Yes, I was.Originally Posted by Loki
I meant you were 15.
Yes, I was.I meant you were 15.
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
I think I did pretty well, considering how little attention I paid to that sort of thing. I also think I left out Illusions and Wraith. Regardless, OG's position that Dread is the only person he has ever encountered who demonstrated that trend is remarkably stupid, even for him.You're off by a few decades for Being, a decade for Baltic (though he's European, surprisingly enough from the Baltic states), half a decade+ for wig, and I think half a decade for Lewk. Ogre I believe is in his 30s.So that leaves you, me, Dread, Wiggin, Lewk, and OG. Out of us six, Lewk has definitely become more right-wing, as did Dread and myself. I can't recall whether you or wig where ever more to the left, but both of you are around the center now. That leaves only OG who remained a lefty, and we all know that OG is representative of humanity.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Loki and Lewk have always been drooling right-wingers for as long as I've posted in the CC. Which leaves only Dread, and I'm not the only one to comment on his shift. I think some of you forgot I haven't been here as long as the rest.
Are you guys honestly trying to predict the leaning of only a handful of other members? Didn't we used to have a graph of that in the old place, which included far more than 6 that fit the bill? Or did that end up as one of the deleted threads?
Loki was never a drooling right-winger, though he has consistently drifted toward the right since he was in high school. And I'm not "predicting" where anyone leans. Our views are pretty open and easy to tell. The difficulty is predicting a particular age cohort, which is what the topic concerned despite your instant Alber-arguing attempt to broaden the topic in the hopes it would make you less wrong. Dread was referencing a certain age group. An examination of that age group reveals that everyone on here but you is either center or somewhere to the conservative side of the center, and most have been moving further toward the conservative side. Which is really not a particularly new phenomenon after the college bubble is left behind. The only person not fitting Dread's assertion is you. What we are once again seeing is your total inability to get outside your own perspective.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
FFS Lewk.
you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're
Capiche?
I think you're copy paste button is stuck....
Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
I'm not an obnoxious leftist fanboy, therefore I'm a drooling right-winger.
Hope is the denial of reality
I read something today that compared all the global turmoil and fiscal problems to....zombie warfare.
It was a bit humorous, but the guy was serious. You can't save everyone, must let some die, because zombies will consume or contaminate until everyone is gone. Guess that could pertain to either certain demographics (feeble/elderly/ill) or entire countries like Haiti or Greece.
I read something today that compared all the global turmoil and fiscal problems to....zombie warfare.
It was a bit humorous, but the guy was serious. You can't save everyone, must let some die, because zombies will consume or contaminate until everyone is gone. Guess that could pertain to either certain demographics (feeble/elderly/ill) or entire countries like Haiti or Greece.
For shits and giggles?Strategist: In Crisis, Like in Zombie War, You Can't Save All
Published: Tuesday, 8 Jun 2010
By: Barbara Stcherbatcheff
Writer, CNBC
The world's sovereign debt crisis should be tackled in the same way one tackles fictitious zombies – “save those you can, but leave many to die,” Nicoholas Colas, ConvergEx chief market strategist, wrote in a research note.
“Any serious contagion – financial, flu, or undead – means that policymakers have to recognize that they cannot save everyone,” Colas wrote.
Inspired by Max Brooks’ novel World War Z, Colas explains why the analogy isn't as frivilous as it seems.
According to Colas, policymakers have been trying to do too much by socializing losses among taxpayers over generations.
While this may be harmless on the surface, as it “spreads the pain”, it destroys market confidence (indicative by the equity market sell-off, and flee from euro zone assets in recent weeks.)
Instead, Colas argues that policymakers should be fending off financial crises like they would fend off a zombie attack: save those people you can, and resign many to die.
"Slowly rebuild the core population, and take back ground over time," Colas wrote.
There are other parallels between zombies and crises that he explained.
“Zombies do not move very fast – their limbs have a nasty habit of falling off through decomposition… they can infect others before they 'turn' and start to smell bad.” He likens this “contagion” effect to the situation in Europe, which started in Greece but quickly snowballed to other countries.
Brooks chose zombies over the other monsters because they do not think. They will consume everything in their path until there is no food left. A vampire or a werewolf, by comparison, is still a rational entity, at least part of the time.
Colas believes the current financial crisis is unique because a whole currency – the euro – is now threatened, which could affect member countries’ ability to issue debt.
He is not ready to write off the euro entirely, but believes that sovereign debt should be virtually riskless – a far cry from its current valuation.
“Once you start down the path of questioning one large economy’s ability to repay its debt, it really is just a matter of time before the market moves its focus to the next country,” he wrote.
The recent crisis could permanently change in the global economic order, Colas argued.
By the end of Brooks’ novel, all the developed countries had been destroyed and a few closed societies have become the fastest growing countries on the planet.
While it’s hard to predict which economy may come out “zombie-free” in real life, Colas believes China is well-prepared because “it’s quasi-command economy leaves it better suited to managing its internal problems,” and the long-shot contender is "Sub-Saharan Africa," which is poor but resource-rich, and has not been affected by the subprime crisis.
Zombies do not think
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37570408
Ah, but then who is a zombie?
Well, I suppose the challenge is figuring out who's the zombie, and who's the vampire or werewolf. Or what the contagion is....“Any serious contagion – financial, flu, or undead – means that policymakers have to recognize that they cannot save everyone,” Colas wrote.
In a way, we've all been infected with the idea that "growth" is both the norm and the goal. So when things are still or not making huge moves up (but down) we use words like engine or fuel or stimulus.
We do have zombie banks and vampire squids, though.
Actually I don't think I've gotten any more right wing... or really changed my stance on pretty much anything. The beauty of always being right is never having to change your mind.Out of us six, Lewk has definitely become more right-wing, as did Dread and myself.
I've always favored harsh punishments of criminals. I've always supported lower taxes and less government.
"Kids" usually start out pretty idealistic, and usually drift toward being socially liberal (which usually means Democrats). Once they get out of college and start getting "real paychecks" and pay "real rent", they start to pay attention to taxes and gummint spending (which used to mean Republicans--until Bush).
I think once middle age hits we can go either way, but usually try to find the middle, depending on personal experiences.
No, Lewk, it's not necessarily a good thing to NEVER change a stance on anything. Being rigid doesn't mean being correct.
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