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[quote=The-Shoveler]I think I remember the HS Grad speech,

It was something like

You’er not special, you’er most likely just cogs in the machine.
Welcome to the machine.

Yep I think that was the gist of it

But then again that was in the 70’s and things were a little fuzzy.[/quote]

today’s comparable speech would be, robots do everything you can do but better and faster, the best you can hope for is a universal basic income, legal weed and hopefully a,few gallons of water rations. you’re so fucking special, you snowflake u, problem is all the snowflakes melted with global warming…

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the world changes. most of those excited kids are unnecessary except to breed and consume.

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back in the 70s, the clash was complaining about jobs kids kill for today!!

Career Opportunities Lyrics
The offered me the office, offered me the leadership
They said I’d better take anything they’d got
Do you want to make tea at the BBC?
Do you want to be, do you really want to be a cop?

Career opportunities are the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunity, the ones that never knock

I hate the army an’ I hate the R.A.F.
I don’t want to go fighting in the tropical heat
I hate the civil service rules
And I won’t open letter bombs for you

Bus driver….ambulance man….ticket inspector

They’re gonna have to introduce conscription
They’re gonna have to take away my prescription
If they want to get me making toys
If they want to get me, well, I got no choice

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[quote=The-Shoveler]I think I remember the HS Grad speech,

It was something like

You’er not special, you’er most likely just cogs in the machine.
Welcome to the machine.

Yep I think that was the gist of it

But then again that was in the 70’s and things were a little fuzzy.[/quote]

Funny isn’t it? all those 70s kids could easily get into the machine and work. today the principal at the graduation I attended used the word amazing 10 times to describe the class who will likely be 50 Perc unemployed and avg. 100k in debt in just 4 years.

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[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=all][quote=FlyerInHi]

Why do people expect Hillary to divorce?
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Because her husband is a philanderer?[/quote]

That’s not a conservative viewpoint. With the help of God, you work it out.[/quote]

perhaps He killed JFK for all his extramarital fucking. what a dope Jackie o. was…to be consistent shouldn’t we all be contemptuous of that gold digging loser chick?

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Hillary makes money, trump makes money…the system is inherently screwed regardless who wins or was paid off. isn’t the $ a wash?

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I like vermin supreme for his antiestablishment views. but how is donald,trump not establishment. jeez. let’s get a real outsider in there. vermin also has on his side a recent miracle. while campaigning, he showed several pieces of toast on which his image had appeared!!! come on, people, what clearer sign are,we gonna get?

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with so many seniors running nowadays, is it not unlikely that someone could croak before nov.? nobody would write a life insurance policy on these fosSils. seems weird how only geriatrics can compete.

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that’s a risk we are willing to take for science.

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speaking of altered consciousness, we’re going to go check out isolation flotation tanks,this,week.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-showering-bad-for-your-health/

showering may kill good bacteria on our skin.

I’m wondering if perceived shower necessitycomes down to clean sleek pooping or messy poops. tax incentives for bidets?

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[quote=FlyerInHi]2 showers a week sounds weird.
One of my friend just traveled to Machu Picchu with an older male mutual friend whom she’s known for 20 years. She said the old man is a dear friend but smells, doesn’t brush his teeth in the morning before room service. Overeats and sleeps; dresses sloppy, speaks loudly, and overall has degraded over time to a sad state.

Be careful, you might turn into the smelly grandfather people avoid.[/quote]

What is it that causes offensive human smell. I’m wondering if showers are as much a cover up as covering the body with perfume. clean clothing and clean armpits go a long way.

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[quote=phaster][quote=AN]
Nope. We’ll just have to agree it disagree. I don’t think this is that big of a problem and will have it resolved sooner rather than later. I’m pretty sure the majority of Californian will rather pay more to maintain or improve their quality of life instead of do nothing and reduce their quality of life. So the pressure from the public will be, find more sources of water even if it’ll cost more. The time for cheap water is over but I firmly believe we’ll have this water problem solved.
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because you stated the personal “belief” the drought is not a big problem AND think solution(s) will be implemented (sooner rather than later) AND given this website’s slogan is in god we trust, everyone else bring data, what came to mind is a variation of pascal’s wager

[quote=wikipedia.org]
Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas they stand to receive infinite gains (as represented by eternity in Heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in Hell).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager
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if everyone acted and invested some time, effort and money to prepare and live a “distributive resilience lifestyle” where natural resources like water would be used as efficiently as possible because we acknowledged long term drought conditions was the norm (instead of the exception), basically the economy would be more sustainable (than it is now) and work better for rich and poor alike.

Current Conditions

[quote=mercurynews.com]
“How will we know when the drought is over?”

The answer, water experts say, is more complicated than you’d think.

http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_29364616/california-drought-how-will-we-know-when-its
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also thought,… “pretty sure the majority of Californian will rather pay more to maintain or improve their quality of life” HOW??? we’re mostly tapped out!

[quote=nbcnews.com]
“Two-Thirds of U.S. Would Struggle to Cover $1,000 Crisis: Poll”

Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to a poll released Thursday, a signal that despite years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americans’ financial conditions remains precarious as ever.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/two-thirds-u-s-would-struggle-cover-1-000-crisis-n576736
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[quote=sandiegouniontribune.com]
SD income rises, but high poverty persists

The median household income in 2014 was $66,192, up from $62,081 the previous year (in 2014 dollars). The new income figure surpasses that of 2007 in real dollars but still lags when inflation is factored in.

The dogged poverty levels amid rising household incomes is a paradox caused by people who already have jobs earning bigger paychecks, and new better paying jobs being filled by people who are not living in poverty.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/census-income-poverty-recession-healthcare/
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SUMMARY of TRENDS (key to understanding the logic of water shortage)

“precipitation” ~ DOWN
“groundwater (reserves)” ~ DOWN
“water use” ~ UP
“population” ~ UP
“infrastructure” ~ DOWN
“economy/wages (for majority)” ~ DOWN
“political bullshit” ~ UP

CONCLUSION

[seems inevitable] a goal [of drought “solutions” being implemented sooner rather than later] without a plan is just a wish [that will end up being a living nightmare]

FYI the “Fermi Paradox” is an astrophysics-economics model describing challenges to finding extraterrestrial civilizations in the observable universe

basically in order to develop advanced technology, a civilization (people) must manage stuff like their natural resources wisely in order to survive the long run

this concept is very relevant to the matter @ hand because the original people/society on easter island did not manage their natural resources very wisely, so they died off long before they were able to develop advance technology (which is a lesson that sadly is not well appreciated by 99.999% of the general population)

deforestation/rats/etc. (not drought mis-management) were the contributing factors of the extinction of the original people/society on easter island,

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/rethinking-the-fall-of-easter-island

but no matter the overall idea of a “great filter” posing a danger which can kill off a civilization (before it can develop advanced technology) is the same…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

PS for an example of a drought that most likely helped kill off a society (in our neck of the woods), all you have to do is visit Mesa Verde National Park

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/cliihis1000.html

so still feeling confident that the drought (water problem) isn’t that big of a problem and can be solved in time to avert TSHTF?[/quote]

financially, water would be the number one priority, even over food, if the TSHTF. we really don’t need much to survive. I only take 2 showers a,week and would be willing to cut down. I basically wipe down with a damp rag. I’d cut down on all discretionary spending to get a few gallons for home use.

it wouldn’t be the end of the society. it’d be like camping.

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[quote=njtosd][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=spdrun]Because suitable for you might not be suitable/attractive for them, depending on the criteria. Unless your criteria are extremely broad, like “not a thief or axe murderer.”[/quote]

Parents,pretty much know what’s best for you. And,all women are basically the same. You’ll learn to love each other.[/quote]

Do you believe that all men are basically the same? My parents (especially my mother) had no clue about who was best for me.

FYI – women are not all the same. There are some seriously crazy ones. Especially if their fathers were jerks.[/quote]

ok, maybe I was too broad…all the women that your family would pre-screen as suitable for marriage are more or less the same and anyone of them could work happily, and probably more likely than a child following his heart, on average. same for both sexes.

YMMV.

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[quote=njtosd][quote=scaredyclassic]I laughed so loud I woke up my youngest child.

Maybe it hit me close to home. I have the same parents, Except they’re jewish not indian.[/quote]

I liked the father. Frankly, I got a little tired of Ravi. His parents are right – he needed to stop whining and make a decision. Not sure but I don’t think his mom would make the Mother in Law of the year. His sister seemed interesting – I”m curious why there wasn’t more discussion of her dating travails.

So so so different from my parents. They never asked me who I was dating. Never pressured me. But, when I told them I was engaged my mother said “Now I can die happy”. She’s still alive . . .[/quote]

life ultimately is about family and kids for most.

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