April 2007 Stundie Nominations

tacodaemon said:
Sleepy2k16 @ LCF said:
1. They will nuke the U.S.A. or another huge false flag attack implanting Martial Law. . .
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Huh... I thought that's what 9/11 was for. That didn't happen, so now he has to "predict" a new, catastrophic event to hang his fear on.

It's just like the Doom-and-Gloomers who "predict" asteroid or comet impacts, or other cosmic disasters...
 
qarnos said:
I was gonna mention something like that. What, are McDonald's going to survive Armageddon? I mean, why bother stacking up on all that ammo if you can buy it when you need it?

It reminds me of the episode of Penn and Tellers Bulls**t when they went over all these survival courses and such, and they opined that they were willing to take their chances that they wouldn't survive the Nuclear Holocaust, and thus wouldn't need the survival gear. I liked that. :D
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The post-apocalypse guys always recommend gold, silver, and gemstones. The silver you can buy in bulk at any coin shop--circulated dimes and quarters from before 1965. Circulated gold coins are more collectible, but the US is still issuing $50 gold coins sold as bullion and worth more than $50.

The claim is that after the apocalypse paper money will collapse and transactions will be done in silver and gold.
 
It's always funny when a bunch of kids think that with the proper 'tactics', they can take on the entire United States army lol.
 
ChristineR said:
The post-apocalypse guys always recommend gold, silver, and gemstones. The silver you can buy in bulk at any coin shop--circulated dimes and quarters from before 1965. Circulated gold coins are more collectible, but the US is still issuing $50 gold coins sold as bullion and worth more than $50.

The claim is that after the apocalypse paper money will collapse and transactions will be done in silver and gold.
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But in a post-apocalyptic world, what would anybody want gold and silver for? What are they going to do with it?

In other words, demand = $, and I can't imagine gold and silver being in as high demand as, say, morphine.
 
qarnos said:
But in a post-apocalyptic world, what would anybody want gold and silver for? What are they going to do with it?

In other words, demand = $, and I can't imagine gold and silver being in as high demand as, say, morphine.
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The rarity of the metal, I suppose, gives it an intrinsic value. I'm not exactly sure how paper money becomes absolutely worthless, though.

Yeah, if the system collapses, any money you have in the bank is pretty much cast into the void, but those bills in your wallet will still be recognized by others as having value.

Sure, someone could say it's worthless and refuse to accept paper money as compensation for goods or services, but they could also say the same about gold and silver. What good is gold when your family needs food and fresh water?

So... I honestly have no idea what the deal is with their fixation on rare metals as post-apocalyptic currency.
 
Cl1mh4224rd said:
Sure, someone could say it's worthless and refuse to accept paper money as compensation for goods or services, but they could also say the same about gold and silver. What good is gold when your family needs food and fresh water?

So... I honestly have no idea what the deal is with their fixation on rare metals as post-apocalyptic currency.
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Yep, that's exactly the problem. Gold has no more "value" than paper in a post-apocalyptic setting. Better to buy something you can build with, or make stuff out of - a stockpile of lumber would be useful, but kind of hard to drag off into the wilderness with you.

I'm also amused at his belief that "a couple of grand" is a lot of money. I might have thought that when I was 16 and working at Pizza Hut, but these days, that's only 2 weeks pay. Even if it was accepted, it's not going to last through an entire apocalypse!
 
The notion that a hypothetical theatrical release of LCFC will tear apart human civilization and that the NWO is willing to take extreme measures up to and including a false-flag nuclear attack on the United States to prevent such a release is the most wild and wooly survivalist scenario I've ever heard. At least the people who were preparing for race wars or a US-USSR nuclear exchange in the '70s and '80s had somewhat plausible concerns given the tenor of the times.
 
tacodaemon said:
The notion that a hypothetical theatrical release of LCFC will tear apart human civilization and that the NWO is willing to take extreme measures up to and including a false-flag nuclear attack on the United States to prevent such a release is the most wild and wooly survivalist scenario I've ever heard. At least the people who were preparing for race wars or a US-USSR nuclear exchange in the '70s and '80s had somewhat plausible concerns given the tenor of the times.
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Yeah, but don't forget, the 'truthers' were amazed that Kerry hadn't heard of stephen jones.

The do sincerely believe that their little internet microcosm is indicative of the wider world.

It's probably the only thing they are sincere about.
 
uk_dave said:
Yeah, but don't forget, the 'truthers' were amazed that Kerry hadn't heard of stephen jones.

The do sincerely believe that their little internet microcosm is indicative of the wider world.

It's probably the only thing they are sincere about.
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The kerfuffle over Rosie O'Donnell has probably brought their movement more publicity than all the Loose Changes and 9/11 Press For Truth et al put together, and I'm not seeing society crumbling around me yet. I'd think they'd be able to extrapolate from there... oh no wait, no I wouldn't think that they'd be able to extrapolate from anything.
 
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I went through a grand total of 22 weeks of armor training to be certfied as a crewman on the M1 tank. This was in 1998, and to this DAY I am still learning how to utilize it.

But sit a conspiracy nerd in front of an X-Box for 2 hours and apparently my 72 ton steel tank is negated by the hardend couch combatant with a plasma cannon and photon torpedos.
 
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Unsecured Coins said:
I went through a grand total of 22 weeks of armor training to be certfied as a crewman on the M1 tank. This was in 1998, and to this DAY I am still learning how to utilize it.

But sit a conspiracy nerd in front of an X-Box for 2 hours and apparently my 72 ton steel tank is negated by the hardend couch combatant with a plasma cannon and photon torpedos.
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Pfft, well duh! Everybody knows that the post-apocalyptic world will be just like Halo. And one thing these guys are good at is Halo. I mean just wait until Halo 3 comes out. We'll all be in serious trouble then! :D
 
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But sit a conspiracy nerd in front of an X-Box for 2 hours and apparently my 72 ton steel tank is negated by the hardend couch combatant with a plasma cannon and photon torpedos.
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HawksFan said:
Pfft, well duh! Everybody knows that the post-apocalyptic world will be just like Halo. And one thing these guys are good at is Halo. I mean just wait until Halo 3 comes out. We'll all be in serious trouble then! :D
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Yep, every good Halofan knows you just need to board the tank, smack the guy in the head, and take over the tank! Simple! And then you can run the whole tank yourself! And have a really good veiw of the battlefield, too!


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