With all of the economic and political turmoil that's going around, oddly enough, I find myself in a state of utter and complete joy. I'm not sure if it's the newfound religious fervor and calmness I find in religion, or if it's that I've added PA, AlexdeLarge and Kam to my ignore list or that people are finally getting what they've had coming to them, but I couldn't enjoy life more right now. Maybe I just love laughing at Hummers as I pass them by on my bike while they burn away their futures and this feeling's carried over to the other 23 hours of the day.
I think I could be more content if my grades were better, I didn't have an exam next week and there were an extra gold ounce or two in my name, but that wouldn't make me any happier.
Has anybody else experienced a paradoxical emotional and mental rollercoaster where, as the economy suffers and grows amazingly worrisome to billions, you actually feel better?
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I am happy!
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I am happy!
by 3aidlillahi » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 19:33:02
Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
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Re: I am happy!
by AlexdeLarge » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 19:42:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('3aidlillahi', 'W')ith all of the economic and political turmoil that's going around, oddly enough, I find myself in a state of utter and complete joy. I'm not sure if it's the newfound religious fervor and calmness I find in religion
I' m sure it is ! LOL
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Re: I am happy!
by RedStateGreen » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 20:04:06
Good for you, 3 ... Life is too short to spend it miserable all the time. 
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Re: I am happy!
by jasonraymondson » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 20:17:33
yes, but I am evil.
What is your excuse?
What is your excuse?
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Re: I am happy!
by mos6507 » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 21:46:13
I was happy to see housing start to collapse but I'm not happy that the blowback is going to impact my life in a big way.
I was also happier when oil was hovering around $120-130 a barrel. It was high enough to really start to get people thinking about peak oil, drop SUVS, etc... but low enough that society could scrape by without TSHTF. Now that oil is taking I'm afraid we're going to lose all our gains in mindshare. I don't even feel like giving my parents "the talk" about peak oil and overshoot with oil dipping this low. It's not going to play well.
I was also happier when oil was hovering around $120-130 a barrel. It was high enough to really start to get people thinking about peak oil, drop SUVS, etc... but low enough that society could scrape by without TSHTF. Now that oil is taking I'm afraid we're going to lose all our gains in mindshare. I don't even feel like giving my parents "the talk" about peak oil and overshoot with oil dipping this low. It's not going to play well.
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Re: I am happy!
by 3aidlillahi » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 22:15:59
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'I') was happy to see housing start to collapse but I'm not happy that the blowback is going to impact my life in a big way.
I was also happier when oil was hovering around $120-130 a barrel. It was high enough to really start to get people thinking about peak oil, drop SUVS, etc... but low enough that society could scrape by without TSHTF. Now that oil is taking I'm afraid we're going to lose all our gains in mindshare. I don't even feel like giving my parents "the talk" about peak oil and overshoot with oil dipping this low. It's not going to play well.
I was also happier when oil was hovering around $120-130 a barrel. It was high enough to really start to get people thinking about peak oil, drop SUVS, etc... but low enough that society could scrape by without TSHTF. Now that oil is taking I'm afraid we're going to lose all our gains in mindshare. I don't even feel like giving my parents "the talk" about peak oil and overshoot with oil dipping this low. It's not going to play well.
True, but with the credit crunch, it's difficult for people to have access to money to buy new SUV's and whatnot. I imagine once things start rolling again, if ever, that demand will push oil back up. Let's not forget that prices traditionally fall in the Fall for general demand reasons, but pick back up in the winter for heating oil concerns. Did I mention this winter is supposed to be at least normal, if not colder than normal in the heating oil provinces of this nation?
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Re: I am happy!
by mos6507 » Sat 11 Oct 2008, 22:41:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('3aidlillahi', '
')True, but with the credit crunch, it's difficult for people to have access to money to buy new SUV's and whatnot
')True, but with the credit crunch, it's difficult for people to have access to money to buy new SUV's and whatnot
There are plenty of them already on the road. Now they'll be able to keep driving them if gas prices dip into the $2 range. Plus, they won't have money to buy plugins/BEVs, assuming the automakers survive long enough to deliver them. So for every positive there is a negative. So I'm hoping that within a year oil prices creep back up again. It will happen sooner or later.
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