February 23, 2005
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“Her face was like a carwreck…
…I couldn’t help but look…”
The other day, I was driving to Michael’s Arts and Crafts Store in the pouring rain when I realized that the lane I was in was at almost a standstill. Now, I am admittedly not a very good driver, so at one block away from my destination, when given the choice between waiting it out and risking the changing of lanes into oncoming traffic from a stopped position….
I choose waiting it out.
That’s when I saw smoke coming out of Pat & Oscars. Inching forward to the corner, I was then not too surprised to see a firetruck and caution tape wrapped around the back side of the building.
In all of my curiosity, it wasn’t until the person behind me honked that I realized the light was green.
Rubbernecker!
That’s when I came to the realization — I am guilty of one of the worst driving crimes out there: rubbernecking.
But, in an effort to justify my actions, I came up with this analogy:
Rubbernecking is very similar to an amusement park ride
Case Point #1: The long lines
First, one is subjected to unbearably long lines, inching forward little by little to the ultimate destination.
At some point in both waits, you say to yourself “this better be good.”
Case Point #2: The short satisfaction
Whether it is being hurtled through space for 30 seconds, or realizing that you did not just wait 1 hour to drive 2 miles simply because people are trying to torture you — knowing that your wait wasn’t in vain, somehow makes it all worth it.
Am I the only one that feels a sick sense of placidity and a need to look when I realize that I’ve been in traffic for 10 times longer than I should because of an accident?
Or are there other reasons why people rubberneck?
Do you rubberneck? If so, why?
…I feel… so guilty.
Sorry for sucking
Who here likes puzzles?
Today’s entry kind of sucked, so I present you with this riddle: The Crimson Room.
Find all the clues by clicking around and solving the puzzles to get out of the room to reach the vermillion room. My roommate sent this to me a while back and it afforded me half an hour of fun and frustration. I hope it will entertain you as much.
Home page of Crimson Room Creator: Takagism
Additional Rooms Found Here:
Viridian Room
Blue Chamber
Note, everything is in chronological order, so do the crimson room first,then the viridian room then the blue chamber for best story flow.
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Comments (35)
1st w00t
typical asian girl driver….i swear =p
hehehe
p.s. i’ll play the game when i get home….i’m “working”
ok so seriously…rubbernecking sucks. i don’t understand why if there’s an accident on the other side of the highway, people need to watch. it goes back to ppl’s voyeuristic nature. people are demented if the only reason they slow down is to see if someone’s dead.
Thank you
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i think the worst part about rubbernecking, is when people slow down to look when there’s nothing left of the accident, except maybe 1 car, some broken glass, and cops. but i mean, if there’s fire, 2 cars, maybe some dead people, then it’s ok. haha – just jokes.
ah yes, the crimson room series….it sucks! it was so hard, an di got so mad i cheated. but the blue chamber was definitely the easiest of the 3.
you should try http://www.woolythinking.com/ some of the most impossible games in the world – i actually had to quit they were so hard *sigh*
I’m attracted to destruction.
i dont get what rubernecking is
and i dont get the game….
you suck? really? what’s your number?
I hate rubberneckers. THE END
People have a morbid curiosity with others miseries. That phenomenon has always annoyed the shit out of me. I call it givin’ the “head crank”. Yes, I do it too. Slowing down to glance at the free reality show. Count the bodies on the road. haha *not funny*
Don’t you hate it if something happens to where you may slow your car down for a moment and someone passes you and gives you the finger or just an angry face..hahaha I actually can dig that shit sometimes.
I think I’m in love. Think of what our children will look like.
wicked game. i still haven’t figured it out. you can thank a good couple hits from me. heh =P
i hope you don’t mind if i subscribe to you- you’re hilarious
i dl pictures of horrific car accidents
is that wierd?
i have to check out the site so i can waste even more time instead of writing a research paper
nope. you’re not the only one
we all make mistakes, but 3 strikes and you’re out.
nope. you’re not the only one
nope. you’re not the only one 
rubberneckers should be shot and run over. that’ll prove to be 10oClock news.
i beat that game. took 1 hour
You have an amazing site here. Good work I’m impressed. Perhaps if my novel becomes a NYTimes best seller and I become filthy rich – I will make you filthy rich by paying you to devise me a insanly amazing website as such. HAHA writing isnt about the money so I am just messing around with you. Keep in touch and thanks for your comments.
The Blue Chamer and Veridian Room took me about 30 minutes each to solve… that’s only because I went through the hell (a.k.a. almost 2 hours) that was the Crimson Room.
I had anxiety AND clostrophobia, playing an online puzzle. True I was blazed and it was 3 in the morning, but still… LOL!
The analogy and drawings were cute…. they got a loud LOL out of me in public on the exercise-bike-with-internet at the YMCA. I think I will add the yellow & red South Vietnamese flag to my entry. ALSO RELATED: when I thought you were refering to the American flag, just to be sure, I counted the stars AFTER I wrote back about the 48/50 thing, and counted 5×7 instead of 6×8, and thought “WOW, Shi was right, it IS the wrong flag. For all the comments she reads and answers back to, she caught the 35 stars instead of 48 that I missed.”
I played all those game already, it was really fun.
As for rubbernecking, I look but I keep the traffic going… so yea…. don’t rubberneck that much!!!
I don’t drive often so I get to watch either way. Sometimes it’s real ugly…
damn i’ve been at the thing for 2 hours, and i cant find all the items… my eyes are bloodshot and im pulling at my hair….
crimson room owns
Ahhhh, I curse thee webfilter!!! None of the pictures are coming up…
So you’re one of those drivers causing all the problems! I’d be the one honking … while taking a quick peek of course. =P
hm i was confused for a bit too, but i think i get what rubber necking is. i don’t drive at all so technically i’d have all the time i want to look at an accident but…i don’t always wear my glasses…so i can’t see. i look and i don’t look…i just feel bad and hope nobody was hurt =
i blame the original rubbernecker. when one person first does it, it stops the traffic, cause everyone behind them gets frustrated and then when they see the event of interest, it seems only right to view what it was for having waited behind the other person while they were looking. its and evil yet addicting cycle 0_o
yay!!! i’m in your protected list! haha, i didnt even know. i tried playing that crimpn rm for hours…dude i just dont get it after a while, and it gives me a headache
omg, i hate the crimson room!!!
Nah, I am usually speeding. So really don’t rubberneck that much… Anyway, Glad u put me on protected. Hope all is well with u Kim… Toodles..
yes that does suck..happens all the time..i hate it.but then again, i slowdown for it to..lol
the crimson room is driving me nuts.. haha.
i ended up procrastinating for 5-6 hours doing all the rooms. THANKS hahah
sometimes if i’m at a red and i see a cute girl. or really, if it’s red for quite a while (which probably happens more often than not in SantAna), i’ll be looking around or talking or something and not notice when it turns green.
however, i don’t think i’ve driven by an accident yet, so i don’t know about that. probably not though. i’d look, but probably only glance… unless i see a rather cute girl, lol. actually, i was cruising with my friend yesterday, and quite a few times he did something similar…
anyways, i’ve rambled. time to end the comment.
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