[Lokutus]

Hey, it's not just Peak Oil that's let us down this winter.

Anyone remember the Avian Flu that was supposed to kill billions?

Will there ever be an apocalyptic even that carries out its promise?

[Lokutus]

Oh, and how could we ever forget West Nile Fever or the African Killer Bees?

[Lokutus]

Y2K?

Rapture and Armageddon at the end of the last century?

See what I'm talking about?

[Free]

It's very easy to tell if something is gonna be bad. Just when everybody, including yourself, thinks everything is gonna be fine - bang, the bummer.

Everybody thought WW1 would be a cakewalk of a few weeks.

Everybody knew WW2 would come, but nobody was expecting it anyway, because nobody wanted it.

The jews thought Hitlers hate speeches were just rhetoric, and that in the end it wouldn't be that bad...

See what I am talking about?

So just expect the worst, because if you stop expecting it, it will knock on your door right at that moment. Be afraid! Be very afraid! Huhuuuuuu!

[Antimatter]

It's funny how the media has near forgotten about bird flue already. It is still lurking around, just as dangerous as before (though probably much less dangerous than some over-zealeous "experts" proclaimed).

[arocoun]

What is all this obsession with armageddon? I mean, Lokutus, I think you're actually becoming obsessed with it, though I'm not entirely sure why.

If you live your life and die your death with little else but armageddon on your mind, you have no chance of being happy or fulfilled. Rather, you should live your life according to what you think is right, both morally and personally.

[Comp_Lex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lokutus', 'Y')2K?

Rapture and Armageddon at the end of the last century?

See what I'm talking about?

[elroy]

Don't exagerate, oil isn't 60-70 bucks, it's around 60 bucks. The spike up to 70 was temporarily.
Maybe the media going to town with the flu bug and other things are just.. you know, it sells. Maybe the powers that be want to distract people from other stuff, such as the stricter laws being instated here and there.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('elroy', 'D')on't exagerate, oil isn't 60-70 bucks, it's around 60 bucks. The spike up to 70 was temporarily.
Maybe the media going to town with the flu bug and other things are just.. you know, it sells. Maybe the powers that be want to distract people from other stuff, such as the stricter laws being instated here and there.

[elroy]

And that's still only a small increase compared to other countries.. I'm having a terribly hard time feeling sorry for americans when it comes to gas prices.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')How depressing... in '79 I was a highschool freshman and was paying 80 cents a gallon.