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Author Topic: Daily Dose of Doom Thread  (Read 163207 times)

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #500 on: October 30, 2019, 09:52:33 AM »
Im not sure that's what the poll said. The poll had them say on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being "on the edge of a civil war." The mean score for independents was around 70. That doesn't mean 70% of people think a civil war is likely. I think the only ones in that poll who could be definitively categorized as "thinking a civil war is likely" would be the ones who marked 100.

Maybe I missed something in the poll but I think people think the country is very politically divided,  not that a civil war is likely

Fair point.  The media reporting it said likely, one report said imminent, another said on the edge.
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« Reply #501 on: October 30, 2019, 11:07:42 AM »
A score of 100 was "edge of a civil war."  Which means "civil war" is something like 105 or 110, at worst.  So if we're at mean of 67 now, we're only whatever percentage 67/105 to 110 amounts to towards civil war.  That doesn't seem so bad.

The real doom in the study is that 84% of the respondents agreed with the statement: "I'm tired of leaders compromising my values and ideals.  I want leaders who will stand up to the other side."  What makes it especially concerning is how the conclusions imply that this may only be the beginning of an existing general decline in civility.  In short, nobody is willing to compromise, nobody wants to hear from anyone who disagrees with their opinion, and everyone would rather fight than make a deal.

Which apparently makes Scoop the canary in the coal mine of societal incivility.  And here we thought it was Topper simply forewarning of doom when it turns out he's actually been the one sowing the seeds.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #502 on: October 30, 2019, 11:37:41 AM »
And here we thought it was Topper simply forewarning of doom when it turns out he's actually been the one sowing the seeds.

Oh, yes absolutely.  I thought that was clear! 

NYWarrior coined that I was a Dementor.  ("a phantom species who, as their name suggests, gradually deprive human minds of happiness ..")

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #503 on: October 30, 2019, 02:01:18 PM »
Any border state that contains Dayton should be an immediate candidate for Canadian annexation.

Good effing point. PTM is real, real tired of Ohio being the swing state every election.

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #504 on: October 30, 2019, 02:10:06 PM »
A score of 100 was "edge of a civil war."  Which means "civil war" is something like 105 or 110, at worst.  So if we're at mean of 67 now, we're only whatever percentage 67/105 to 110 amounts to towards civil war.  That doesn't seem so bad.

The real doom in the study is that 84% of the respondents agreed with the statement: "I'm tired of leaders compromising my values and ideals.  I want leaders who will stand up to the other side."  What makes it especially concerning is how the conclusions imply that this may only be the beginning of an existing general decline in civility.  In short, nobody is willing to compromise, nobody wants to hear from anyone who disagrees with their opinion, and everyone would rather fight than make a deal.

On the other hand, 87 percent of poll respondents agreed that “compromise and common ground should be the goal for political leaders," with 64 percent strongly agreeing with that statement.
Which I take to mean that everybody wants the politicians who agree with them to "stand up to the other side" while the politicians who don't agree with them should compromise. 

tl;dr: We're all hypocrites ... or at least more than 80 percent of us are.

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #505 on: October 30, 2019, 03:47:31 PM »
Glad we have a politics thread again.

I would like you to do us a favor, though ... don't make this contingent on digging up dirt on Greg Gard.
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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #506 on: November 01, 2019, 04:48:20 PM »

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« Reply #507 on: November 01, 2019, 05:02:32 PM »
Zombies undead...

https://news.yahoo.com/science-zombies-undead-rise-004009241.html

"The Last of Us" is based on the concept of a fungus and spores doing what the ants go through. Scary stuff but great game.

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« Reply #508 on: November 03, 2019, 11:56:25 AM »
Why isn't that Dutch girl worring about this disaster?  She'd get way more converts to her cause.

Obviously she went to the wrong country to make her case.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50280390

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #512 on: November 13, 2019, 04:21:59 PM »
Peace, Love, and Rye Whiskey...May your life and your glass always be full

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« Reply #513 on: November 13, 2019, 04:24:11 PM »
“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” - Clarence Darrow

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« Reply #515 on: November 16, 2019, 07:57:52 PM »
YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! AH, DAMN YOU! GODDAM YOU ALL TO HELL!!
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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #516 on: November 18, 2019, 10:47:46 AM »
If you ever need to bide your time between doom posts:

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #517 on: November 21, 2019, 07:58:06 PM »
"I hate everything about this job except the games, Everything. I don't even get affected anymore by the winning, by the ratings, those things. The trouble is, it will sound like an excuse because we've never won the national championship, but winning just isn't all that important to me.” Al McGuire

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #520 on: December 10, 2019, 08:14:50 AM »
 Pig-monkey doom

https://www.newsweek.com/pig-monkey-chimera-china-1476162

"The world's first pig-monkey chimeras have been born in China, scientists have announced. Researchers injected monkey stem cells into fertilized pig embryos then implanted them into sows and allowed pregnancy to continue to full term."
If you think for one second that I am comparing the USA to China you have bumped your hard.

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Re: Daily Dose of Doom Thread
« Reply #522 on: December 11, 2019, 09:01:48 AM »
Doom for mosquitos....the farting mosquito killer


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10522729/man-farts-kill-mosquitos/
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« Reply #523 on: December 11, 2019, 10:48:09 AM »
Was he a regular at Arby's?
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« Reply #524 on: December 11, 2019, 08:23:26 PM »
Was he a regular at Arby's?

I wish my Arby's fueled ass could kill mosquitoes.