Yes, we all die. But how do you want to get there, and how soon?
And you'll never see the truck that kills you tomorrow. That's the best bit. Seriously - obsessing too much about your health and lifespan is - not healthy.
Wrong. 100% of all dead people are habitual NON breathers. I posit that NOT breathing causes death. Of course there are heretics who argue that death is caused by failures of one or more vital organ systems and that non breathing is merely a symptom of death but correlation != causation!
If he's right, then people will be able to work again. If he's wrong, THE PLANET WAS FUCKED ANYWAY. Nothing in any existing or proposed "climate legislation" has a) changed "global warming" at all or b) has any hope of changing "global warming". If we're going to be fucked, we might as well have jobs in the meantime. But chances are we're not fucked because climate change is part of living on this hunk of space rock. Only 100,000 years ago, N. America was covered by glaciers. In a few million years, it will be again. And there's nothing we can do about it.
Which just goes to show how disconnected you are from reality. That's what happens when you buy the "we are many therefore we are important" idea. How many millions died in China in the 1950's and 60's and why?
The rest of the country is maybe 10% of the taxbase. They should have 10% of the say
The problem is you think "taxes" are important. The US government has long been printing most of the money it needs instead of collecting it from tax revenue. That's what deficit means. The "tax base" of the entire US is now a fraction of total government expenses. Taxes are not important.
The structure of your society is important. The cities are full of people. The rural areas are sparsely populated. Technology has created a sort of inverted pyramid, with very few farmers, miners and producers being able to support vast populations of city folk. Unfortunately city folk have the wrong-headed notion that the SIZE of their population makes them important. Not true. If a single farmer feeds 1,000 people you had better take care of that farmer. You can always find another banker, another toilet scrubber, another shop-keeper. Like you said - cities are BRIMMING with people. But if that farmer dies you've lost the potential to feed 1000 people. How important is that single farmer?
Always remember that rural areas can and will survive WITHOUT cities. Oh the standard of living would drop, but the farmer knows how to feed himself. However don't forget that cities CANNOT exist without the rural areas. At all. Do not discount their importance and the hierarchy of dependence. It's not all just about sheer population - although an entitled, individualistic society would create citizens who feel it does.
You won't be the majority long when you start dying of hunger. Food does not come from the supermarket. Products do not magically appear on department store shelves. Just because you trade stocks or push mortgages or sell insurance in the big city, moving bits of paper or money around, don't start thinking that the infrastructure that supports you is unnecessary. Take care of the machine and it will take care of you. Neglect the machine and pay the consequences.
I'm just waiting for DeNiro to shake off the secret service and punch the president-elect in the face. Like he told everyone he would do. Is California one of these states where verbal promises are as binding as contracts?
First you have to catch him enabling the corruption of a large oil company... Dilma was removed for a reason. Oh and I doubled my money on Petrobras shares - bought them at $5 they're now $11+:)
That still doesn't explain why the FBI boasted that they had 400+ agents working for many months for 33,000 emails and yet magically can go through 650k in just a few days. Either they were lying before, or they are lying now.
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No. Hillary lost. Nuclear war cancelled.
I was lean and fit. I had a heart attack at 28. Some of it is under your control. Some of it is not. Consider yourself lucky.
Yes, we all die. But how do you want to get there, and how soon?
And you'll never see the truck that kills you tomorrow. That's the best bit. Seriously - obsessing too much about your health and lifespan is - not healthy.
Only until you die! There are plenty of minutes after death that bring you further from death.
Wrong. 100% of all dead people are habitual NON breathers. I posit that NOT breathing causes death. Of course there are heretics who argue that death is caused by failures of one or more vital organ systems and that non breathing is merely a symptom of death but correlation != causation!
We were going to ride it out to the end anyway. People don't stop breeding, and everyone wants to eat - how dare they!
If he's right, then people will be able to work again. If he's wrong, THE PLANET WAS FUCKED ANYWAY. Nothing in any existing or proposed "climate legislation" has a) changed "global warming" at all or b) has any hope of changing "global warming". If we're going to be fucked, we might as well have jobs in the meantime. But chances are we're not fucked because climate change is part of living on this hunk of space rock. Only 100,000 years ago, N. America was covered by glaciers. In a few million years, it will be again. And there's nothing we can do about it.
Which just goes to show how disconnected you are from reality. That's what happens when you buy the "we are many therefore we are important" idea. How many millions died in China in the 1950's and 60's and why?
The rest of the country is maybe 10% of the taxbase. They should have 10% of the say
The problem is you think "taxes" are important. The US government has long been printing most of the money it needs instead of collecting it from tax revenue. That's what deficit means. The "tax base" of the entire US is now a fraction of total government expenses. Taxes are not important.
The structure of your society is important. The cities are full of people. The rural areas are sparsely populated. Technology has created a sort of inverted pyramid, with very few farmers, miners and producers being able to support vast populations of city folk. Unfortunately city folk have the wrong-headed notion that the SIZE of their population makes them important. Not true. If a single farmer feeds 1,000 people you had better take care of that farmer. You can always find another banker, another toilet scrubber, another shop-keeper. Like you said - cities are BRIMMING with people. But if that farmer dies you've lost the potential to feed 1000 people. How important is that single farmer?
Always remember that rural areas can and will survive WITHOUT cities. Oh the standard of living would drop, but the farmer knows how to feed himself. However don't forget that cities CANNOT exist without the rural areas. At all. Do not discount their importance and the hierarchy of dependence. It's not all just about sheer population - although an entitled, individualistic society would create citizens who feel it does.
You won't be the majority long when you start dying of hunger. Food does not come from the supermarket. Products do not magically appear on department store shelves. Just because you trade stocks or push mortgages or sell insurance in the big city, moving bits of paper or money around, don't start thinking that the infrastructure that supports you is unnecessary. Take care of the machine and it will take care of you. Neglect the machine and pay the consequences.
In fact as I read elsewhere, it seems almost as if these demographic groups are living in entirely different countries.
No because conservatives don't throw liberal hissy fits and then run and hide in their safe space.
Yep, it's not enough to spy just on your PC, we want to spy on all your other devices too.
I'm just waiting for DeNiro to shake off the secret service and punch the president-elect in the face. Like he told everyone he would do. Is California one of these states where verbal promises are as binding as contracts?
Grabbing pussy has always been legal, so long as the pussy is willing.
First you have to catch him enabling the corruption of a large oil company... Dilma was removed for a reason. Oh and I doubled my money on Petrobras shares - bought them at $5 they're now $11+ :)
There is also something called bluffing with a "threat of force", and having your bluff called.
In their what?
What they're not telling you is the drone's batteries are made by Samsung. Don't worry you'll get your kaboom!
That still doesn't explain why the FBI boasted that they had 400+ agents working for many months for 33,000 emails and yet magically can go through 650k in just a few days. Either they were lying before, or they are lying now.
Hahaha like bankers work 8 hours a day....
The biggest problem society will face will not be finding something to eat - it will be finding something to DO. "Idle hands make for mischief".
Will generate $4 billion in sales and about $187,000 profit... HEY PROFIT IS PROFIT OK?
Hopefully until Satya Nadella realizes just how badly he fucked things up and Microsoft decides to sell software again. Or until I'm dead.
I run windows 7 SP1 and I have NO problem. Auto updates OFF.