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[hugglewolf]

Somebody tell me why I did this?!! I get neurotically obsessive about disaster type situation movies so unless they're fantastically unlikely, like Cloverfield, I should avoid, avoid, avoid

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[zafra]

*slap*

I raise a glass to you and I - the few, the proud, the masochists. :)

[hugglewolf]

Yep, it's totally self inflicted.

And really depressing, since the general consensus was that if it happened for real...we're totally screwed. *sighs*

Think I'd rather have the Cloverfield beastie to contend with.

[zafra]

Yeah, I remember when we were in the cold war (Elementary School) and they used to have drills and we would hide under our desks and stuff. *snerk* I realize now in hindsight that was simply to make us feel better. Honestly, what is hiding under a desk going to do for say, radiation poisoning?! I'd rather be killed instantly by flying glass. (I'm in the USA)

[hugglewolf]

I see what you mean - that's so totally pointless. I used to think it would be more merciful to go in the blast, as it would be virtually instantaneous...until I read somewhere that the detonation in Sarah's dream was actually the most realistic nuclear bomb scene ever filmed. It took a couple of minutes for them all to die. I guess it depends how close to ground zero you are.

When I was in primary school, they didn't teach us anything like that. Which is weird, because I read a book saying that Scotland was a strategic jumping off point for Russia to invade the rest of Europe.

*whines* I hate stuff like this! Why exactly are we having all these problems with Russia and Iran and everybody? Ok, idealistic and childlike, but it's a big world, big enough for everybody to have a little space without treading on everybody else's toes.

[zafra]

part of the problem is that we aren't such a big world, anymore, realistically. In order to sustain our populations and lifestyles larger and larger areas are being farmed and excavated, people travel freely between countries - everything is mixed. In cities we are jammed together, but even trying to escape is hard anymore. We need federally protected lands just to keep them "lands".
When one of the largest destroyers of rain forest according to anti-establishment research is McDonald's Corporation (because really, where does *all* that beef come from?!) you know the world has an issue.

[hugglewolf]

*nods*
I was watching QI a few weeks ago (comedy celebrity quiz show) and Stephen Fry said that because kangaroos don't fart (stay with me here), scientists are trying to find out how so they can make cows the same and reduce the amount of methane they produce as that is a large contributor to the greenhouse effect.

Could it be time for Governments to start introducing 'draconian' measures like limiting the number of children people could have? Deciding who gets to have a car and who doesn't? How do you balance civil liberties against safeguarding the future?

Beware: Ranting ahead

[zafra]

taken directly from the website to follow

Re: Beware: Ranting ahead

[hugglewolf]

I don't know how we can fix this. Some problems get too big, go on too long to fix - it's like they take on a life of their own, and they want to live, like some dark creation that won't give up on its existence without a fight.

And yes, please write that because it would rock.

Re: Beware: Ranting ahead

[zafra]

I'm totally going to. I haven't been inspired at all to write J/R typical relationship fics, partly because it's so *done*, already. I have no idea if someone has written a fic like this, so I will just check it out, but since I certainly haven't seen much about it all, I'm not terribly worried. I just don't want to step on anyone's toes, like call my organization the same name by coincidence. That makes you online life hell.

Re: Beware: Ranting ahead

[hugglewolf]

Mmm. I haven't seen anything like that premise. Go for it.