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Where did all the doomers go?
Re: Where did all the doomers go?
by SeasonOfPain » Fri 08 Dec 2006, 01:36:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', 'B')ig Macs come from these animals called cows.
Well... probably about as much of a Big Mac come from a cow as a hot dog comes from a dog.
Anyway, I'm a doomer, and I'm still here. Some people are convinced that one way or another we'll work our way out of the mess we've gotten ourselves into, despite mounds of historical, biological, and evolutionary evidence to the contrary.
We won't.
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Re: Where did all the doomers go?
by PolestaR » Fri 08 Dec 2006, 01:50:29
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeasonOfPain', 'W')ell... probably about as much of a Big Mac come from a cow as a hot dog comes from a dog.
Yep.. I was thinking the same when I said it.. I just couldn't come up with something better that most people would laugh at.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeasonOfPain', 'A')nyway, I'm a doomer, and I'm still here. Some people are convinced that one way or another we'll work our way out of the mess we've gotten ourselves into, despite mounds of historical, biological, and evolutionary evidence to the contrary.
We won't.
Yes, it's easy to live in denial about the state of things. It's hard to think things can be different to how you've always known them, but lack of experience doesn't put more oil in the ground, or water in the dams. Cornucopians are the majority, (maybe not on this board, but in society) just like an IQ of 100 is possessed by the majority.
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Re: Where did all the doomers go?
by PolestaR » Fri 08 Dec 2006, 01:53:19
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('stungmaster', 'W')ait a minute, I thought the idea of Peak Oil was the availability of cheap and accessible oil? Some appear to be of the opinion that, we'll be chugging along right now as we are then POOF, all oil is gone. I think it's safe to say oil will be around for awhile, but how cheap or plentiful it will be is anyone's guess.
Would it not be logical to assume that things like money and the economy will get tighter before everything falters? Could it not be conceivable that "zombie hordes" could roam before everything goes to hell? Surely there would be enough to pillage for the time being.
Would it not be logical to assume that things like money and the economy will get tighter before everything falters? Could it not be conceivable that "zombie hordes" could roam before everything goes to hell? Surely there would be enough to pillage for the time being.
Even if oil isn't "completely" available in a collapse a lot of cars will have fuel in them to get them a "few" miles from their origin. I imagine highways will be littered with cars on the side of the road after they have run out of gas.
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My post-apocalypse reality is informed by the Indian Wars in 19th century United States. The Lakota had their retreats ... their "safe-havens". They would go there and they would set up camp and they would wake one morning to find their camp surrounded by the US Army who would then mow them down with Gatling guns. No, the Turtle Tribe will not flee to a retreat. The Turtle Tribe draws its inspiration from the Apache under Geronimo who, along with 35 warriors and over 100 non-combatants, kept most of the Mexican Army and over a quarter of US Army tied up for years. They did this by blending into the wilderness and living as nomadic hunter-gatherers.
