Fight Anecdote with Anecdote

A website dedicated to chronicling the lives, injuries, and money lost due to a lack of critical thinking. Woah. Is it just me or is there is somethink kind of creepy about assembling this kind of website?

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Wow, I will reserve judgement on the creepiness for the moment and just say thank you for the link.

By Jason Failes (not verified) on 13 Feb 2008 #permalink

Well, there certainly are creepier pastimes. But exposing the inherent danger in these alternative methods is still a worthwhile cause.

By JohnQPublic (not verified) on 13 Feb 2008 #permalink

Collecting "anything" is a little bit odd, a little obsessive-compulsive, but still fairly common.

But if you are going to collect "something", then quantified anecdotes of lunacy seems a pretty good choice.