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Originally Posted by WillyPete
Welcome to the real world.
Take our word for it, you get used to it in a while and the only real problem is the trip to work when another bomb stops traffic or trains.
It'll soon become old news.
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i guess it's debatable whether these warnings are defining attributes of the real world. sure, certain real events make people pay attention, but so far the warnings themselves have served little purpose save overblown news items.
i can't avoid a peripheral knowledge of these things, but i certainly don't dwell events that have a 0.00...0001% chance of happening (and a negligible chance of affecting me directly). i'd argue that reality is not contained in hyped commercial teasers, despite their ubiquitous nature in our lives. although i attempt to ignore them, it is nearly impossible to do so without ignoring the news altogether.