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LookieNoNookie -> We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/2/2009 7:17:06 PM)
I was going to go looking for links....but I was thinking, it's pretty clear; We're just so fucked. We had such a phenomenal opportunity, and we just flat out fucked it up. A lot of others followed us. The world's in a big pile of shit...everyone drank the KoolAid....few countries, few industries...can claim innocence.... But truly, there's a really big shitstorm going on...and it's not just mortgages, or US consumer led indulgence....there's a lot of folks around the globe that have way the fuck too many Chinese barbecue's or DVR's.... An ex employee said it better than anyone I ever heard tell it before, back in the late 80's....and he was right; "The least of us live like Kings today, compared to 500 years ago.....even 100 years ago." He said "if you were a King and felt sad, you'd clap your hands; 'BRING ME* the Court Jester'....and it was so". Then you wanted a feast....give just a glance....your nuance was interpreted....and, so be it. Today, HBO provides your Jester, Domino's, or your pantry....even your microwave, provides instant gratification. As you demand...as if you were a King. And you are...to a degree. You move from place to place at 60 or more miles an hour, listening to symphonies that were impossible for only but the very few to hear 70 years ago. And your hair stays absolutely in place. You can go see people in places....for a weekend....that were once only in coffee table books, in mere hours, that your grandparents knew they'd never see in a lifetime. And in some cases, for less than they paid for their first home. And you eat better too. You can communicate (and often do) with people you barely know, yet your parents were stunned when they could talk to someone, from their car....with a cord. And they said...."I'm in my car....no really....I'm driving down the freeway....and I'm talking to you from my car. What? Say again???? I'll have to call you back....oh wait....there you are....so anyway...." I remember that....first call (age 21) to my Mom, natch....."Mom......I'm in my car....no really....I'm driving down the freeway....and I'm talking to you from my car. What? Say again???? I'll have to call you back....oh wait....there you are....so anyway...." I remember that all very well....a new world....muscle cars...youth...my first computer...7 inch (green) monitors.....(and considering there were only 29 people on car phones in any given geographical area back then....Mom didn't really* have to wait). Muscle cars (and my first computer) had to go eventually, we didn't fuck that up....but I think we may have fucked up a bunch of other shit. ***************** I'm only 50, so considering that I'm going to have all my hair transplanted, have new muscles implanted (in 2019, when that'll be largely like shopping for lentils), get taller (via an external 12B 7 - 3, which many of you may be unfamiliar with....but I can 'splain it later), and finalize the construction on my orgasmatron..... I just wonder occasionally about the next bunch that are coming through..... Things just appear a little hazy right now. Ya know? (And by the way....with all them new muskles and hayur....I'm going to be shaking up the bars). (I just wanted to tell everyone before I got started).

mnottertail -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked up.... (6/2/2009 7:24:01 PM)
well, woulda done, shoulda done, coulda done we all cried....... I mean, if there is anything to write on your gravestone, she gave some wonderful head, ain't the worst thing been said abou you

pahunkboy -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/2/2009 7:53:07 PM)
1. you have it inside of you to make lemonade. 2. you have the benefit of history and a brain- so prepare. 3. And I don't mean to be flip on this. But in a profound way- we are entering an exciting period in history to be alive. If you consider all the times in history one could live- and that you are a pioneer of the teck age- when you factor in that we squeezed 6.5 bln people on the planet.... ...what I mean is even tho the times ahead will be trying and full of challenges- at the same time- in a queer way- any thing is possible. No doubt the paradyme is shifting. Many will be out-moded. However- some will find excellence in a new mode... and that person could be you... it could be anyone on this board.

Delphinus -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/2/2009 8:14:32 PM)
I think I get what you're saying. Here is my thought and we'll see if I'm completely off base. I sometimes feel like our world is covered in sugar. It all seems so sweet, but in the end, it can't really be good for us and in fact, might even be slowly causing decay to our souls. Regardless of whether I'm right in thinking that's what you mean, it is how I feel. Something is not right about all that we have. Something is even more not right about the disparity between all that some have and all that others are lacking. And it is even more wrong when we realize how little it bothers us to have so much when others have so little. We have an unjustified sense of entitlement and I wonder if it will come back to bite us in the ass.

Arpig -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/2/2009 8:35:35 PM)
Well Delphinus, you are better then I. I haven't the slightest idea what the OP is on about.

Termyn8or -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/2/2009 8:36:38 PM)
Good points, but I think we have lost alot more than we have gained. First and foremost the ability for most to assure their progeny has a better life. Even the uber-rich, and they know it, even the biggest sail is worthless without wind. We are broken, and in a very bad way. Innovation, HA ! All but gone. We were less crowded, happier, healthier despite the lack of a few modern cures, and had hopes not only for our own, but for the whole nation. The fact of the matter is that now we are looking forward to more wars for arable or otherwise valuable land as the biomass which we refer to as humanity shadows every last inch of it. Even if the big money of today sees their time pass, someone will do it. It is a natural thing under these carcumstances. For some reason I just thought of this. How it may apply I am not sure. Many years ago a young Mother was trying to put on an infant's shoe and they SCREAMED. Again and again she tried but to no avail. Eventually she gave up and threw the shoes on the floor, after all it wasn't a blizzard. I picked up the shoe and stuck my fingers inside and found a nice clean pair of socks rolled up within. True story, but might provide a multi-faceted analogy. There are problems one can't see, much less foresee. I'll have to think about the rest, but for some reason my mind dredged it up from the fairly distant past. Not to mention that there are plenty of problems that were never solved during our "evolution". T

SteelofUtah -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 8:23:09 AM)
I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers Consultin' with the rain. And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin' If I only had a brain. I'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le, In trouble or in pain. With the thoughts you'll be thinkin' you could be another Lincoln If you only had a brain. Oh, I could tell you why The ocean's near the shore. I could think of things I never thunk before. And then I'd sit, and think some more. I would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin' My heart all full of pain. I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry, If I only had a brain.

IrishMist -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 8:37:19 AM)
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth – that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one. H.L Mencken I thought it sums everything up very well [:D]

MrRodgers -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 9:10:57 AM)
The future of the world...our future ? We went from... 'Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive Porches...I must make A-mends." WHO ? To soon...this: "You load sixteen tons waddaya get...another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooo...I owe my soul to the company store." WHO ?

IrishMist -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 10:33:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers The future of the world...our future ? We went from... 'Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive Porches...I must make A-mends." WHO ? To soon...this: "You load sixteen tons waddaya get...another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooo...I owe my soul to the company store." WHO ? Hey, no fair...I love that song [8D]

pahunkboy -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 10:43:42 AM)
Did you know that shoes are one invention that saves alot of lives? My highschool and school-- were like wharehouses. Now the one job I had out here in Middleburg, the co-worker we to her school re-union. Something like the 50th. They have one every year and most all 48 of that class attend. Then my boss there was burried in a graveyard on a hillside of an old country chruch. TV can never replace the wisdom of the elders. ....and despite us enterring into a depression, I do believe that life will get interesting. It will be a cool time to be alive. Not for everyone- and yes- some will parish. But I think as a society we have been given a gift to return to simplicity. ...that material goods can never trump human relationships. That gluttony is piggesh. Many wont like it. But I DO see some benefits that will arise out of it all.

LaTigresse -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 10:51:01 AM)
I heard there was a great animated program on ABC last night called Earth 2100. It was an imagined life for a person born yesterday, if the world continues on as it is right now. Then providing alternatives if certain changes are made.

ShaharThorne -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 11:12:51 AM)
I was watching the show last night (I multitask like crazy) and it shows how things can be if we are not careful. The current swine flu problem is just a precusor of what is to come IMO. We are way overdue for a population decline.

LaTigresse -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 11:17:18 AM)
From what the person that watched it told me, one of the really huge ones, is to cut our dependance on fossil fuels completely.

ShaharThorne -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 11:24:38 AM)
While going to DFW yesterday, I was noticing how much crowded it has become in the last 20 years. I could not wait to get back out of there and see country views instead of fumes and gas guzzlers.

LaTigresse -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 12:02:51 PM)
Living in the country full time the last 8 years has made me much more sensitive the hell of a city.

barelynangel -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 12:31:42 PM)
I read this yesterday and i was half listening to Law & Order, SUV. And right when i got to the end of the OP, all i hear was the judge say -- Is everyone crazy today? slams down her gavel and says, 30 minute recess -- people take your meds. I burst out laughing since i was having a heck of a time understanding what the OP was talking about lol and then the title -- it was just timing lol. Maybe you had to be there lol. angel

pahunkboy -> RE: We are so incredibly fucked.... (6/3/2009 1:16:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LaTigresse Living in the country full time the last 8 years has made me much more sensitive the hell of a city. I envy you. ...and if my plans work out- in the next 5 years- I will be in the country as well.

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