[Ludi]

I don't hate you PMS, I worry about you. I worry about all the folks on this board who seem so upset and depressed when nothing bad is currently really happening to them, I worry how they will cope if/when things actually do go bad. I worry about their mental health. But it's very hard to tell when people are being serious on here or when they are just spinning scenarios for fun. I never know when to believe people or take them seriously here. I wonder how much time they spend dwelling on negative fantasies. Is it all a game? Do they believe it?

That's all. Sorry to be off-topic. Back to the doom!

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', ' ')Threadbear at least still likes me. Don't you Threadbear? Every man wants to be liked by women, except maybe gg3. I know that's callous, but that's how I see it.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Thanks, ladies. "hearing aid squealing with desire" that's rich! Now I think I'll go back to the HOF NEO thread and find somebody to KTFO.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', ' ')I see that you have the impression whatever happens it's all about you.

[Heineken]

No, Shanny. Real doom is the destruction of nature to the point where there is nothing left there worth connecting with. People---aah, there'll always been plenty of THEM around, to connect with or flee from, as the case may be.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')hanks, ladies. "hearing aid squealing with desire" that's rich! Now I think I'll go back to the HOF NEO thread and find somebody to KTFO.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'N')o, Shanny. Real doom is the destruction of nature to the point where there is nothing left there worth connecting with. People---aah, there'll always been plenty of THEM around, to connect with or flee from, as the case may be.

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'N')o, Shanny. Real doom is the destruction of nature to the point where there is nothing left there worth connecting with. People---aah, there'll always been plenty of THEM around, to connect with or flee from, as the case may be.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')hanks, ladies. "hearing aid squealing with desire" that's rich! Now I think I'll go back to the HOF NEO thread and find somebody to KTFO.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')hanks, ladies. "hearing aid squealing with desire" that's rich! Now I think I'll go back to the HOF NEO thread and find somebody to KTFO.

[threadbear]

Speaking of hearing aids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuYyUHCjtk

[PrairieMule]

You know Jato had a heck of a post a few years back regarding why doomers are the way they are. Something to the effect the average doomer is someone who always has their spare tire inflated, knows how to use a fire extinguisher, keeps their hair cut short, perform CPR, etc.

All-round good person to have in a pinch.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '
')Geez, get a room - this thread is about doom!

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', ' ')the average doomer is someone who always has their spare tire inflated

[coyote]

Well, it looks as though this has petered out for now, with some flirting tossed in at the end for good measure. Some good posts in here. I hope the discussion continues, but when I get a chance I'll tally the responses and look for commonalities.

[Heineken]

That's a nice idea, coyote---providing a summing up. Too many threads die out without rhyme or reason being made of them. They die with loose ends waving in the air.

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') take these doomer scenarios very seriously and I do my best to stay cheerful knowing how we are all completely screwed. How do you like them apples?

[Heineken]

Your comments reflect the ambiguity many of us feel about this dire subject, Olaf.

As a species, I don't think we can think our way out of this one. On the other hand, thinking and attitude may be very helpful for adaptable individuals for quite some time.

Ultimately fate has a way of zeroing in on individuals, no matter what they think or do. That truth comes through in McCarthy's "The Road." There will be one road, and it will lead to one place.

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'Y')our comments reflect the ambiguity many of us feel about this dire subject, Olaf.

As a species, I don't think we can think our way out of this one. On the other hand, thinking and attitude may be very helpful for adaptable individuals for quite some time.

Ultimately fate has a way of zeroing in on individuals, no matter what they think or do. That truth comes through in McCarthy's "The Road." There will be one road, and it will lead to one place.

[Alcassin]

1. Doom from biological point of view is a process of depopulation which may end in extinction. Dinosaurs had their doom, humans should expect their sooner or later.

Here Doom for me means that we aren't properly prepared, and we will face serious economic consequences. Recessions and depressions, soaring unemployment, feeling of personal safety will disappear, people will radicalize and some of the worst known behaviors which we only see in 3rd world will take place in our own backyard (often here painted as a 'horde of zombies'). Plus inflation, many goods and services will not be available, and rationing will happen. many enterpreneurs will go bankrupt and those with debt will often commit suicide.

NYSE will have hard days, marketing will die off, some corps will die. And so on. It's overheating economy by unnatural consumption.

2. Yes, I'm a doomer.

3. Because I think the sustainability cannot exist on this level of consumption. Especially on this management of society which is overproductive in crap, and drains more natural resources than ever.