Comments on: Let’s talk money

By: DGAF in Miami

DGAF in Miami — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:06:02 +0000

It’s uphill slogging to change perspectives and recruit allies *before* the proverbial balloon goes up… OTOH I have an AR-15 variant that collapses to only 26 inches in length… with a 20-round magazine it is eminently concealable… I will either have their allegiance or I will have their “stuff”… and their trophy skank-ho. So sayeth history.

By: nothanks

nothanks — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:50:30 +0000

Dammit man you write the best stuff on the internet. Thank you very much!!

Wake, there is no point in trying to convince people of this shit or anything topic. Most people think they know everything and are smarter than you. My sister is one of these people, it doesn’t matter what subject it is she is THE fucking expert. lolz…ah well cheers!!

By: Wake

Wake — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:55:16 +0000

“it’s not that people CANNOT change, it is that they WILL not, not as long as they have a choice.”

… and then it is usually too late. The behaviour of crowds never ceases to baffle me.

By: wimminz

wimminz — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:16:47 +0000

speaking personally, no….

there is this wimminz, if she would listen to me, she’d be great, but that is like saying if shit tasted like chocolate pudding, it would be great with custard.

it’s not that people CANNOT change, it is that they WILL not, not as long as they have a choice.

By: Wake

Wake — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:14:11 +0000

I barely get the attention of the people closest to me when I try to point out the coming desaster. At best they are interested in my point of view, but they hardly change any of their behaviour. On the other hand, I certainly got them to think I am some “desaster ahead” weirdo. Not encouraging at all.

Afor & commenters: have you had any success in convincing others about this? If so, how?

By: Wake

Wake — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:06:05 +0000

The funny result of my divorce more than a decade ago is that it prepared me to face the coming times. I had to downscale my lifestyle to a minimum, consumerism was not an option anymore. Now I see people around me either surfing the debt wave or believing the state will keep its promises (or even help them out) when the times will get rough. It’s madness. But nobody sees this coming, they are all in denial.

So when some guy at my company explains how he will live after early retirement (full expectation of the state honoring it’s pension promises and him curtailing his spending habits) I have to pinch myself to just shut up because I know he will be crushed by inflation and real decreasing pention payments. But there is no way he will listen to me, so I shut up. It is very difficult to just stand there in silent when people openly throw themselves in misery.