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Originally posted by FMF
350 years.

How can you think that your estimate of 350 years is not misanthropic, while claiming that my own estimate of 50 years, is?

Do you think divegeester's estimate of only 100 years is misanthropic too?

Originally posted by Suzianne
How can you think that your estimate of 350 years is not misanthropic, while claiming that my own estimate of 50 years, is?

Do you think divegeester's estimate of only 100 years is misanthropic too?

I had my tongue in cheek, Suzianne. You need less swishing and less blurting, really.

I think human civilisation will survive and outlast whatever cataclysms befall it, albeit perhaps at a reduced scale or distribution.

Humans are tenacious, resourceful, resilient. The last thing I can be described as in this regard is misanthropic: for instance I am not waiting/hoping for some kind of supernatural being to come and destroy us because I am wallowing in despair about the state of the human condition. 😉

Originally posted by Suzianne
And some, not so subliminally.

Sadly, yes. The rational thought process of these men and women has become displaced by their unbridled emotions.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Sadly, yes. The rational thought process of these men and women has become displaced by their unbridled emotions.

By talking of "rational thought process" being "displaced", are you in any way referring to your own religious beliefs?

Originally posted by FMF
By talking of "rational thought process" being "displaced", are you in any way referring to your own religious beliefs?

My reply to Suzianne references a category of people not specifically fixated on you
or me or any other member of Red Hot Pawn or their "beliefs". .

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
My reply to Suzianne references a category of people not specifically fixated on you
or me or any other member of Red Hot Pawn or their "beliefs". .

Do you believe that me not being misanthropic about the prospects of humankind and my belief that it is not all going to end soon is because I lack "rational thought process"?

When you said "some here are subliminally still in denial of reality" were you not referring to your personal "beliefs" about reality?

And when Suzianne answered "And some, not so subliminally" was she not referencing her own personal beliefs.

And when you then replied "Sadly, yes. The rational thought process of these men and women has become displaced by their unbridled emotions" were you not referring to your own personal beliefs and contrasting them to others here?

When you express your personal beliefs about people you seem to be fine with it. But when you are questioned about them, suddenly you are using words like "fixated" and "emotions" or - in similar cases - you're suddenly starting whole threads about "trolls".

Originally posted by Suzianne
How can you think that your estimate of 350 years is not misanthropic, while claiming that my own estimate of 50 years, is?

Do you think divegeester's estimate of only 100 years is misanthropic too?

mine is

within 10 years we will be back in the stone ages
preppers and mormans are likely to do best

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Sadly, yes. The rational thought process of these men and women has become displaced by their unbridled emotions.

Who is it here you are referring to?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
My reply to Suzianne references a category of people not specifically fixated on you
or me or any other member of Red Hot Pawn or their "beliefs". .

But on the previous page you said, and I quote:

Question from Wolfe:
How many on here do you think you have enlightened?

Your reply:
Nobody; though some here are subliminally still in denial of reality.

So clearly you are referring to people here or are you now backing away from this statement?

Originally posted by lemondrop
mine is

within 10 years we will be back in the stone ages
preppers and mormans are likely to do best

Why do you believe this to be the case?

Originally posted by divegeester
But on the previous page you said, and I quote:

Question from Wolfe:
How many on here do you think you have enlightened?

Your reply:
Nobody; though some here are subliminally still in denial of reality.

So clearly you are referring to people here or are you now backing away from this statement?

Yes in reply to "And some, not so subliminally." ~Suzianne The reply to wolfgang59 also refers to a category of people not to specific individuals.

Originally posted by divegeester
Why do you believe this to be the case?

when the power grids go out, were doomed
no electricity
no sanitation
no clean water
no emergency assistance
no transportation
no police protection
no fire protection
no access to needed drugs
rioting

no internet
no communication
everything powered by a computer chip will not work
gangs will rule
society will break down

it is estimated that within one year, 9 out of 10 people will die
this is only the tip of the ice berg

edit: I really don't believe any of this
just trying to scare myself

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Yes in reply to "And some, not so subliminally." ~Suzianne The reply to wolfgang59 also refers to a category of people not to specific individuals.

When you said "here", you didnt mean here, at rhp, you meant somewhere else?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Yes in reply to "And some, not so subliminally." ~Suzianne The reply to wolfgang59 also refers to a category of people not to specific individuals.

You are now either stumbling - genuinely confused - over what it was you were trying to say - and about whom - (or perhaps trying to distance yourself from the conceited little cyber-punch you were obviously attempting to land on a few chins) or you're now being a wee bit dishonest and you're just going to brazen it out. Either way, you've got brass balls. 😉

Originally posted by FMF
And when Suzianne answered "And some, not so subliminally" was she not referencing her own personal beliefs.

No, she was not. Do you often refer to your own personal beliefs as a "denial of reality"? Neither does anyone else. It doesn't matter how YOU wish to label the beliefs of others. You're certainly not the "last word" on reality, not by any stretch.

As you've said many times about others, that was certainly "a swing and a miss". Put away the bat.