What if Society Collapses? - Page 2

On October 10 2008 15:42 Caller wrote:


but i need my genes to pass on
my bad teeth, my diabetic tendencies, my male-pattern baldness...

On October 10 2008 15:48 paper wrote:
less intelligent people have more kids than the educated

thus, the world is doomed.

On October 10 2008 15:54 Caller wrote:
whoever the fuck gave this blog a one star, fuck you

besides that this thread needs pictures
someone use paint i dont have it on this pc

On October 10 2008 15:55 JohnColtrane wrote:
can you explain the adoption thing? people will have more pressing concerns if theres a big depression like staying alive rather than whether or not they will fuck for kids or pay for ones that arent even their own. who would do that, if money gets so tight you can barely get by?

On October 10 2008 15:55 JohnColtrane wrote:
can you explain the adoption thing? people will have more pressing concerns if theres a big depression like staying alive rather than whether or not they will fuck for kids or pay for ones that arent even their own. who would do that, if money gets so tight you can barely get by?

On October 10 2008 15:19 ahrara_ wrote:
I really hope you are kidding about buying bottled water and canned foods.

On October 10 2008 15:52 VIB wrote:
So please help me here, I'm doing something important!!

Guys!!! If you feel like stocking food please consider this:

Adoption = goooood
procreating = baaad

Repeat after me!

On October 10 2008 16:14 fight_or_flight wrote:

Whats wrong with that?

First of all, in modern day society, the relative cost of food is extremely low. When you think about it, it is somewhat insane that all of us don't have a supply of a year or two worth of food. Why depend on someone else just to literally not starve?

Second, our food distribution system only has a couple of days worth of food before more must be delivered. It is an extremely fragile and completely untested system (against disasters) that we all take for granted. We are all, a society at whole, depending on an on-demand system always being there to feed us and take care of our needs. It is insanity.

Third, the risk of people starving because of an economic disaster is much higher now than, for example, the great depression. People starved during the great depression. The current event we are now facing is much larger and could potentially be worse. Add that to the modern food distribution system and larger (and more dense) population, and it is worse all around.

And finally, things could get a lot worse than you think a lot quicker. Even if people don't starve, food would be rationed. You couldn't just go out and buy food even if it was available, no matter how much money you had. This is known as hoarding. In fact, if you just buy food for yourself now like I described above, that could even be known as "hoarding". Food is a funny thing, and society will turn against you if they think you have food. Thats why you should get it now and don't tell anyone about it.

You probably think what I'm saying is completely ridiculous and paranoid.

But does anyone remember that little economic hiccup we had a while back, about 6 months ago? Probably not. I'll give a brief reminder of it. The inflation leading up to the current crisis caused the dollar to lose some of its value. Many of you probably remember the high gas prices.

One side effect that probably most of you didn't pay attention to was that the price of rice was increasing due to this. And since many other (poor) nations use our dollar as their money, those people were not able to feed themselves with the increasing prices of rice. It was so bad that in the Philippines you could get life in prison for hoarding rice.

Let me repeat that. It was so bad that in the Philippines you could get life in prison for hoarding rice, 6 months ago.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/philippines-thr.html

Remember the food emergency for poor countries?
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/234386

Even less people know about this, but during that time Mountain House, a company that specializes in storable foods, got essentially most of their stock bought out by the US Govmnt, and I think they may still be back ordered. Same thing for internet grocer.

If you remember, about 6 months ago costco was only selling one bag of rice per person, so that everyone could get some.

http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/rice.shortage.rationing.2.705309.html

which led to the issue of food rationing here in the US:
http://www.nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world

The dirty secret here is that there is only enough food for people to buy it according to our current on-demand system. If people start storing food there will be shortages. If our economy collapses, you may not have food. You are a fool if you don't take this seriously. Being utterly dependent on others for food is a good way to starve.

On October 10 2008 15:57 VIB wrote:
If that is your concern. It does not matter if you do not understand now. All you have to know is: when the time come, remember this: adoption is good for everyone!

On October 10 2008 16:21 bubblegumbo wrote:
Its pretty sad how universities will let in any retards.

On October 10 2008 16:36 VIB wrote:
Look, if you really don't like adoption, sperm banks are a really good alternative as well ^^

On October 10 2008 16:14 fight_or_flight wrote:

If you remember, about 6 months ago costco was only selling one bag of rice per person, so that everyone could get some.

http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/rice.shortage.rationing.2.705309.html

which led to the issue of food rationing here in the US:
http://www.nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world

The dirty secret here is that there is only enough food for people to buy it according to our current on-demand system. If people start storing food there will be shortages. If our economy collapses, you may not have food. You are a fool if you don't take this seriously. Being utterly dependent on others for food is a good way to starve.

On October 10 2008 17:22 Jibba wrote:

The CostCo thing was a result of people believing retarded rumors like the stuff you're saying.

Unfortunately, we don't produce food based with an on-demand system. There's tons of leftovers all over the place at every single level of distribution.