[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
I do. The way these things work is 2 or 3 will happen at the same time. You’ll have a stock market in the shitter, tax revolt going on. Then some natural disaster. Then some terrorist dumb fuck. Then martial law dividing the country in two. And, because we spent all our money on ObamaPhones, we won’t be able to fix the infrastructure.
Or whatever. It’s just tettering. You can tell if you really look at it.
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I get what you are saying about the perfect storm of events acting synergistically. I also zone out when one side starts talking sh*t about the other.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
but this is not the place to talk about this.
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Agreed, there is a whole section for political flag waving lets keep the BS in there.
[quote]Stoney56 wrote:
You know, being an optimist is no fun, I wish I could go down the post apocalyptic road with you guys.[/quote]
The two aren’t diametrically opposed.[/quote]
Yeah just picture the world as a wonderful place once the nuclear winter in over…[/quote]
I want to be able to throw a snowball that blows up a car!
I’ll have a couple pre-packed for Csulli and his band of wild dogs.
[quote]Stoney56 wrote:
You know, being an optimist is no fun, I wish I could go down the post apocalyptic road with you guys.[/quote]
The two aren’t diametrically opposed.[/quote]
Yeah just picture the world as a wonderful place once the nuclear winter in over…[/quote]
Optimism is completely separate from happy and pleasant circumstance. It’s not a environmentally dependent principle.[/quote]
I would also like to say that I think of myself as optimist in general I just have zero faith in humanity. Is that even possible?
Hence, if Sh*t did hit the fan. I like the idea of a cabin in the woods to ride out the proverbial storm.
[quote]Stoney56 wrote:
You know, being an optimist is no fun, I wish I could go down the post apocalyptic road with you guys.[/quote]
The two aren’t diametrically opposed.[/quote]
Yeah just picture the world as a wonderful place once the nuclear winter in over…[/quote]
Optimism is completely separate from happy and pleasant circumstance. It’s not a environmentally dependent principle.[/quote]
I would also like to say that I think of myself as optimist in general I just have zero faith in humanity. Is that even possible?
Hence, if Sh*t did hit the fan. I like the idea of a cabin in the woods to ride out the proverbial storm. [/quote]
It is possible. Humanity isn’t all there is. It’s not a constant either.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Rome did not fall from barbarian hordes. Rome fell because it rotted internally due to mismanagmeent and corruption, then was picked off by muslim invaders after a near stalemated war with Persia.[/quote]
Rome fell in 476. Islam was created in the 7th century.
Please check your facts.
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But the Roman Empire didn’t really fall until ~1450; Rome fell, but not the empire. It continued as the Eastern Roman Empire, based out of Constantinople/Istanbul (which was still the Roman Empire) for several more centuries.
And it was stalemated with Persia for a very very very long time, during which it was ultimately a combination of the Caliphates and the Turks which destroyed it.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Rome did not fall from barbarian hordes. Rome fell because it rotted internally due to mismanagmeent and corruption, then was picked off by muslim invaders after a near stalemated war with Persia.[/quote]
Rome fell in 476. Islam was created in the 7th century.
Please check your facts.
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But the Roman Empire didn’t really fall until ~1450; Rome fell, but not the empire. It continued as the Eastern Roman Empire, based out of Constantinople/Istanbul (which was still the Roman Empire) for several more centuries.
And it was stalemated with Persia for a very very very long time, during which it was ultimately a combination of the Caliphates and the Turks which destroyed it.
And then the whole rise of the Ottoman Empire.[/quote]
He said ‘Rome’ though. And the fall of the Byzantines is a completely different story, one that has little to do with the proverbial Roman decadence.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
Rome did not fall from barbarian hordes. Rome fell because it rotted internally due to mismanagmeent and corruption, then was picked off by muslim invaders after a near stalemated war with Persia.[/quote]
Rome fell in 476. Islam was created in the 7th century.
Please check your facts.
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But the Roman Empire didn’t really fall until ~1450; Rome fell, but not the empire. It continued as the Eastern Roman Empire, based out of Constantinople/Istanbul (which was still the Roman Empire) for several more centuries.
And it was stalemated with Persia for a very very very long time, during which it was ultimately a combination of the Caliphates and the Turks which destroyed it.
And then the whole rise of the Ottoman Empire.[/quote]
He said ‘Rome’ though. And the fall of the Byzantines is a completely different story, one that has little to do with the proverbial Roman decadence.[/quote]
GMFB, I referenced the Persian war in the first post. You know full well what I am addressing.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
His stimulus package paved roads in my town that were falling apart. Bush policies did nothing for my town. Simple as that.
At least he has been spending that money on rebuilding AMERICA instead of some third-world hellhole our bombs destroyed.[/quote]
Well fuck me, thanks a lot Obama. Now when our economy crashes I’ll have a nicely paved road to take my post apocalyptic Mad Max biker gang right through FightinIrish’s town.[/quote]
hahaha. Fair enough. [/quote]
Just between us I think we’ll steer clear of you though. There’s easier targets to loot than some guy who spends all his time practicing busting people right in the chops.[/quote]
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
His stimulus package paved roads in my town that were falling apart. Bush policies did nothing for my town. Simple as that.
At least he has been spending that money on rebuilding AMERICA instead of some third-world hellhole our bombs destroyed.[/quote]
Well fuck me, thanks a lot Obama. Now when our economy crashes I’ll have a nicely paved road to take my post apocalyptic Mad Max biker gang right through FightinIrish’s town.[/quote]
hahaha. Fair enough. [/quote]
Just between us I think we’ll steer clear of you though. There’s easier targets to loot than some guy who spends all his time practicing busting people right in the chops.[/quote]
That is what guns are for.
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I hate guns. They level a playing field that I work very hard to unlevel. You of all people should understand this!!! If not for guns you’d be like an unstoppable engine of destruction. But no some 9 year old girl could kill your 300lb ass dead with the flick of a finger. Pisses me off.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
His stimulus package paved roads in my town that were falling apart. Bush policies did nothing for my town. Simple as that.
At least he has been spending that money on rebuilding AMERICA instead of some third-world hellhole our bombs destroyed.[/quote]
Well fuck me, thanks a lot Obama. Now when our economy crashes I’ll have a nicely paved road to take my post apocalyptic Mad Max biker gang right through FightinIrish’s town.[/quote]
hahaha. Fair enough. [/quote]
Just between us I think we’ll steer clear of you though. There’s easier targets to loot than some guy who spends all his time practicing busting people right in the chops.[/quote]
That is what guns are for.
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I hate guns. They level a playing field that I work very hard to unlevel. You of all people should understand this!!! If not for guns you’d be like an unstoppable engine of destruction. But no some 9 year old girl could kill your 300lb ass dead with the flick of a finger. Pisses me off.[/quote]
LOL I feel you. I’d like to minimize gun use myself.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
His stimulus package paved roads in my town that were falling apart. Bush policies did nothing for my town. Simple as that.
At least he has been spending that money on rebuilding AMERICA instead of some third-world hellhole our bombs destroyed.[/quote]
Well fuck me, thanks a lot Obama. Now when our economy crashes I’ll have a nicely paved road to take my post apocalyptic Mad Max biker gang right through FightinIrish’s town.[/quote]
hahaha. Fair enough. [/quote]
Just between us I think we’ll steer clear of you though. There’s easier targets to loot than some guy who spends all his time practicing busting people right in the chops.[/quote]
That is what guns are for.
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I hate guns. They level a playing field that I work very hard to unlevel. You of all people should understand this!!! If not for guns you’d be like an unstoppable engine of destruction. But no some 9 year old girl could kill your 300lb ass dead with the flick of a finger. Pisses me off.[/quote]
LMAO very true, but for females they are quite handy. Or when you are outnumbered.
[quote]Stoney56 wrote:
You know, being an optimist is no fun, I wish I could go down the post apocalyptic road with you guys.[/quote]
The two aren’t diametrically opposed.[/quote]
Yeah just picture the world as a wonderful place once the nuclear winter in over…[/quote]
Optimism is completely separate from happy and pleasant circumstance. It’s not a environmentally dependent principle.[/quote]
I would also like to say that I think of myself as optimist in general I just have zero faith in humanity. Is that even possible?
Hence, if Sh*t did hit the fan. I like the idea of a cabin in the woods to ride out the proverbial storm. [/quote]
I think it might be like Agent K said in Men in Black…" A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow."
[quote]Stoney56 wrote:
You know, being an optimist is no fun, I wish I could go down the post apocalyptic road with you guys.[/quote]
The two aren’t diametrically opposed.[/quote]
Yeah just picture the world as a wonderful place once the nuclear winter in over…[/quote]
Optimism is completely separate from happy and pleasant circumstance. It’s not a environmentally dependent principle.[/quote]
I would also like to say that I think of myself as optimist in general I just have zero faith in humanity. Is that even possible?
Hence, if Sh*t did hit the fan. I like the idea of a cabin in the woods to ride out the proverbial storm. [/quote]
I think it might be like Agent K said in Men in Black…" A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow."[/quote]
On the other hand, countries no longer need to take over other countries and throw out there government. It just doesn’t make economical sense to go in and kill potential consumers. Who would benefit if New York was hit with a Nuke? Nobody would.
There is no money in war unless resources are present. In the case of a large heavily populated seaboard the people are the resource. It makes no sense to start a war by blowing up the only thing you can hope to gain from fighting. [/quote]
I wonder what the Egyptian army and Muslim brotherhood would say about this?
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
Nice quote Nards, but I think at the ending was “alone in this galaxy/universe,” not “alone on this planet.” Could be wrong.[/quote]
I got it from imdb.com which could get it wrong since stuff is submitted by the users.