"LOL@your logic. We're not talking about teeny tiny little creatures in your hair. We're talking *bury a few branches inside your face* and see if you feel it. If you've ever had a tiny little splinter, I'm sure you felt it. Now imagine one that is 100 times the size and MOVING underneath your skin."
First of all, the lice comment was a mere example to explain the point of the power the mind can have over us. I wasn't actually comparing the lice to the vines or how they feel. As for the girl she did feel it, she even said so (use subtitles if you can't understand what they're saying)!!! And was told "no more cutting", "you're okay", plus I never said she didn't feel it but she just had vines taken out of her, and since she said she could feel them and they told her she was okay, she could've thought she was just imagining it. In those types of situations denial is a common response, it’s a defense mechanism that helps the person feel better about or deal with something they know is much worse. If that doesn't do it for you then here's one that has nothing to do with the first explanation: it is a fact that in times of crisis, when you're in a fragile state or distraught, another persons reaction especially if its a negative one can cause you to become even more agitated and/or panic. How's that for you???
"Well I guess the existence of people like you can account for the stupidity of these characters. The age and durability of the rope will not likely have changed since the first person used it. It will, however, have reduced considerably in length. So, even if the rope does hold the second time (bearing in mind that it's not very strong and has already snapped once), the person will now have to *jump the last 20 or so feet* with more than a fair chance of *landing on the guy* as it is pitch black and the guy hasn't moved. And if you're in a situation like this, the worst thing you could do is move the guy (First Aid 101, buddy). It was stupid to use the rope the first time, it was unbelievably stupid to use it the second time. The movie was dumb - the girl would have almost definitely joined the guy on the injury list, and there was a good chance he would have been crushed underneath her when she landed."
The fact that you have to result to insulting comments like "the existence of people like you" just makes you sound intolerant and judgmental of those who don't agree with you, which says a lot about you btw, especially since no one has said anything offensive or insulting to or about you. Obviously the age and durability wouldn't have changed but since they checked the rope (must have been extremely thorough since they sent one the girls down) they must have concluded it would hold. As for the length of the rope (i never said anything about that just said it wasn't too crazy to have used the rope again but wth) they had no way of knowing how deep or how far down Mathias was, since they weren't there when the rope was put in, they can't really know if the length of the rope exactly matched the way down (what people like you would do) or if the rope was longer in case of emergencies (what people like me would do, lol) or whatever. She could see where Mathias was since she had a lantern. Now assuming people like you installed the rope, they couldn’t really know how much of the rope was missing since they didn’t measure it beforehand and since they didn’t know how deep it was. The fact that they asked if she could jump proves they didn’t know how much was missing. If she had said she couldn’t jump they would’ve have brought her back up and would've possibly looked for something to make the rope longer, (her stupidity doesn’t back up you’re argument you know). However the decision of jumping was her own and had nothing to do with the quality or length of the rope, she just wanted to get down and help Mathias. Since my comment is in no way related to her jumping your argument of people like me goes out the window (in the whole thing really) in this case because you don't know what I think or what I would've done. I never said it wasn't stupid to use the rope just that it wasn't crazy to use it after having checked it to go help someone in need. Decisions made regarding safety have nothing to do with the rope.
"As far as the villagers were concerned, the Americans were dead anyway - there was nothing they could do. So which is better: waiting for them to slowly and painfully die out, with each day (and night) giving them more opportunity to find a way of escaping or otherwise spreading the infection (e.g. throwing a plant at one of them)... or ending the problem there and then, with no risk and no complications?"
Waiting for them is not only better but the only real option and I'm sorry but you are deeply troubled if you would result to murdering people instead of wasting a couple of days of ur life, it is not only morally wrong but one of the greatest sins you could commit. Even if they were gonna suffer, a merciful murder is not justifiable. They took the measures they saw fit to prevent infection, even killing if they had to. If they escaped they'd deal but the fact that they didn't kill the ones they weren't "forced" to just show they're human and have a conscious. As to the Americans throwing the vines, they would taken counteractive measures, probably shooting them since they had no other option without having to get closer. But they would have waited to have a reason, which is what any sane person would do. It's about morals. Taking a life is never the answer. Even of the person is doomed. "The Americans were dead anyway" - we are all dead anyway as we will all eventually die (no telling how, we may suffer too). Does that mean I can go and murder someone just because they're doomed to die??? NO!!! It's against the law but more importantly it's against God!!!
"I cba to respond to your next inane put down. Luckily for me, you've answered your own point by contradicting yourself."
I didn't contradict myself. The fact that you highlighted some words from what I wrote doesn't erase the words that appear before and/or after. I clearly said appears (in case u don't know what that means here is a definition from dictionary.com "to have the appearance of being; seem; look like") not is, but again APPEARS. Even if the car appears to be abandoned it doesn't have to be after all Mathias brother's car looked the same way yet he wasn't alarmed, the car that brought them there looked the same way yet it worked, so the condition of the car is irrelevant since they all look the same. It could've belonged to the people working at the site, to someone from the village or to someone visiting either the ruins or the village.
So like I said you missed the point of the game. And I might be pedantic but the only douchebag here is you, and an ignorant one at that.
As for a contribution, nothing beats pointing out the holes in your arguments.
"You’ll never take me to hell, Pavayne! Well, that’s just something I say when, uh, it gets dark."
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