OT: instability and malaise
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I tell people you need to administration proof your life. Meaning get your life to a point where it doesn't matter who is the president and you will be fine either way. Not all of us can achieve that but it is possible for a lot of us. I got laid off last week at the age of 56 and have decided I am retiring. I have saved my whole life and my wife is a lot younger so she will keep working and supply the health insurance.
As for the original post, the people who are the most unhappy in this country and causing the rioting are not fans of Trump or Biden. I don't see them going away with Biden in charge. I am curious how he and local officials will deal with this now that they can't use Trump as their scape goat.
As for the original post, the people who are the most unhappy in this country and causing the rioting are not fans of Trump or Biden. I don't see them going away with Biden in charge. I am curious how he and local officials will deal with this now that they can't use Trump as their scape goat.
My great state has it figured out.
https://nypost.com/2020/11/11/florida-governor-drafts-laws-that-allow-people-to-shoot-looters/amp/
This goes beyond politics and money though. I've never spoken to so many people that are oddly now unhappy with their jobs or marriages just out of nowhere. I've caught myself a few times having thoughts that were not typical for me, and nothing has really changed in my life over the last year. We are in the midst of a spiritual war with the authorities and principalities of a different realm. The politics and covid stuff has just been an opening for them to influence our thinking. Kind of like a scab that a person just keeps picking at until it becomes much worse.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. Nobody wants to shoot someone, but now all of a sudden its not out of the realm of consideration.
I stocked up over the past several years...but felt like I had enough so stopped stockpiling.
I am second-guessing myself now. Less interested in going to the range now. Every round counts. Especially when you're stocking multiple calibers/loads.
I am second-guessing myself now. Less interested in going to the range now. Every round counts. Especially when you're stocking multiple calibers/loads.
Define all these white nationalists you speak of and what are they and what are they doing.....
I'll answer the OP - no. Well, maybe a little malaise - which to me is just a fancy way of saying I get bored being home by myself all day. My wife works at a school and goes into the office. I've been working from home for 8 months. Zoom calls and IM chats help get the work done, but it would be nice to have some small talk with co-workers again. But, this is an incredibly minor annoyance and one that I am easily able to live with. I would also like to go to a football game or baseball game or basketball game. But again, with these events being televised - and with most of my sports consumption being from television anyway - I'm not suffering in any way, shape, or form.
I'm not sure why people invite drama into their lives. They get so worked up over things that have little to impact on their lives. I have to believe that the overwhelming majority of people are able to manage their lives just fine; are able to filter our the extremist nonsense that fills social media, appropriately dismissing the lunatic fringe as just that; and won't feel the need to start shooting people that disagree with them.
I'm not sure why people invite drama into their lives. They get so worked up over things that have little to impact on their lives. I have to believe that the overwhelming majority of people are able to manage their lives just fine; are able to filter our the extremist nonsense that fills social media, appropriately dismissing the lunatic fringe as just that; and won't feel the need to start shooting people that disagree with them.
If you really think that, then go ahead and wallow in your misery for the next four years. It's the new national pastime, for both tribes.
For those that enjoy documentaries, I highly recommend "Patriocracy." It's an excellent watch on how things have changed in DC, primarily driven by slanted media on both sides. Compromise now equals failure for those who feel their only job is to get re-elected. It's a little left-leaning for those opposed to that, but will give you a general jist of what's happened in the past 25 years.
This x1000. Man some great stuff in this thread. I still believe that this is the greatest country in the world, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
We don’t have to wait 4 years, this BS starts with mid terms & in just two MFing years, the presidential crap & lying starts yet again. Can’t wait.
What does the acronym NAZI stand for again? Sure doesn’t sound like capitalism.
I would like to hear your "compelling argument". Every generation and demographic holds responsibility for the state of the union to some degree. Right now, personal accountability is severely lacking everywhere. Some people think that past presidential administrations caused them great hardship. Some think that a change in the current administration will magically make career criminals suddenly stop violently engaging with others in society and law enforcement. Some think that they should be able to just do what they want in life without pursuing or offering any socially redeeming values, and have the government take care of them. Personal accountability. I see it in a lot of people. It is nowhere to be found in a lot of people...that were born between 1965 and 1985.
A hatred of Trump does NOT mean we like Biden and support Pelosi.
My youngest brother is a Trump supporter. He barely graduated high school and barely worked his whole adult life. He has a big pickup truck (thanks to his inheritance when dad passed away). At the very least he could have used that truck to earn a living. He has no friends, lives in mom's basement and is nasty to everyone. A Trump voter.
Many people don't "tolerate" me because I have a honest, well thought out disgust of wasteful taxpayer spending on space exploration.
Cut your brother some slack. Maintaining all those HuskerOnline screen names is probably pretty time-consuming.
All the real gun talk, ammo hording and suggestions to shoot someone for a property crime...you think this is the mindset that needs a mental health solution?
Just when I think you can’t say anything dumber ... then wham this gem. Space exploration is less than one-tenth of 1% of our Federal budget. So much tech comes out of space exploration. Since you’re a self proclaimed numbers guy maybe you can explain how it’s wasteful.
The total NASA budget is about $20-24 billion per year. For many years spending on manned space exploration has been about $6 billion per year with unmanned exploration about the same. Space exploration is NOT what we do in low earth orbit. Which we do is research. I don't have a problem with basic research that is reasonable and useful. Or work to maintain our many satellites for the military, for communications, weather/environmental/agricultural surveillance, etc.
What I am against is missions to the moon and Mars. NO congress will ever spend the funds needed. Of which we waste those $6 billion or so every year. I believe that most members of Congress and Presidents are afraid of being thought of as dumb. Just like you called me. There is no reason to go to the moon or Mars. The environments there are hostile to life without air or water. There is no economic reason to so. If tourists want to go and die, let them finance it themselves. Of course they could never come close to raising anywhere near enough money.
For arguments sakes, let's say there was plenty coal on the moon. I don't know how much it costs to purchase and ship coal form say Wyoming to Lincoln. I am going to guess between $40 and $100/ton. To get the same coal from the moon to earth would cost $ millions per ton. Nobody would want to work there anyway. it is pretty much dark all the time. Entertainment would be limited. Workers there could not go for a walk on a sunny day with fresh air. They couldn't go to a sporting event and could only see taped concerts.
You could not see family or friends. If a loved one passed away, people couldn't just hop on a flight home to say goodbye or attend a funeral. People would be limited to a very small circle of other people. No married people would sign up. NASA or any other employer would have to pay enough to support living on the moon and back home for the family. There is nothing they could do on the moon to remotely have the economic value to justify a high salary. Food would be terrible and boring.
All the STEM talent working on space exploration could be better used for healthcare research, among other areas of our economy where it is hard to find good STEM talent. As for the $$ saved, I would use it for drug and law enforcement.
Most of all, I absolutely hate how people have no critical thinking on this and engage in 100% fantasy.
The Russian trolls are winning, I see a lot of people on here feeling the effects as I'm reading some of these posts...
If we don't get up there and mine/exploit Mars, the Moon and asteroids the other countries (ESPECIALLY CHINA AND RUSSIA) will get extremely rich while we miss out. We will be going up there in the fairly near future, probably a lot.
I've seen some reasonably compelling math about asteroid belt mining and space automated production at some point if elon musk ever gets his rockets consistent and keeps them reasonably cheap. Mars and the asteroid belt aren't exactly that far apart in stellar terms.
It's not a tomorrow thing but 30-50 years is a long time with tech and some things like that could change very quickly with the right stimulus.
To be honest that's what I have always thought Elon musk's push into space was about -- his lifetime end-game on that front (give or take anyway). A way to break the current economic paradigms that only someone like him could pull off.
You don't understand. There is NOTHING of economic value out there. If Russia and China are going to be stupid,
then I say ok. Let them waste their money. Let them weaken themselves.
BTW, we don't need zero gravity to write computer code.
Asteroid belt mining is not even close to being economically viable. Certainly the private sector won't do it.
I think Elon Musk is an idiot.
Here’s your major problem. You are being myopic, and your thought process is not unlike a Neanderthal. Actually my apologies to the Neanderthals as they were brave enough of venture outside the cave.
If we halt all exploration we will lose out on tech we can’t even dream of. I want YOU to try to use some critical thinking skills. Do some research on all the tech that was developed due to space exploration.
You want to miss out on all this tech to spend more on the DEA? At least give the money back to the tax payers
Your high school teachers are ashamed of you simple- minded thinking skills.
in light of everything im seeing today, i'm going to try and be more gracious and thoughtful.
im not always the best at either.
our choices are about all we can control.
id like to see a self-imposed moratorium on cellphone cameras, a lot of people are not in the right frame of mind, right now.
we're far too concerned with social media.
im not always the best at either.
our choices are about all we can control.
id like to see a self-imposed moratorium on cellphone cameras, a lot of people are not in the right frame of mind, right now.
we're far too concerned with social media.