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Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
I am going to go with the Three Mile Island incident for the US. If you survey the average person about nuclear disasters they will often put Three Mile Island right after Chernobyl..yet it was not a significant disaster. I consider it major since it has very heavily influences the US nuclear policy for decades now.
You better read up on what ALMOST happened there. That was more luck than over-hype.
Originally posted by: amdhunter
NINE ELEVEN.
Originally posted by: Sqube
Hasn't happened yet != Never happened, so you can't claim armaggedon/saviors/etc.
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Sqube
Hasn't happened yet != Never happened, so you can't claim armaggedon/saviors/etc.
Huh?
1. Stop revlealing your age by using the overused forum kiddie "!=" stuff.
2. Hasn't happened yet DOES EQUAL Never happened. If it hasn't happened yet, it has never happened. What's so hard to understand about this?
Originally posted by: legoman666
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Sqube
Hasn't happened yet != Never happened, so you can't claim armaggedon/saviors/etc.
Huh?
1. Stop revlealing your age by using the overused forum kiddie "!=" stuff.
2. Hasn't happened yet DOES EQUAL Never happened. If it hasn't happened yet, it has never happened. What's so hard to understand about this?
you mean programming "slang"?
Fail.
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
2. Hasn't happened yet DOES EQUAL Never happened. If it hasn't happened yet, it has never happened. What's so hard to understand about this?
not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on ...
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ns1
i saw the thread and immediately thought "y2k"
same here too.
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
2. Hasn't happened yet DOES EQUAL Never happened. If it hasn't happened yet, it has never happened. What's so hard to understand about this?
From Princeton Wordnet:
not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on ...
So you're wrong.
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
2. Hasn't happened yet DOES EQUAL Never happened. If it hasn't happened yet, it has never happened. What's so hard to understand about this?
From Princeton Wordnet:
not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on ...
So you're wrong.
My god you're idiotic.
He said "never happened. It denotes the past. While the word "never" can be used to refer to the past or future, the other supporting words define the timeframe. The word "happened" is past tense and refers to the past.
You even copied/pasted the examples they used to show contexts in which the word can be used to refer to the past or future, yet you didn't read what you posted.
Do they even teach basic grammar in schools anymore or is everyone just too damn stupid to understand?
Originally posted by: jfall
SARS, Bird Flu, Y2K
Originally posted by: thraashman
WWIII with Russia
Y2K
Guiliani becoming President
Anthrax attacks (yeah like 7 happened and then nothing)
Cuban Missile Crisis
Zombie apocalypse
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
If you replace the word, "never," with the definition, you'll see that, "hasn't happened," and, "at no time in the past or future happened," are not the same.
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: upsciLLion
If you replace the word, "never," with the definition, you'll see that, "hasn't happened," and, "at no time in the past or future happened," are not the same.
Ho-ly shit you're dense.
Where the hell are you getting the idea about the future? Who said anything about the future? In the context that this word was used- "never happened"- it can ONLY mean the past.
The only use of it was "never happened", and you cannot even attempt to suggest that this also means the future.
It's obvious that you're confused by the definition and usage of this word. Please go back to school learn basic grammar.
Implies a disaster that was predicted, hyped up like crazy, and after the disaster period was over it turns out not to have happened. The OP isn't interested in things that occur on an indefinite timeline, like the chances of the sun suddenly going supernova with no warning.What was the most hyped up diasaster that never happened?
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Weapons of mass destruction in the middle east.
And I agree with the 9/11 comment.