yikes.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
new
i figure its time for an update... but i'm not sure what to say. i need another job, and i might do a Mary Kay-esque type thing with a company called Arbonne. which wouldnt be so bad, but would certainly take me out of my comfort zone. Plus i might end up like this:
yikes.
yikes.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
My Name is Abby Rosenberg and I Have A Lot Of Love to Give.
so i have to gush about derek for a second. while i was at work he cleaned the whole house (he even mopped!) and made me delicious lasagna all by himself. He wasnt sure how to make it so he asked a bunch of women in the grocery store and they helped him GAHH thats so cute! Things have been going really well lately :) and then the other night we watched Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and ate S'mores. i feel at peace.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
What Is This World Coming To!!??
The following blog is out of an article written by www.cracked.com about 5 science experiments that prove humanity is doomed. This one i found particularily disturbing and i want to share with all of you:
The Milgram Experiment
The Setup:
When the prosecution of the Nazis got underway at the Nuremberg Trials, many of the defendants' excuse seemed to revolve around the ideas of, "I'm not really a prick" and, "Hey man, I was just following orders." Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram wanted to test willingness of subjects to obey an authority figure. Maybe he could just, you know, ask people? Oh, hell no. That would not be nearly horrifying enough.
Instead he ran an experiment where the subject was told he was a "teacher" and that his job was to give a memory test to another subject, located in another room. The whole thing was fake and the other subject was an actor.
The subject was told that whenever the other guy gave an incorrect answer, he was to press a button that would give him an electric shock. A guy in a lab coat was there to make sure he did it (again no real shock was being delivered, but the subject of course did not know this).
The subject was told that the shocks started at 45 volts and would increase with every wrong answer. Each time they pushed the button, the actor on the other end would scream and beg for the subject to stop.
So, can you guess how this went?
The Result:
Many subjects began to feel uncomfortable after a certain point, and questioned continuing the experiment. However, each time the guy in the lab coat encouraged them to continue. Most of them did, upping the voltage, delivering shock after shock while the victim screamed. Many subjects would laugh nervously, because laughter is the best medicine when pumping electrical currents through another person's body.
Eventually the actor would start banging on the wall that separated him from the subject, pleading about his heart condition. After further shocks, all sounds from victim's room would cease, indicating he was dead or unconscious. If you had to guess, what percentage of the subjects kept delivering shocks after that point?
Five percent? Ten?
Between 61 and 66 percent of subjects would continue the experiment until it reached the maximum voltage of 450, continuing to deliver shocks after the victim had been zapped into unconsciousness or the afterlife. Repeated studies have shown the same result: Subjects will mindlessly deliver pain to an innocent stranger as long as a dude in a lab coat says it's OK.
Most subjects wouldn't begin to object until after 300-volt shocks. Zero of them asked to stop the experiment before that point (keep in mind 100 volts is enough to kill a man, in some cases).
What This Says About You:
You might like to think of yourself as a free-thinking marauder, but when it comes down to it, odds are you won't stick it to The Man because of the fear The Man will stick it right back up your ass. And this was just a guy in a lab coat--imagine if he'd had a uniform, or a badge.
Charles Sheridan and Richard King took this experiment one step further, but asked subjects to shock a puppy for every incorrect action it made. Unlike Milgram's experiment, this shock was real. Exactly 20 out of 26 subjects went to the highest voltage.
* to read about the other experiments, go here: http://www.cracked.com/article_16239_5-psychological-experiments-that-prove-humanity-doomed.html
The Milgram Experiment
The Setup:
When the prosecution of the Nazis got underway at the Nuremberg Trials, many of the defendants' excuse seemed to revolve around the ideas of, "I'm not really a prick" and, "Hey man, I was just following orders." Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram wanted to test willingness of subjects to obey an authority figure. Maybe he could just, you know, ask people? Oh, hell no. That would not be nearly horrifying enough.
Instead he ran an experiment where the subject was told he was a "teacher" and that his job was to give a memory test to another subject, located in another room. The whole thing was fake and the other subject was an actor.
The subject was told that whenever the other guy gave an incorrect answer, he was to press a button that would give him an electric shock. A guy in a lab coat was there to make sure he did it (again no real shock was being delivered, but the subject of course did not know this).
The subject was told that the shocks started at 45 volts and would increase with every wrong answer. Each time they pushed the button, the actor on the other end would scream and beg for the subject to stop.
So, can you guess how this went?
The Result:
Many subjects began to feel uncomfortable after a certain point, and questioned continuing the experiment. However, each time the guy in the lab coat encouraged them to continue. Most of them did, upping the voltage, delivering shock after shock while the victim screamed. Many subjects would laugh nervously, because laughter is the best medicine when pumping electrical currents through another person's body.
Eventually the actor would start banging on the wall that separated him from the subject, pleading about his heart condition. After further shocks, all sounds from victim's room would cease, indicating he was dead or unconscious. If you had to guess, what percentage of the subjects kept delivering shocks after that point?
Five percent? Ten?
Between 61 and 66 percent of subjects would continue the experiment until it reached the maximum voltage of 450, continuing to deliver shocks after the victim had been zapped into unconsciousness or the afterlife. Repeated studies have shown the same result: Subjects will mindlessly deliver pain to an innocent stranger as long as a dude in a lab coat says it's OK.
Most subjects wouldn't begin to object until after 300-volt shocks. Zero of them asked to stop the experiment before that point (keep in mind 100 volts is enough to kill a man, in some cases).
What This Says About You:
You might like to think of yourself as a free-thinking marauder, but when it comes down to it, odds are you won't stick it to The Man because of the fear The Man will stick it right back up your ass. And this was just a guy in a lab coat--imagine if he'd had a uniform, or a badge.
Charles Sheridan and Richard King took this experiment one step further, but asked subjects to shock a puppy for every incorrect action it made. Unlike Milgram's experiment, this shock was real. Exactly 20 out of 26 subjects went to the highest voltage.
* to read about the other experiments, go here: http://www.cracked.com/article_16239_5-psychological-experiments-that-prove-humanity-doomed.html
Sunday, May 4, 2008
yo
so i took the job at Borders. which i love, and i'm GOOD at. Every day that i've worked i've been the top seller of Borders Rewards cards, my boss came up and said "i'm really proud of you, we couldn't have picked anyone more perfect for this job!"...its been so long since i've been good at something... :( its been so nice being good at my job, i really, REALLY love it! And i found out that part time there is 32hours a week, and i can apply for insurance even though im part time (i just havent figured out how to do that yet, heh). The problem is so far they havent schedualed me for 32 hours, its more like 20 :/ so its like, i WILL get 32 hours, but not yet. and June 1st is 3 weeks away. which means i need another job and fast. blech. so pray... a lot.
p.s. today was beautiful out. so beautiful derek and i found my old bike, put air in the tires and took turns riding around my neighborhood. it was cute. especially derek because my bike is bright pink and purple and short :)
p.s. today was beautiful out. so beautiful derek and i found my old bike, put air in the tires and took turns riding around my neighborhood. it was cute. especially derek because my bike is bright pink and purple and short :)
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