NationStates Jolt Archive

And I just don't have the energy anymore.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/national/main4718331.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection

An estimated 3.4 million Americans identified themselves as victims of stalking during a one-year span, according to federal crime experts who on Tuesday released the largest-ever survey of the aggravating and often terrifying phenomenon.

About half of the victims experienced at least one unwanted contact per week from a stalker, and 11 percent had been stalked for five or more years, according to the report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. It covered a 12-month period in 2005-06.

The study was described as a groundbreaking effort to analyze the scope and varying forms of stalking, which had not been featured in previous versions of the National Crime Victimization Survey.

The researchers defined stalking as a course of conduct, directed at a specific person on at least two separate occasions, that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. The most commonly reported types of stalking were unwanted phone calls (66 percent), unsolicited letters or e-mail (31 percent), or having rumors spread about the victim (36 percent).

More than one-third of the victims reported being followed or spied upon; some said they were tracked by electronic monitoring, listening devices or video cameras.

Granted they cast a wide net on what is "stalking", but I want to know just one thing - how come no one will stalk me?

Is that it?

Someone do the math. How many stalkers is that?

Someone do the math. How many stalkers is that?
Plenty.

Someone do the math. How many stalkers is that?

At least 1.7 million part time stalkers, but I think we could do it with half a million full-time stalkers.

I hear stalking doesn't pay very well, though.

At least 1.7 million part time stalkers, but I think we could do it with half a million full-time stalkers.

I hear stalking doesn't pay very well, though.
Fuckin A to that. Still, neither the binocular nor night-vision goggle business is asking for a bailout.

Plenty.

Good. I want two.


-edit- YAY!!! 10k for the second time!!!

(after the spam forum was deleted I went down a couple hundred posts!)

Good. I want two.
I'm sure that God and the Devil sort out count.

Someone do the math. How many stalkers is that?

... It means at 1/100 Americans are stalkers, logically. Of course, there could be double-ups.

... It means at 1/100 Americans are stalkers, logically.
Only if your logic is made of shoes or something.

Could be people stalking 3 or 4 people at once.

I'm an official stalker, so i guess the stats work for me instead of against me.

Only if your logic is made of shoes or something.

Could be people stalking 3 or 4 people at once.

That seems like a lot of work for one person.

That seems like a lot of work for one person.

>.>

<.<

Trust me, it is.

That seems like a lot of work for one person.

Yeah, spreading yourself thin like that weakens the quality of all the stalkings overall.

That seems like a lot of work for one person.
To qualify for this list, all you've got to do is make a couple obscene phone calls and stand outside their place a business one afternoon. Then you can just mark the victim's name off your list and go on to the next one.

Only about 1 million are being stalked in any intensive way (following, cameras, etc).

Why won't anyone stalk me? :(

I feel unloved.

There simply aren't enough clowns for the other 99. :(

There simply aren't enough clowns for the other 99. :(There never are. However, there are enough for one clip. :p

Why won't anyone stalk me? :(

I feel unloved.:fluffle:
I stalked you for a little while some time back, don't you remember?

There never are. However, there are enough for one clip. :p

:eek:

Why won't anyone stalk me? :(

I feel unloved.

no one stalks me either. i mean what the fuck man?

no one stalks me either. i mean what the fuck man?

Just because you don't see us, doesn't mean we're not there. :D

Just because you don't see us, doesn't mean we're not there. :D

I dunno i'm beginning to lose my faith in these stalkers and...did you say us?...oh...well.......nah that can't be true stalkers are only interested in the pretty people.

:eek:
http://media.digikey.com/photos/Pomona%20Photos/Pomona_72924-2.jpg
What were you thinking?

http://media.digikey.com/photos/Pomona%20Photos/Pomona_72924-2.jpg
What were you thinking?

Whew! *relaxes*

stalkers are only interested in the pretty people.Pretty on the inside.
http://www.fish-helpline.co.uk/photos/koi_organs-500.jpg

For a piss-take on Sting's "I'll be watching you":
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LUHcZ5-b3Vg

Whew! *relaxes*Relaxing *will* make it easier, you betcha.
http://www.theriddlegroup.com/blog/uploaded_images/Wink-798910.jpg

Lovely snaps Brevious - that pooch has class!

Lovely snaps Brevious - that pooch has class!*bows*
And what sheen and glow, no?

Pretty on the inside.
http://www.fish-helpline.co.uk/photos/koi_organs-500.jpg
eeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww...

For a piss-take on Sting's "I'll be watching you":
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LUHcZ5-b3Vg

lolz. in fact that stalker thing came from my school, we took the piss out of some unfortunate guy for being a stalker because he kept going to random girls houses and giving them roses, or texting them.
but his main song was, the snowman one "he's stalking over there, he's stalking in the moonlight sky...etc"

eeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww...
If i didn't already bring it up on the Anecdote Thread, i have this anecdote regarding fish and ardor ...
*twitch twitch*

Relaxing *will* make it easier, you betcha.
http://www.theriddlegroup.com/blog/uploaded_images/Wink-798910.jpg

http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/eek3.gif

If i didn't already bring it up on the Anecdote Thread, i have this anecdote regarding fish and ardor ...
*twitch twitch*

go on...

http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/eek3.gifWell, i didn't say anything about the clothespins, you know.

At least 1.7 million part time stalkers, but I think we could do it with half a million full-time stalkers.

I hear stalking doesn't pay very well, though.

What do you mean it pays plenty well in underware, hair, and family photos.

go on...A lot of guys get very little sleep to work some hours in the fishing industry, be it on the boat, the dock, or the plant ...
and sleep deprivation and/or drugs can equate to some seriously fucked up sexual experimentation.
There's more, but i'll save that, this time.

A lot of guys get very little sleep to work some hours in the fishing industry, be it on the boat, the dock, or the plant ...
and sleep deprivation and/or drugs can equate to some seriously fucked up sexual experimentation.
There's more, but i'll save that, this time.

sounds like guys having sex with fish. well worse things have happened at sea...*tries to think of something worse than that*...i suppose being caught by your wife doing that would be worse.

but I want to know just one thing - how come no one will stalk me?

how do you know you're not? and if not, just give it time.

no matter what position you (meaning you, or i, or anyone) take on anything, someone, somewhere, is out to get anyone who does.

paranoia isn't personal, but it IS perfectly natural, justified, and real.

(though of course not everything anyone tries to do about it necessarily is.)

Some time ago I read that almost 1 % of all Americans are in prison. Maybe there's a significant overlap?

Some time ago I read that almost 1 % of all Americans are in prison. Maybe there's a significant overlap?

quite possibly, although my current understanding of the number is that it might actually even be somewhat higher.

hmm overlap, maybe, but how significant may be indeterminate.

Why won't anyone stalk me? :(

I feel unloved.
You don't dress enough like a whore.

i suppose being caught by your wife doing that would be worse.... not your parents?

Which links to that old joke, "What's the last thing that a wife wants to hear while making love?" ..............

"Darling, I'm home!"

... not your parents?
nah parents are more liberal to bizzare behaviour of their siblings...
*is not about to test this theory*
Which links to that old joke, "What's the last thing that a wife wants to hear while making love?" ..............

"Darling, I'm home!"
lol

Why won't anyone stalk me? :(

I feel unloved. I lurk your threads. Does that count?

I lurk your threads. Does that count?Gotta watch out for those lurkers ... they're real trouble.

nah parents are more liberal to bizzare behaviour of their siblings...
*is not about to test this theory*Can't be worth much as a theory, then. *tsk*

Can't be worth much as a theory, then. *tsk*

well tell you what. you test the theory by wakking off in front of your parents and tell me how it goes eh?

*is not responsible for any damages mental or physical in the event of said person trying out this theory*

well tell you what. you test the theory by wakking off in front of your parents and tell me how it goes eh?

*is not responsible for any damages mental or physical in the event of said person trying out this theory*
What if, in anticipation of said event, my parents had the integrity to encase my genitalia in plaster of paris while simultaneously forcing me to do extreme abdominal exercises that allowed me to masturbate essentially by drawing my genitalia in and out of myself in the front, right there in front of everyone, without having to use my hands?

What are the other 99/100 Americans, then?

What are the other 99/100 Americans, then?

Ugly?

Ugly?

And hard to find.