What's the World coming to?

[Patient]

I found a video and I didn't know where to put it, because it is just one of those topics that didn't seem to have a place.

So I thought a new thread was in order.

I would prefer that this isn't for bad news, horrible things, etc., but for those new trends, odd things that you might come across and think...what the f***?

This video, although the title says it is "terrifying", well to some it might be. To other people it might not even be news. But it certainly is an indication of where this world is heading. Selling our plasma

Who knows what's next? Let's see!

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[O Donna]

It a good thing that the use of alphabet is limitless otherwise there would, by now, only be 23 letters because W, T, and F would surly be a completely exhausted resource.

Incredible the things going on in the world today. Potentially more alarming is in that this could be just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come.

[Patient]

They have lifted the mask mandates here in Ontario Canada, yet so many people are still wearing a mask.

I went to a large popular mall today and I would say that 40% of the people still wore a mask.

Seems the programming has stuck real hard for some.

[Patient]

Wow, ...so people are literally losing control of themselves. And as Donna said above, this might be just the tip of the iceberg and I am sure that is true.

Here is Will Smith losing control and slapping Chris Rock on stage live at the Oscars. This is live TV, in a theatre full of his working peers.

Personally, I think there is more to this than we know - perhaps his wife has just been diagnosed with cancer? (due to the jab - they say cancer is up 2000%)

With the world on a tip of an iceberg, things are getting shaky. I would prefer if the world went back to being on top of a turtles back myself. :)

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[panpsych]

Wow, ...so people are literally losing control of themselves. And as Donna said above, this might be just the tip of the iceberg and I am sure that is true.

Here is Will Smith losing control and slapping Chris Rock on stage live at the Oscars. This is live TV, in a theatre full of his working peers.

Personally, I think there is more to this than we know - perhaps his wife has just been diagnosed with cancer? (due to the jab - they say cancer is up 2000%)

With the world on a tip of an iceberg, things are getting shaky. I would prefer if the world went back to being on top of a turtles back myself. :)

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I might agree that this is an example of someone 'losing control' if I were inclined to take the media narrative at face value.

One interesting feature of this interchange was just how ready to receive that slap Chris Rock appeared on stage. Those who've trained in martial arts, boxing or even theatrical fighting, might know what I mean. Check out the following:

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At at least 6ft away, Rock had already assumed a planted stance with his feet which remained fixed until Smith had already begun to circle away from him. Rock's chin appeared tucked in already, and he merely rolled his head in the direction of what was surely an incredibly light slap, given that Rock made no instinctive movement to change his foot positioning; he merely gave a very theatrical verbal and facial response.

I've seen media outlets, including the one you've referenced, along with high profile twitter...ers(?)/tweet-ers(!?) strap-line this odd interchange as anything ranging from "Will Smith decks Chris Rock" to "Will Smith Punches Chris Rock", when clearly neither are true.

There are two components to this:

i) The actual event which we can all observe
ii) The media narrative describing and explaining (i) which seems inaccurate

The seeming preparedness of Rock for the slap definitely seems to open the question: was he prepared for it and, if so, why?

The media narrative completely exaggerating the objective event, we can probably all agree, opens the question: what do they (the media) want us to think about that event?

The two questions obviously aren't dependent on each other for motivation: Chris Rock could've either anticipated the slap or not, and the media could be overwriting the narrative or not.

What we do have is footage of two people who sure look like they could be staging a slap and a media who are reporting it as if Smith beat him to a pulp on the floor.

Rather than ask the question "Why are people losing control?", I might be more inclined to wonder, given the above: why do the media want us to be fed narratives about supposed high-profile role models losing control?

Could they want to role-model and thereby normalise those reactions and behaviours for the general population?

[Mike Gorman]

They have lifted the mask mandates here in Ontario Canada, yet so many people are still wearing a mask.

I went to a large popular mall today and I would say that 40% of the people still wore a mask.

Seems the programming has stuck real hard for some.

Fear is truly a potent conditioning agency, to the average person out there with a reading age of about 12 (some suggest much lower) and very little in the way of high school biology even, the virus was THE perfect mode of control, fear strikes deep in the human heart and robs people of their confidence, their capacity to resist; it has all been rather appalling hasn't it?

[Mike Gorman]

Wow, ...so people are literally losing control of themselves. And as Donna said above, this might be just the tip of the iceberg and I am sure that is true.

Here is Will Smith losing control and slapping Chris Rock on stage live at the Oscars. This is live TV, in a theatre full of his working peers.

Personally, I think there is more to this than we know - perhaps his wife has just been diagnosed with cancer? (due to the jab - they say cancer is up 2000%)

With the world on a tip of an iceberg, things are getting shaky. I would prefer if the world went back to being on top of a turtles back myself. :)

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I don't want to present myself as having an 'inside perspective' but in my opinion this was a pre-arranged stunt between the two Hollywood darlings, the slap was exaggerated by a foot stamp from Will, and Chris Rock recovers far too quickly and without any apparent 'slap redness' or physical shock. If the slap had have been genuine, a big bloke like Will would floor the much smaller Chris Rock from a 'haymaker' open handed slap of main force: you can kill people with a strong slap, break their neck.
IMHO this was a theatrical pre-arranged stunt, and very tongue-in-cheek: don't let them fool ya!

[Spiral]

Wow, ...so people are literally losing control of themselves. And as Donna said above, this might be just the tip of the iceberg and I am sure that is true.

Here is Will Smith losing control and slapping Chris Rock on stage live at the Oscars. This is live TV, in a theatre full of his working peers.

Personally, I think there is more to this than we know - perhaps his wife has just been diagnosed with cancer? (due to the jab - they say cancer is up 2000%)

With the world on a tip of an iceberg, things are getting shaky. I would prefer if the world went back to being on top of a turtles back myself. :)

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Well the slap looked a bit fake, but his remarks afterwards looked like he was livid. His wife has suffered hair loss which is what the very poor joke about GI Jane was about, hard to see a big agenda there unless it's to bolster his macho image in regards to various rumours ?

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Bloody strange Will Smith would resort to violence in front of millions of people to defend his wife's integrity, while at the same time happily allowing her to sleep with other men, lot's of other men (they have an open-relationship). Hollyweird in a nutshell.

[JackMcThorn]

There are plenty of people that think the slap was staged for ratings. Will Smith was laughing at the g.i. jane joke before he went on stage. His wife was rolling her eyes.

Thing is, in the video clip Bill posted under the Cancel Culture thread, Chris Rock is a bit off-put and a bit discombobulated when he announces the next category for an award. He actually misspeaks.

If you know anything about fist-i-cuffs, as a rule of thumb: you never strike an African in the face. For some reason, they can take blows to the face much easier than others.

[pyrangello]

I was reading his lips after that slap and he was pissed big time. These jabs by rock have been going on a while towards smith and his family ( years) and were never addressed until last night.( bet it won't happen again) The entertainment world has just been pushing and pushing the envelope of insults , sasha boran really started taking things to the outrageous side. The slapstick comedy of the classic roasts, rodney dangerfield , sam kinison and others with class are all gone ! Man I miss those guys.

[Satori]

It was staged. Smith did not hit Rock. That is one reason Rock is not pressing charges. A false report can get you into a heap of deep. Ask Jussie Smollett.

[Patient]

There are also union rules which cover assaults, verbal abuse, etc. Pretty much everything is covered.

So now we wait and see if Will Smith get's to keep his award, then it was probably staged. As far as I am aware, based on the union rules he should be stripped of the award.

But at the same time, Chris Rock could be cool about it and "claim" it was planned as an act as a way to apologize to Will.

[Tyy1907]

My thoughts: If Will didn't defend his wife, tabloids could have a hayday saying he sleeps around and lets people publicly insult his wife. Which shows how open marriage arrangements complicate marriages.

Or as I wrote the above I thought he may have a true deep bond with her, to the point of letting him satisfy himself with younger women, out of love for her husband. Maybe her libido isn't what it used to be.

I don't think it was staged, he was rattled for sure. People can be manipulated to overreact, it happens all the time. "Are you gonna take that Will? Are you gonna laugh it up like everyone else?" Spirit attachments taunt and bully. It's what they do and most people have it least a few.