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What combination of Doomer/Corny/Republican/Democrat are you?

Poll ended at Wed 28 Nov 2012, 11:17:28

Corny Dem
1
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Doomer Dem
8
No votes
Corny Republican
1
No votes
Doomer Republican
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Total votes : 14

Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby TheAntiDoomer » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:17:28

Poll for curiosities sake :)
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Do I make you Corny? :)

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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby careinke » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:50:59

I'm not any of those. You forgot Libertarian/Doomer.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Beery1 » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:25:39

I don't think an Anarchist counts as a Democrat, but close enough I guess.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby davep » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:36:56

I'm neither doomer nor corny.

Also democrat/republican is rather parochial and they're both the corporate party anyway.

Poll fail :-D
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:57:00

How about a poll choice for continued slow gradual decline punctuated by intermittent economic and political crises? :)
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby planner » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 14:52:52

Doomer/Libertarian
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Ferretlover » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 20:18:43

I'm an Independent Atheist Doomer.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Narz » Mon 20 Aug 2012, 20:46:28

By mainstream standards I'm a doomer, by this site's standards I'm perhaps slightly on the corn side. Both parties are inadequate but republicans are worse so I'm left leaning.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby ian807 » Tue 21 Aug 2012, 12:27:04

Political party: None of the above. I hate them all, more or less. If there's ever a party that focuses on dealing with reality as it is, and solving obvious problems to benefit the majority of human beings, I'd probably join up. I'm not holding my breath.

Doomer Status: We're not mining hydrocarbons. We're mining energy. We have to get enough energy from hydrocarbons to sustain both hydrocarbon extraction AND the economic activity it supports. Whether we've hit quantitative peak oil or not doesn't seem that relevant. It's all about the energy return, which has been on a steady decline since the discovery of oil.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Pops » Tue 21 Aug 2012, 13:10:28

Effectively a D-D since the I don't care for plutocracy and don't believe in the Energy Fairy.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby TheAntiDoomer » Tue 21 Aug 2012, 14:49:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'E')ffectively a D-D since the I don't care for plutocracy and don't believe in the Energy Fairy.


No belief in Fairies required pops! Just believe in the Sun, the Wind, and most importantly the almost limitless amount of energy in Fusion Reactors :)
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby Pops » Tue 21 Aug 2012, 15:50:43

Oh, I have all the faith in the world that we'll be 100% reliant on sun and wind in a few generations, and just a few short years away from unlimited energy from fusion reactors as well.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby vtsnowedin » Fri 24 Aug 2012, 05:49:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'I')'m an Independent Atheist Doomer.

As Doomerism is a religion it is not possible to be both doomer and Atheist at the same time :wink:
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby SeaGypsy » Fri 24 Aug 2012, 07:56:30

Isn't it? Atheism is the absence of 'God'; the THE in THEISM. Since when is 'God' necessary for 'doom'?
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby vtsnowedin » Sat 25 Aug 2012, 07:02:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'I')sn't it? Atheism is the absence of 'God'; the THE in THEISM. Since when is 'God' necessary for 'doom'?

The god in "Peakoil Doomerism" is crude oil itself and to be without the "God " is to die. They do not fear the oil god the fear the lack of it. Heaven is to own a producing oil field . hell is to have none nor the means to buy or trade for any.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby ralfy » Sun 26 Aug 2012, 04:06:12

With regards to doom, it is also helpful to see how most human beings (who earn only around two dollars a day) see religion and politics.
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Re: Doomer/Corny/Democrat/Republican

Unread postby TheAntiDoomer » Tue 04 Sep 2012, 08:52:05

Good poll so far, thanks for the responses.
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