tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post8717385059234000517..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: The problem with being a doomerSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-25808955046109573932012-04-28T17:49:43.012-04:002012-04-28T17:49:43.012-04:00"END OF THE WORLD"
WHEN YOUR LIFE DRAST..."END OF THE WORLD"<br /><br />WHEN YOUR LIFE DRASTICALLY CHANGES OR WHEN YOU KICK THE BUCKET<br /><br />AS FOR THE REST OF US, LIFE GOES ON ANYHOW...<br /><br />WILDFLOWERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-74257412320912944372012-04-28T17:21:41.276-04:002012-04-28T17:21:41.276-04:00I give you my word that when martial law is declar...I give you my word that when martial law is declared, or the fiat currency collapses, or the zombies show up, or the grid goes down, or the UN Muslim stromtroopers take all our firearms, I will let every doomer I've ever made fun of give me an unresisted noogie while I stand on the town common in a pink prom dress.<br /><br />In return, every New Years Day that society hasn't collapsed, I'd like them to stand together in front of City hall and sing "Everything's Commin' Up Roses."<br /><br />I'll shake hand on this any day of the week.Paracynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195993355669580242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-83598365535202042482012-04-28T13:16:17.812-04:002012-04-28T13:16:17.812-04:00The world will not end in a quick poof unless some...The world will not end in a quick poof unless some out of control, huge asteroid hits us. Everything else will be a slow process. Even a wondering, lost, huge black hole would take some time and the effects will be felt way ahead of the end. Of course the sun will slowly enlarge to a red giant and either kick the earth out of the solar system or swallow it.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-47092271965232672062012-04-28T12:14:10.926-04:002012-04-28T12:14:10.926-04:00Craig: I suspect the world will be unrecognizable...Craig: I suspect the world will be unrecognizable in a few years.<br /><br />Labrys: I'm always up for a good laugh. Thanks for the book recomendations.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-16238196464857505872012-04-28T11:19:59.106-04:002012-04-28T11:19:59.106-04:00LOL..you know, when I get a case of the dooms, I s...LOL..you know, when I get a case of the dooms, I sometimes need a book vacation. Your "trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks" comment makes me think you'd get screaming laughter out of the same books....I think my favorite fast escape pair is out of print.<br /><br />But if you can find copies of "Waiting for the Galactic Bus" and "The Snake Oil Wars" by Parke Godwin....I think you'd greatly enjoy them. <br /><br />The world may not end, but we humans may end ourselves pretty successfully; unfortunately our engineering "marvels" in things like nuclear plants may then end a lot of other things...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-81643498932026672112012-04-28T11:09:48.116-04:002012-04-28T11:09:48.116-04:00I never believed the world will "end", b...I never believed the world will "end", but we certainly won't recognize it in a few years if things keep going the way they are. Things have a way of reaching equilibrium after they've gotten way out of control...Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-91595543044530031072012-04-28T11:03:45.895-04:002012-04-28T11:03:45.895-04:00Good point John.Good point John.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-69062898799323862832012-04-28T09:40:35.473-04:002012-04-28T09:40:35.473-04:00You're forgetting a whole other class of doom,...You're forgetting a whole other class of doom, in between the end of the world and local disaster. If you were in Cuba in the late 1980s and saw the protests in Poland not being squelched and the war in Afghanistan going badly, and you had predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, you might have been much better prepared for the troubles that came afterwards.<br /><br />More importantly, in most collapse scenarios, what will be in shortest supply is hope. We need to focus on what we will be gaining, not on what we are losing, and start preparing to make the world better.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.com