Re: psychoceramics: Japanese cartoon triggers seizures

["T.L. Kelly" <r--@t--.com>]

On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Ken Alexander wrote:

> > Japanese cartoon triggers seizures in hundreds of children.
> [...]
> > News reports blamed a scene in the cartoon [...]  followed by five
> > seconds of flashing red light in the eyes of "Pikachu," a rat-like
> > creature that is the show's most popular character.
> 
> Sounds like it would make an excellent java applet.   :-)
> 
> But what is psychoceramic about this event?  Do you think it didn't 
> happen this way, and is instead some sort of mass hysteria?  

I think it has the potential for becoming part of a future psychoceramic
issue. Anyone for bets on how long before this becomes part and parcel of
some conspiracy?

Terri

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