LMAO!!! That nearly made me spit coffee all over my laptop!
Rev
Doom Calender..., page 2
reply posted on 8-9-2012 @ 04:35 AM by revmoofoo
reply to post by superman2012
I like that! I think it would go perfectly on my desk next to the big-ass spider I'm too chicken to kill incase it tries to eat me...I hate spiders. *shiver*
Rev
I like that! I think it would go perfectly on my desk next to the big-ass spider I'm too chicken to kill incase it tries to eat me...I hate spiders. *shiver*
Rev
reply posted on 8-9-2012 @ 07:12 AM by ignorant_ape
reply to post by revmoofoo
to be blunt - a calender is useless - as any chicken little can scream " doomsday on day X " - and without actuall evidence to support the claim - which do you believe ?
as an example - there were multiple doomstay claims for the period 1999 ~ 2001 , none of which occured as " predicted "
but people panicked , did silly things - upto / including suicide / murder - while the world and the rest of humanity survived
there are even more " prophecies " for the 2012 / 2013 period - may have already failed - but that doesnt stop new CL`s spouting new dates or old ones " revising " thier failed dates
and just like the run up to 2000 people are getting scared - i predict that some will resort ot murder / suicide
yet there is no credible evidence for any of the claims - some have various statistical probabilities of varying merit
but there is nothing to prompt a rational person to make any sort of life changing descision
so - the ` doom callender ` becomes meaningless - a bunch of dates that pass without incident
why bother ?
to be blunt - a calender is useless - as any chicken little can scream " doomsday on day X " - and without actuall evidence to support the claim - which do you believe ?
as an example - there were multiple doomstay claims for the period 1999 ~ 2001 , none of which occured as " predicted "
but people panicked , did silly things - upto / including suicide / murder - while the world and the rest of humanity survived
there are even more " prophecies " for the 2012 / 2013 period - may have already failed - but that doesnt stop new CL`s spouting new dates or old ones " revising " thier failed dates
and just like the run up to 2000 people are getting scared - i predict that some will resort ot murder / suicide
yet there is no credible evidence for any of the claims - some have various statistical probabilities of varying merit
but there is nothing to prompt a rational person to make any sort of life changing descision
so - the ` doom callender ` becomes meaningless - a bunch of dates that pass without incident
why bother ?
reply posted on 8-9-2012 @ 07:52 AM by revmoofoo
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by revmoofoo
why bother ?
Why not? In the end it's supposed to be a bit of light hearted fun rather than a serious, let's all get worked up about it and hide in our basements, kind of thing.
Like everything else in life, it would be what we make it.
Thanks for the nice, long reply though.
Rev
reply posted on 8-9-2012 @ 10:24 AM by TrueBrit
reply to post by LionOfGOD
I have to confess that I always find posts like this some what troubling. Nothing needs "to be done" about the situation, other than what members ought to do as a matter of course. That is, keeping the quality of thier own content high, and refusing to be drawn down lesser paths by the tide of idiocy breaking over thier feet. If those of us who like to post gold and nothing else, are prepared to continue along the righteous path before us, then there need be no action taken further than that, because that action alone will more that suffice.
Besides which, an awful lot of people these days have some pretty skewed ideas as to what does, and does not warrant discussion. Even reasonable, but incredible suggestions are met with disdain at the moment, rather than well reasoned, and constructive criticism. There seems to be a great divide between those who are capable of discerning these things, and those who are not, and again, the only response to that is to keep an open mind, and a sound head on ones shoulders at the same time. Wasting time with reacting to what you believe to be claptrap says more about your own failings than it does about those you are complaining about !
I have to confess that I always find posts like this some what troubling. Nothing needs "to be done" about the situation, other than what members ought to do as a matter of course. That is, keeping the quality of thier own content high, and refusing to be drawn down lesser paths by the tide of idiocy breaking over thier feet. If those of us who like to post gold and nothing else, are prepared to continue along the righteous path before us, then there need be no action taken further than that, because that action alone will more that suffice.
Besides which, an awful lot of people these days have some pretty skewed ideas as to what does, and does not warrant discussion. Even reasonable, but incredible suggestions are met with disdain at the moment, rather than well reasoned, and constructive criticism. There seems to be a great divide between those who are capable of discerning these things, and those who are not, and again, the only response to that is to keep an open mind, and a sound head on ones shoulders at the same time. Wasting time with reacting to what you believe to be claptrap says more about your own failings than it does about those you are complaining about !
They do seem to have a few more options today though.