OT What macro trend worries you the most?

[MARIS61]

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Every Spring, that's me out in the yard, whacking those gophers.

But I find my 22 outperforms my mallet.

 

[MARIS61]

If you asked people in 1987 this same question about what bad things do you think will happen in the next 30 years they'd mostly seem laughably pessimistic. Nuclear annihilation, everybody dead from AIDS, poverty, overpopulation, economic collapse.

Meanwhile, everything mostly got better than it's ever been in human history for the vast majority of people on this planet. More people were lifted out of poverty and despotic government, more people gained access to education, women's rights and children's rights vastly expanded, your likelihood of getting killed in war shrunk dramatically in all but a very small handful of countries.

The human mind more easily imagines pessimistic outcomes, and there definitely are some scary things out there. But try to remember the media makes more money by painting grim and depressing pictures, and that inevitably shapes every person's perception of the future.

The good old days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

 

[theprunetang]

Duh

You aren't really answering anything. Racism, the war on drugs, and separatism. Which to do you like? If it is separatism, what kind of separatism are you talking about? Political? Nationalism? Racial?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You aren't really answering anything. Racism, the war on drugs, and separatism. Which to do you like? If it is separatism, what kind of separatism are you talking about? Political? Nationalism? Racial?

Don't like racism.
Like nationalism in many instances.
Hate drugs completely, would change tons about how the war has been waged.

 

[theprunetang]

Don't like racism.
Like nationalism in many instances.
Hate drugs completely, would change tons about how the war has been waged.

So by liking separatism, you mean that as a nation. That makes sense, not that I agree, but I get it. I had to get to the bottom of it, because currently, separatism, more often than not, is in reference to racial separatism.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

So by liking separatism, you mean that as a nation. That makes sense, not that I agree, but I get it. I had to get to the bottom of it, because currently, separatism, more often than not, is in reference to racial separatism.

I don't care what color a guy is or which bathroom they use if they're an American citizen.

I'll keep myself separate from white trash all day long though.

 

[theprunetang]

I don't care what color a guy is or which bathroom they use if they're an American citizen.

I'll keep myself separate from white trash all day long though.

Ps. I pissed in one of those beer mugs........

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Ps. I pissed in one of those beer mugs........

Who are you, Wallace Shawn?

 

[theprunetang]

Who are you, Wallace Shawn?

Donald Trump.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Donald Trump.

Knew it

 

[theprunetang]

Knew it

Trump and I have a few things in common: slightly insane, love for eastern European girls, water sports, and love for taco bowls.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

but your world extends only from Santa Monica to Anaheim.......good luck with that..

West of the 405, actually.

 

[Further]

Trump and I have a few things in common: slightly insane, love for eastern European girls, water sports, and love for taco bowls.

that would make a great thread, how are you similar to Trump?

Orange is my favorite color,
I would also bring back water boarding,... or wake boarding, I always get those confused.
and I also want to have sex with his daughter.

 

[jlprk]

Republican policies are all about helping their patrons, rich people. Trump reversed Obama's ban on elephant hunts.
https://blog.humanesociety.org/wayn...trophies-africa-reversing-obama-policies.html

Check this out.
The Great Elephant Census, a Paul G. Allen Project (pdf file)
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...untry Findings Fact Sheet_FINAL_8 26 2016.pdf