BpS12 512 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I doubt we have to wait much past 2020. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/world-2030-u-declines-food-water-may-scarce-162757458--politics.html# 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Odd Man Out 1,283 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 World's going to crap -- so? Nothing new here folks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 My opinion: The big dollar collapse and not being able to AFFORD food will come way quicker than actual food shortages. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 We'll be lucky to make it to 2020, let alone 2030. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D.C.MORRISON 494 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 the best of the comments was " The story should read... Government doing all they can to bring about this scenario." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Hopkins 1,065 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) yeah, yeah, yeah. every culture has predict doom and gloom since the dawn of civilization. and there are always people who believe this crap on a cracker and munch on it, this thread proves it Edited December 11, 2012 by Matthew Hopkins 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Odd Man Out 1,283 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) I'm not talking apocalypse but I don't think Obama is sailin this ship towards a brighter sunset..... Oops freudian slip, I meant dawn. Edited December 11, 2012 by Odd Man Out 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Well Hopkins, you could just go and continue to bury your head in the sand and ignore whats going on around you. Oh wait. You already do, and then you critisize those that show concern or interest in the topics. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunnybean 939 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Around here, the S is always 6-12 months away from HTF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Hopkins 1,065 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Well Hopkins, you could just go and continue to bury your head in the sand and ignore whats going on around you. I've long enough to see the same kind of BS doom and gloom that followed the Nixon and Carter administrations, about the economy. maybe for a young pup like you that wasn't even a twinkle in your daddy's eye this is all new to you and you see the world coming to a end. enjoy this "end of the world" crap on the cracker and don't forget to ask for seconds. Edited December 11, 2012 by Matthew Hopkins 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Odd Man Out 1,283 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Catchy... But Nixon and Carter didn't leave us with 16,400,000,000,000.00 and counting. The pucker factor is slightly more intense now. Edited December 11, 2012 by Odd Man Out 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 2030, the new 2012... that took the place of Y2K.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Dont worry Hopkins, Our dollar was actually worth something back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VR762Shooter 838 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 The interest on our debt alone is more than the national debt of Nixon and Carter. I wouldn't say its doom and gloom any more than a family that is behind in bills knows eventually someones gonna be calling/knocking on the door for payment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Our dollar has been on the decline since the "Nixon shock". It will only get worse now that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations that used to use the dollar for a reserve or trade currency are no longer opting to do so. Lets not forget about Japan either, as they have the 3rd largest economy. Dont be suprised when things go south when all this money thats still floating around in these nations makes its way back to our shores and things get out of hand. It very easily could. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MT Predator 2,294 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I've long enough to see the same kind of BS doom and gloom that followed the Nixon and Carter administrations, about the economy. maybe for a young pup like you that wasn't even a twinkle in your daddy's eye this is all new to you and you see the world coming to a end. Ooooh, he went there with the young pup reference! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 ^^^ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Normalcy bias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The normalcy bias, or normality bias, refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theorangeplanet 968 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Normalcy bias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The normalcy bias, or normality bias, refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation. http://en.wikipedia....i/Normalcy_bias So, you're talking about global warming and climate change, then?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BpS12 512 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mathew, I've seen the same and yes, little has come from it in the past. But that doesn't mean it wont happen in the future. Ever heard of "Prepareing for the Worst, Working for the Best."? (Sorry, I'm not a big fan of Hope, as Action accomplishes more.) Preping has MANY advantages. Got a years supply of food? Makes loosing your job easier to deal with. Got 6 months worth of firewood? Trade half for something you want. Got water stored? Good thing since the utilities have been down for a week now. You get the idea? Better to have and not need than to need and not have. The OP is not "Doom and Gloom" so much as a warning of what may happen in the future. If all goes as usual, we'll all be fine and nothing really changes. But that's not the way things have been going recently, now is it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 That should pretty much put us at the end of President Hillary Clinton's first term. Don't think it will happen, guess again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Normalcy bias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The normalcy bias, or normality bias, refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation. http://en.wikipedia....i/Normalcy_bias So, you're talking about global warming and climate change, then?? ??? I didn't see either of those terms mentioned in the Wiki article I quoted. My point in posting the article was that some people will stare imminent disaster in the face (any type of disaster) and try to joke about it or deny it in any way they can. The situation is too painful and scary, so It's an escape from reality for them. Anybody who is paying attention to national and world events can see that we are in for some very serious problems. Whether you want to deny the situation and laugh it off, or prepare as best as possible for it is your choice. God bless us all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theorangeplanet 968 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 So, you're talking about global warming and climate change, then?? ??? I didn't see either of those terms mentioned in the Wiki article I quoted. My point in posting the article was that some people will stare imminent disaster in the face (any type of disaster) and try to joke about it or deny it in any way they can. The situation is too painful and scary, so It's an escape from reality for them. Anybody who is paying attention to national and world events can see that we are in for some very serious problems. Whether you want to deny the situation and laugh it off, or prepare as best as possible for it is your choice. God bless us all. Nothing takes the steam out of a good prod when no one gets it.... What I'm trying to say is that your claiming normalcy bias of those that don't believe in the impending global economic collapse can be used in the same context of those that don't believe in man-made global warming/climate change. It's supposed to be funny... because you've got both sides at the far ends of the isle raving mad about the end of the world according to their theory with the opposing side always refuting the other. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 So, you're talking about global warming and climate change, then?? ??? I didn't see either of those terms mentioned in the Wiki article I quoted. My point in posting the article was that some people will stare imminent disaster in the face (any type of disaster) and try to joke about it or deny it in any way they can. The situation is too painful and scary, so It's an escape from reality for them. Anybody who is paying attention to national and world events can see that we are in for some very serious problems. Whether you want to deny the situation and laugh it off, or prepare as best as possible for it is your choice. God bless us all. Nothing takes the steam out of a good prod when no one gets it.... What I'm trying to say is that your claiming normalcy bias of those that don't believe in the impending global economic collapse can be used in the same context of those that don't believe in man-made global warming/climate change. It's supposed to be funny... because you've got both sides at the far ends of the isle raving mad about the end of the world according to their theory with the opposing side always refuting the other. Oh. Well ok then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 TEOTWAWKI has already come to pass with the re-election. Cost cutting to be lean and mean = 3 days or less of supplies of everything. Racial tension increasing. Will not take a lot to light the fuse, with the Media blowing on it to shorten the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D.C.MORRISON 494 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 agreed, now the blood is flowing. just as it does every time more anti firearms legislation is pending. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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