will still work with no power (in most situations) - probably the biggest obstacle to VoIP adoption in my area.
Re:Fond memories of Threads (Score:5, Funny)
so I can scare myself to death whenever I want.
Surely that only works once!
Re:People (Score:4, Funny)
Knock knock.
Who's there?
To.
To who?
No, "To whom".
Re: Kind of reminds me of a story... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hey stupid (Score:5, Funny)