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Frost

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Milgram experiment meets prank call
« on: June 10, 2009, 12:02:44 AM »
You can apparently just call people up and convince them to destroy their surroundings by asserting the slightest authority.

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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 12:21:36 AM »
"Brown identified himself as an incident commander."

You did a heck of a job, Brownie.
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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2009, 03:52:23 AM »
I'm guessing he is fired..
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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 12:33:11 PM »
Quote from: atomiccat on June 10, 2009, 03:52:23 AM
I'm guessing he is fired..

He's an insurance risk at the very least.
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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 02:16:29 PM »
Quote from: Frost on June 10, 2009, 12:02:44 AM
You can apparently just call people up and convince them to destroy their surroundings by asserting the slightest authority.

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Sad commentary on the state of critical thinking in our society. Of course, anyone who asks "why" before following instructions is taught that they are mentally unstable.
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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 03:39:26 PM »
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Re: Milgram experiment meets prank call
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 03:46:06 PM »
I'm not sure what is more perturbing, the fact a grown adult would agree to such things over the phone on a highly spurious pretext, or that the search-ee would actually agree to it and not walk the fuck out.
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