1.Watch out for people who show you pictures, thus:
then say: "Seriously, it really looked like that."
They are stupid and don't understand that, provided your white balance is right and your shutter speed ok, a photograph can be a realistic representation of the external world.
The best thing to do in this situation is avoid all people holding cameras or phones with cameras or indeed any device with a screen. Just to be safe you might like to avoid all people with hands that could hold such devices or gesture to such screens, as well as those with mouths that look capable of forming the first 's' in "seriously".
2. Or, if you can't escape having images of the orange sky thrust before you, make sure you don't look at cropped images like this:
Ask to see the full image, thus:
If this is the Armageddon I want to at least have one last look at a hot guy.
3. When you hear soundbites from people across NSW using the word 'Armageddon' to describe the orange sky, throw something disrespectful at the tv or radio, like a tampon* or a used tissue.
Or, for those of a more verbal persuasion, when they say "When I looked out the window this morning, oh my! It was just like the Armageddon," you say "When I looked out the window this morning it looked like what I imagine the Armageddon to look like, because of course I haven't actually experienced any Armageddons myself."
Ach, don't listen to me. I'm just sore that I don't own a dust removal company; this could have been my lucky day.
* I've got nought against tampons per se, power to them; I just suspect it would be disrespectful to throw one at someone. Similarly lolly wrappers or cotton buds as well as shoes and boom mikes.
