Stop it.

Oct 08, 2008 09:59

I know some of you have been paying a whole lot of attention to the media recently, and in particular the financial troubles that we are in. Now, I know that this whole situation is confusing, and that this uncertainty causes a lot of stress. That stress in turn fuels a paranoia about the future, and a belief that things are gonna be really bad ( Read more... )

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angelinger October 8 2008, 15:41:59 UTC
aw man, i was lookin' forward to wearing burning man gear on an everyday basis. way to go burstin' my bubble, buddy. oh well, at least i've got this sweet bicycle to get my through the apocolypse.

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I have a fever. And the only cure, is more tutu. sadie_sunshine October 8 2008, 15:56:24 UTC
In the depressingly still-civilized world, our costumes always have the weekends.

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Re: I have a fever. And the only cure, is more tutu. angelinger October 8 2008, 15:58:20 UTC
i already push the boundaries of what is reasonable office dress - even in a very liberal office. a tutu isn't too too far off.

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lancehunter October 8 2008, 15:51:25 UTC
Well said. I think that some of the crazy worst-case scenarios I am seeing thrown around are really more a form of escapism than rational evaluations of the situation. When you have a mundane middle-class existance, the idea of being Mad Max can sound pretty exciting (not to mention that it suddenly gives you a justification for owning all those guns).

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foolmonkey October 8 2008, 15:59:40 UTC

oriori1 October 8 2008, 16:23:35 UTC
you forgot Hurricane. totally happened. made a lot of random spare parts freely available to those with shopping carts.

man. now i'm really bummed. i was SO hoping for a revolution. i want shit more fucked up. damn. well, i better go buy a TV to see what's gonna be televised.

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niire October 8 2008, 16:57:05 UTC
Well said Sir - Outsanding -

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cdozo October 8 2008, 17:01:03 UTC
I was cruising friends-of-friends journals when I saw this post. It inspired me to actuallt make this graphic that I thought of a few days ago:


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