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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:40 PM Original message |
Poll question: Which is the most likely scenario for human society in the next 100 years? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other: None of the above. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. +10 |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. God damned optimists |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Can't help it. I'm cursed with an optimistic blood type: B+ |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, I'm 1/16th Cherokee on my mother's side |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Aren't we all? Seems like everyone claims that, anyhow. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Many places do still look exactly like that (but with cars and different fashions). |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I like the photo from 1910!!! n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Sorry, but you had already died of typhoid in 1910. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I didn't say I wanted to live then, I just liked the picture you posted! Have no idea |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I think I know the photo you're talking about |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. At this rate the planet won't have the oxygen levels needed to support human life |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Other |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. The psychos running the show will eventually unloose the nukes or bio/chemical weapons |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's what I think too... bio... probably an accidental spill that encircles the |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Probably nukes, and will probably begin by 'accident' |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yep, could be. I'm really uncomfortable with all of the "kill power" around anymore. Way |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hate to say it, but apocalypse looks more and more likely. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. "Business" types prefer the Loons Have ALWAYS Predicted The End approach, minus crucial variables... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Once Peak Oil tightens it's grip, we'll fly right off the cliff like |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Yep, the "Oil Wars" will begin. It is like watching a slow motion |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Such war$ have already begun |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Oil War Two is already America's longest war |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. True, quite true. n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. 'Oil Wars'! Excellent. That's exactly what us citizens should start calling |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I've got a jump start on ya, Buddy! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Indeed you do, MrScorpio! =) |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. Yeah, I like your idea... my hunch is Iran will eventually be Oil War III. The MSM |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Extinction. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. a bit of each |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Teh Stupid, if bruns! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I take it that you voted Utopia? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I voted for death and destruction |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Conversations on The Edge of The Apocalypse (George Carlin, Noam Chomsky & many others) |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. It all depends on ones economic status really |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The poor will always be with us... |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. yes, but but what will the ratio be in 100 years? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. More lopsided than we can ever imagine |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I'll be glad to no longer need to worry about it for myself by that time. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Other - Falsedilemmia |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Me too |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Is Picture 3 a Dorian Gray picture of the present? n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. That the bible was right, even without god/religion: |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Curtain #3, of course. n/t. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Surprise, surprise, surprise N/T |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. None of the above |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Much as this IMO ... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. THIS! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. I was hoping for this: |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I'll be on the lookout for the dreaded RISE OF THE OOMPA LOOMPA! n/t |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. They're trying to mingle into the general population... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. LOL |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. Home delivered soylent green. Via jetpack. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. rapture for me baby |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. None of the above, I think Idiocracy has the most plausible scenario. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I didn't want to give in to the fad |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. We're all going to be safely ensconced in our yurts, flagellating ourselves through our hair shirts |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. Optimistic bunch, aren't we? |
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