Here is a 2 Part question posted recently by EM regarding Non-Events:

1) Is it necessary to be physically present at a Umor non-event in order to
qualify as a participant? (If so, then hey! I wasn't there too!)

2) Is it necessary to have been aware of a Umor non-event in order to qualify
as a participant?

If the answer to both questions is "yes", then this last non-event may be said
to have had thousands, if not millions of participants.

-EM

Kol answers:

A "Non-Event" event is defined as the act of going somewhere with the expectation of NOT doing a particular activity. Ex: We went to Yankee Stadium when the Yankees were playing at Fenway Park, fully expecting NOT to attend the game.

An "Event/Non-Event" event is defined as the act of going somewhere with the intent of doing a particular activity but upon arrival, for whatever reason, circumstantially or intentionally NOT doing the intended activity but instead doing something else completely, or nothing at all. Ex: We went to Coney Island with the intent to see Chowhound eat burgers, but when parking proved unavailable we went to a diner in Brighton Beach and had lunch.

Either way, it is the act of going that defines it AS an event. Where you are going is how you get there, but if you stay home you only get to be staying home.

-Kol

Loud Mouth Bill answers:

A: I think, generally it would be necessary to be present in at least some form… but it is easy to think of some possible exceptions: For example, if your presence was intrinsic to the event, the very fact of your non-presence would make it a non-event. Perhaps, say your wife throws you a birthday party and instead you go out drinking with an old girlfriend. You have created an Event/Non-event Event through your non-presence. (My guess is that a somewhat unpleasant Event/Event will follow, in good time.) I think a handy guide would be: has your non-participation advanced or altered the event/non-event in any meaningful way. In the case of your last question, I don’t think the non-participation of millions of people added anything meaningful to that particular Non-Event.

-Bill

GENERAL Q&A ABOUT UMOUR:

Q: What is it?
A: You can`t describe it but when you experience it, you know it`s there.

Q: How do you make it ?
A: You can`t make it but you can use it.

Q: When does it begin?
A: It`s there already.

Q: When does it end?
A: It never ends, it pauses- and you know when it pauses just as you know when to pause in speech.

Q: What do you do with it?
A: It suggests it`s own possibilities ( just pay attention ).

Q: What is it`s methodology?
A: Subversive.

Q: What is the relevance of decayed industrial sights ?
A: They represent the triumph of the implicit order over man`s attempts at imposing a simplistic "rational" structure.

Q: Why would anyone worship such flawed dieties?
A: Why indeed?

Q: Isn`t this just depressing and negative?
A: Quite the contrary, it tells us not to worry.

Q: Does that mean it`s all pre-ordained and we have no control over our destinies?
A: We reinvent the universe every second. There could be an infinite number of parallel universes.

The universe just began now.
The universe just began now.
The universe just began now.
The universe just began now.