In Pasco, Washington a man really wanted a day off, so he convinced his friend to shoot him in the shoulder. The guy then tells the police that he was a victim of a drive by shooting. Later as the police are investigating, he tells them that he asked his friend to shoot him, and that it was not a drive by.
Why is it always us guys that come with the really….. dumb ideas. Granted I have tried all sorts of ways to get a few days off, not going to mention them here, but they were not as stupid as this one. At least if the guy was that desperate for a few days off he should have kept it to himself and not told anyone. Now his friend and him will both get some jail time and a fine. His friend at least should have known better though, but it goes to show you that the old saying is still going strong, Blind leading the blind, or better yet Dumb leading the Dumb. It’s a good thing his friend didn’t shot himself to, then it would’ve been the lemming effect, or as therapist call it, "Peer Pressure".
Lemming Effect Explanation -
Lemmings are small rodents who have been known to follow each other as they charge to their deaths into raging rivers or off of cliffs. Lemminghood is an innate psychological phenomenon, present in most mammals and observable in common people as well the most sophisticated and educated elites. Lemminghood is not an intellectual phenomenon - it is psychological. As such, no socio-economic class is immune to its strangulating effect. A grant-seeking university scientist can be a lemming just as much as a fashion obsessed teen-age girl. One blindly follows the latest trendy theory while the other blindly follows the latest trendy clothing style. What’s the difference? Neither can resist the force of nature.
The power to fit in with one’s social peers can be irresistible. To a human lemming, the logic behind an opinion doesn’t count as much as the power and popularity behind an opinion. Man, like lemming, behaves collectively. And it could be no other way. Naturally, the individual must be equipped with this trait. Otherwise, the smallest steps toward civilization could never have been made. Lemminghood is a survival trait, an inborn instinct in the majority of people. It is this lemming effect which enables entire segments of a society to lose their sense of judgment all at the same time.
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