# Apathetic or Half-Hearted? Let's Form a Club **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560 "2006-09-29T01:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/21 "2006-09-29T13:47:54Z")
I’ve thought of a topic for discussion. The other day an old lady fell down in the street in front of the cafe I was in. I think she broke her hip. It was ten minutes before anyone helped her. What are people like? Let’s hope someone wants to do a talk about this or something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/22 "2006-09-29T13:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] What are people like? [/QUOTE] Eh, they’re okay, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/23 "2006-09-29T14:02:52Z")
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/24 "2006-09-29T20:16:51Z")
Sounds OK. But, eh, maybe not… ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/25 "2006-09-29T22:26:15Z")
I would join, but first I have to quit my membership at Procrastinators Anonymous. Which I’ll do tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/26 "2006-09-30T03:01:06Z")
I’m still thinking about this. Someone call me tomorrow, ok? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/27 "2006-09-30T05:27:51Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] What are people like? [/QUOTE] They’re a bit like roast pork, I’ve been told. Haven’t bothered to find out for myself, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/28 "2006-09-30T05:39:58Z")
We don’t have to pay dues or chip in for coffee, do we? If we do, I’ll pass the hat. I’ll come up with a budget. When is this first meeting…? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/29 "2006-09-30T05:49:00Z")
Do I actually have to go to the meetings? I hate meetings. All that…interaction. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/30 "2006-09-30T11:15:22Z")
Altogether a suitably discouraging set of responses. However, I’ve had this brilliant idea to shake us all out of our lethargy. What we must do is…Hang on a minute, there’s someone at the door. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/31 "2006-09-30T11:22:45Z")
Point of order. The OP is confusing procrastination and distraction with the truly apathetic. Someone should do something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/32 "2006-10-01T01:12:45Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Point of order. The OP is confusing procrastination and distraction with the truly apathetic. Someone should do something about it. [/QUOTE] Why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/33 "2006-10-01T16:29:40Z")
At the time of writing, this thread has attracted 31 replies from 445 reads. One might successfully argue that the 414 readers who failed to respond are more apathetic than the 31 who did. However the truly apathetic amongst us are those who did not even bother to open the thread. It’s success depended entirely upon it receiving zero reads and, obviously, zero replies. Now that’s what I call a paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/34 "2006-10-01T17:02:37Z")
Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/35 "2006-10-01T17:26:07Z")
Look not now for Cliffs sake !maybe later ! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560/36 "2006-10-01T17:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Why bother? [/QUOTE] Good poin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apathetic-or-half-hearted-lets-form-a-club/374560.md?page=1)