How about a little fire?

[Triple Zero]

I think about the downfall of civilization a lot.  I know that every generation thinks it's witnessing the death of society, but that doesn't stop me from thinking that the End is Nigh.  All I have to do is watch a 16 year old driving her brand new Hummer.

Seriously, it's just around the corner.

me too. it's why i'm gonna learn me some martial arts. i figure when the time comes there's not much need for an IT guy, i know how to brew booze and grow vegetables, apart from that i'm afraid im pretty useless.

funny thing is my gf totally understands this, she said "hey you think about that too? ", like, she actually surprises me sometimes by saying in the middle of a conversation, "... yeah but what about when society collapses?"

[Payne]

I think about the downfall of civilization a lot.  I know that every generation thinks it's witnessing the death of society, but that doesn't stop me from thinking that the End is Nigh.  All I have to do is watch a 16 year old driving her brand new Hummer.

Seriously, it's just around the corner.

me too. it's why i'm gonna learn me some martial arts. i figure when the time comes there's not much need for an IT guy, i know how to brew booze and grow vegetables, apart from that i'm afraid im pretty useless.

funny thing is my gf totally understands this, she said "hey you think about that too? ", like, she actually surprises me sometimes by saying in the middle of a conversation, "... yeah but what about when society collapses?"

Sheer genius.

[Elder Iptuous]

Ooh! Ooh!
We're freaking DOOOOMED!
....ahem....
sorry. about that. I do tend to get worked up about societal collapse a bit.
So do any of you guys actively 'prep' for collapse (on any scale)
Guns, Grub, Gold? or Beans, Bullets, Bullion? or whatever those crazy paranoid people that actually subscribe to that nonsense about how an engineered destruction of our economy is right around the corner as a pretext for creating a regional currency that will create a NAU that will be more explicitly subservient to global governance that will be a bad, bad thing....

[LMNO]

Actually, I just put my faith in the Free Market Economy, and the Libertarian ethos.  That should take care of everything.

After all, if small government is good, shouldn't no government be even better?

[Elder Iptuous]

Actually, I just put my faith in the Free Market Economy, and the Libertarian ethos.  That should take care of everything.

After all, if small government is good, shouldn't no government be even better?

There's no such thing as 'no government', just the strife of a collapsing power vacuum.
you can put your faith wherever you want (its certainly unbecoming to carry it around with you all the time, after all), but i wouldn't recommend putting it in anyone having your best interests in mind, especially those in authority.

[LMNO]

I had no idea the Free Market was considered an authority, or even a single entity.




Your trolling is weak.  Please to increase the Polemic value by 8.92%.

[AFK]

Actually, I just put my faith in the Free Market Economy, and the Libertarian ethos.  That should take care of everything.

After all, if small government is good, shouldn't no government be even better?

There's no such thing as 'no government', just the strife of a collapsing power vacuum.
you can put your faith wherever you want (its certainly unbecoming to carry it around with you all the time, after all), but i wouldn't recommend putting it in anyone having your best interests in mind, especially those in authority.

You mean, we should question authority?  Why didn't I ever think of that? 

[Elder Iptuous]

I had no idea the Free Market was considered an authority, or even a single entity.




Your trolling is weak.  Please to increase the Polemic value by 8.92%.

Hmmm. I must have stated something wrong. Because i wasn't referring to the Free Market as an authority....
Your needling on the minimization of govt, it seems to me. That's all i'm supporting.
Back on topic, do you think our current castle is crumbling, and are you doing anything to prepare for it?
I totally agree with you that my trolling is weak though.  I've never attempted it.

LMNO puppies.
OSAR
CMPN?

[East Coast Hustle]

I didn't think he was trolling.

sounded more like talking sense.

anyway, I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about it, I have a large frame backpack called "the zombie apocalypse bag" right by the front door, the contents of which (along with my guns) will keep me alive and fed long enough to find somewhere unpopulated to make camp, and provide the tools to make a permanent shelter and the means to provide myself with potable water, fresh fruit and vegetables.

Also contains a fair amount of speed. Do never be unable to go 72 hours without stopping or sleeping when the zombie apocalypse happens.

[hooplala]

Ooh! Ooh!
We're freaking DOOOOMED!
....ahem....
sorry. about that. I do tend to get worked up about societal collapse a bit.
So do any of you guys actively 'prep' for collapse (on any scale)
Guns, Grub, Gold? or Beans, Bullets, Bullion? or whatever those crazy paranoid people that actually subscribe to that nonsense about how an engineered destruction of our economy is right around the corner as a pretext for creating a regional currency that will create a NAU that will be more explicitly subservient to global governance that will be a bad, bad thing....

I have a neighbor who is set for the end of the world.  He likes me.  I plan to take him out, come armageddon.  Plan set!

[Richter]

My day to day bag IS my zombie apocalypse bag.  I can certainly improve what I have with access to car or dwelling, but I'm OK with the idea that I may have to improvise a good bit. 

Ooh! Ooh!
We're freaking DOOOOMED!
....ahem....
sorry. about that. I do tend to get worked up about societal collapse a bit.
So do any of you guys actively 'prep' for collapse (on any scale)
Guns, Grub, Gold? or Beans, Bullets, Bullion? or whatever those crazy paranoid people that actually subscribe to that nonsense about how an engineered destruction of our economy is right around the corner as a pretext for creating a regional currency that will create a NAU that will be more explicitly subservient to global governance that will be a bad, bad thing....

I have a neighbor who is set for the end of the world.  He likes me.  I plan to take him out, come armageddon.  Plan set!

TITCM.

I'm also opposed to putting too much resource - wise into prepping for this sort of thing.
As fun as the idea is, a zombie apocalypse is one hell of a remote possibility.
I'm ready for minor trouble or natural disasters, (living in a hurricane prone area with small earthquake possibility), and am confident that things won't go Mad Max overnight. 
In the end, I'd rather work with un-fucking the political and social problems we have now than starting over from dark ages tech.     

[East Coast Hustle]

it surprises me how many people on this board seem to lack the desire to become a warlord.

[Cainad (dec.)]

it surprises me how many people on this board seem to lack the desire to become a warlord.

You want to get stabbed by one of your concubine's offspring?

[hooplala]

it surprises me how many people on this board seem to lack the desire to become a warlord.

I'm more of an Auntie Entity... "Ain't we a pair, Raggedy Man?"

[LMNO]

it surprises me how many people on this board seem to lack the desire to become a warlord.

It should be fairly obvious that the Warlord's adviser holds all the cards.


LMNO
-call me Rasputin.