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Good Chocobo |
WE'RE ALL FUCKED
It's true.
We're running out of oil, quick. Soon, we will be in the midst of an economic depression! Far worse than that stock crash of 1929. What are you going to do about it? It's going to be a catastrophe. Sometime during this year, us Americans will have to deal with another 9-11 style attack which will "justify" a war with Iraq. That will send gas prices through the roof so much that the average person won't be able to afford gas anymore. We're going to be fucked. The price of food will skyrocket, there will be rioting, etc etc I have a feeling they're already working on government supplied housing. I read on a forum someone called it "FedGhettos" EDIT: Here I found the article, this is one persons predictions for the future. It sounds pretty close to what I think will happen soon. We're fucked! Read it or plug your ears and pretend it isn't happening, I don't care. Spoiler:
There's more but I won't waste my time showing it to you, I highly doubt your attention spans will last long enough to even get this far. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I skimmed through (tl;dr) and concluded the author is afraid of living in an enclosed community.
Now, now, communal living doesn't sound that bad, does it? You guys did it before, and by gadfry, you can do it again! There's nowhere I can't reach. |
You took that from Matt Savinar's website, yes? I think there are more trustworthy sources than some guy with an undergraduate degree, desperate to sell his books.
Or did you not notice the prominence of things for sale on his website? This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
This thread is my new "happy place."
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Good Chocobo |
I got it from Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash He's not saying THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, he's just saying here's a possibility. That wouldn't surprise me. This thread isn't about this particular scenario but just about peak oil and how we're all going to be fucked hard. I was speaking idiomatically. |
Yeah, that's Matt Savinar's website. He's just an asshole trying to sell you things.
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I have good news then! If we have a depression or even a really bad recession oil consumption will jump off a cliff. Then we can forget about resource scarcity issues just like the baby boomers did in the late '70's. Hooray!
Everybody wants the apocalypse, but nobody wants to work for it. FELIPE NO |
How ya doing, buddy? |
Banned |
well should i be glad that i 'm not a americaN?
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
No you shouldn't because Peak Oil is going to fuck up everyone. Hell not being American could be our ultimate undoing as an oil thirsty America declares war on everyone to secure more oil. I've begun hoarding all the olive oil I can because I can't afford to buy a nonstick frying pan.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Relax. Is an oil crash possible? Certainly. But the comparisons drawn to the market crash of 1929 are largely unwarranted; a commodities based market gives you a lot more tell-tales (the effects of speculation are already being pretty sharply felt in ways I can't possibly be expected to detail). In essence, we'll see it coming. Steps will be taken. The government isn't going to stick you in a commune to help you out. What in the world these two things have to do with each other remains beyond me, even after reading the article.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I have my religion. Most people look down on the idea but I have been through some messed up stuff and my religion kept me sane this long so I will keep looking toward it. It helps me and it works for me so I am sticking with it.
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Saying religion keeps you sane is like saying that dropping acid keeps you healthy. I mean, sure it won't KILL you but per se, oh LAWDY DID YOU SEE THE INVISIBLE MAN IN THE SKY?!?!
How ya doing, buddy? |
But really, ain't no god in the sky or underground is going to save you when shit hits the fan. You're going to have to own up and survive or die trying. Most amazing jew boots |
Actually, being part of an organized religion might actually help your chances of survival in that you're part of a group of people who at least have some nominal connection to each other and some organization structure that can fill the vacuum. I've never bought into the idea that the best way to deal with a Mad Max scenario was to have a bunker off in the wilderness with a year's supply of food and ammo. Those that will be better off are those that can group together (kind of like in Stephen King's The Stand.)
Of course, you don't necessarily need a religion for that; any kind of social or service organization might be able to accomplish the same thing. Most amazing jew boots
Last edited by Secret Squirrel; Aug 7, 2008 at 07:10 AM.
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In regards to religion, that kinda sounds like ignoring the elephant in the room because you're hiding behind it and hoping it'll save you in the end.
Although I do agree with you SS, hiding out in some bunker with a bunch of guns and food isn't really a good idea either. A group or organization of friends with common interests is the best defense in this type of situation. Ideally it would be nice if nearly everyone worked together as a community in an 'end of the world' scenario. Word has it that 'middle of nowhere' is no place to be and that small towns on the outskirts of larger cities are a great place. I would not wanna be stuck in or around a city too large however. New York City would probably be the worst possible place to be... all those people, so very few resources. Of course I'm just speculating... What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Hay guys, if we just find the GECK, all will be dandy =3 Brady knows where I'm coming from on this.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
Hey, maybe you should try that thing Chie was talking about.
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If the apocalypse ever happens - and lets face it, the world has lived with the atom bomb for almost a century and biological warfare for much longer - it won't happen in the way Hollywood tells you.
How ya doing, buddy? |
So since the prop and diss cancel each other out, I'll give you this for your trouble: This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
But still - religion doesn't exactly qualify as a group, does it? I'm sure not all Christians will flock together to one specific site to band together in the apocalypse. It would be kind of hilarious though, watching them wait for the rapture and it never happen. <3 How ya doing, buddy? |
Perhaps not all Christians, but the connections you've made through your local congregation could be quite useful. I mean, I'd rather belong to a rather strongly connected religion than another group like, say, the Bloods in a post-apocalyptic world.
Lurker, couldn't you just buy a shack in the UP and do that right now? I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
But you don't need an apocalypse to be a good hobo. Most amazing jew boots |
Because they're alleged to have a better code of morals (according to the options RR gave)? See, now, that I just don't agree with on principle. But I'm a part of that "get your religion away from me" group. I wouldn't prefer the gangs either. Neither the church nor the gangs have shown evidence of very sane decisions in an ordered and structured society. Why would someone give them the chance when shit hits the fan? I'm taking this way too seriously. I'd likely take the lurker route. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
I dunno, I'd rather join a group that just requires a little water being splashed on me over one that requires a 14 year old girl to get gang raped in order to join.
Jam it back in, in the dark. |