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Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by FishbellykanakaDude » Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:54 am

John wrote:
DaKardii wrote: > Two things.

> First, please don't off yourself. ...
Let's see, what analogy shall I use today?

Suppose you're on a raft in a river, floating downstream to a
waterfall. You can't get off the raft, and if you try, then you'll
drown.

The flow of the river, like the flow of time, is inexorable. Tick
tock, tick tock, tick tock. There's no way to stop from arriving at
the waterfall.

When you reach the waterfall, you'd like to "hang in there," but the
only thing you can hang on to is the raft, and that doesn't help.

Isn't that a great analogy? Tick tock, tick tock.
Lesson being: Never get on a raft. Seriously,.. rafts are freakin' death traps.

...and if you've practiced holding your breath, then being in the river (sans raft of course as we've already learned) is not THAT terrifying, and there's a decent chance that you might continue breathing for a while longer.

But, a better analogy might be falling off a roof into a running woodchipper,.. although that does rather beg the question as to why the woodchipper is running,.. and why you'd be falling off a roof.

Ain't slap-stick just hilarious!?

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by John » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:18 pm

DaKardii wrote: > Two things.

> First, please don't off yourself. You may be struggling with
> money, but there are people here who enjoy your company. On this
> website and surely outside of it. If you need to reduce the amount
> of time you spend on this site, then by all means do so. Search
> for a job that will pay you for doing geopolitical analysis
> similar to what you do here. And if it doesn't work out, ask
> friends and/or family to help you out. Please, John. Hang in
> there.

> And second, while you're updating the latest files, can you please
> update the conflict risk table on the home page?
Sure, I'll update the conflict risk table.

Let's see, what analogy shall I use today?

Suppose you're on a raft in a river, floating downstream to a
waterfall. You can't get off the raft, and if you try, then you'll
drown.

The flow of the river, like the flow of time, is inexorable. Tick
tock, tick tock, tick tock. There's no way to stop from arriving at
the waterfall.

When you reach the waterfall, you'd like to "hang in there," but the
only thing you can hang on to is the raft, and that doesn't help.

Isn't that a great analogy? Tick tock, tick tock.

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by DaKardii » Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:16 pm

John wrote:
Tom Mazanec wrote: > Well, John, since you seem hellbent on offing yourself, what will
> happen to this forum? You won't be here anymore to weed out any
> pornolinks some jerk posts, so will you turn it over to someone
> else to moderate? Shut it down and "lock" it as a record? Let it
> go 404? Let it go wacko?
I'm sure we can work something out. There's a Generational Dynamics
download page, generationaldynamics.com/download, which I plan to
update to the latest files, including the sql file for this forum.
With that file, anyone can run a copy of this forum by setting up a
web site, installing the free open source Phpbb forum software, and
then importing the sql file.

And aren't all of us wacko?
Two things.

First, please don't off yourself. You may be struggling with money, but there are people here who enjoy your company. On this website and surely outside of it. If you need to reduce the amount of time you spend on this site, then by all means do so. Search for a job that will pay you for doing geopolitical analysis similar to what you do here. And if it doesn't work out, ask friends and/or family to help you out. Please, John. Hang in there.

And second, while you're updating the latest files, can you please update the conflict risk table on the home page?

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by FishbellykanakaDude » Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:45 am

..can only speak for myself.

Yes.

..next question?

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by John » Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:06 pm

Tom Mazanec wrote: > Well, John, since you seem hellbent on offing yourself, what will
> happen to this forum? You won't be here anymore to weed out any
> pornolinks some jerk posts, so will you turn it over to someone
> else to moderate? Shut it down and "lock" it as a record? Let it
> go 404? Let it go wacko?
I'm sure we can work something out. There's a Generational Dynamics
download page, generationaldynamics.com/download, which I plan to
update to the latest files, including the sql file for this forum.
With that file, anyone can run a copy of this forum by setting up a
web site, installing the free open source Phpbb forum software, and
then importing the sql file.

And aren't all of us wacko?

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by FishbellykanakaDude » Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:49 am

John wrote:That's very inspirational. You should be a preacher.
Thought about that once,.. for about 3 days, then I arose.

Mmmmm.. uh,.. perhaps I should rephrase that?

But, no. I'm TERRIBLE at convincing people of anything. Of course, that doesn't stop ACTUAL preachers, now does it? But I'm not into hittin' my head against that particular stone wall, thank ya' very much.

What I am good at is crying at "deeply tragic" plot points during highly effective movies/plays/novels.

The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, Life is Beautiful, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life, The Time Machine (Yvette Mimieux version), The Dead (Anjelica Huston), Butterflies (BBC2 Wendy Craig 1978) ,.. but mostly Fiddler on the Roof,.. and Butterflies.

Have you every actually (tried to) read any Joyce (Jimmy type)!? Oh me gaaaaaahd... I've read long bits of Ulysses in a decent Irish accent out loud to myself for hours on end. Usually when feeling sorry for myself for some silly, or not so silly, reason. A bottle of Jameson's nearby always helps, of course. Keeps the pipes luuuubricated.

..I'm just a big cry baby. I also cry during soulful irish pub music and Sean-nós singing.

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by Tom Mazanec » Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:12 pm

Well, John, since you seem hellbent on offing yourself, what will happen to this forum? You won't be here anymore to weed out any pornolinks some jerk posts, so will you turn it over to someone else to moderate? Shut it down and "lock" it as a record? Let it go 404? Let it go wacko?

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by John » Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:44 am

That's very inspirational. You should be a preacher.

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by FishbellykanakaDude » Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:16 am

John wrote:
FishbellykanakaDude wrote: > I'm simply stating that you might consider continuing to be the
> interesting person that you've always been, regardless of your
> circumstances, as an exemplar of "whatever interesting-ness it is
> that you contribute to the world" because the world (humanity) can
> use all of that that it can get. :)
You and Mazanec keep avoiding the point. I'm willing to be
"interesting" as long as possible, but if I run out of my money then
if I'm even still alive, then I definitely won't be interesting. I'll
be bitchy, miserable, angry, in pain, suicidal, and even more nasty
and argumentative than I am now. I'll be pathetic, and definitely not
interesting. This is a serious situation, not a joke about being
"interesting."
Hey, I actually LIKE bitchy miserable angry pain ridden suicidal nasty argumentative interesting people!

..well, as long as I can get sufficiently far enough away from them when I'm tired of their negativity, of course.

And isn't THAT what the internet is all about!? Pokin' the nasty bear, and then easily running away to safety?

That's what MY internet is all about, at any rate.

I believe yours is a serious situation,.. for you. It's NOT a serious situation for anyone else, and it shouldn't be. When my "situation" becomes "serious" such that I'll have much better things to do than posting to a blog on the internet, then you won't hear from me as I'll be,.. well doing better things, like it says on the tin.

But, you ARE an interesting person, and I happen to believe that you'll ALWAYS be an interesting person, 'though you MAY become an oppressively obnoxious person (as anyone MAY become) and have "better" things to do than displaying your interesting side any longer.

So, if not having sufficient funds can transform you into some sort of "monster", then have fun with that.

And I'm serious about the "fun" part of that last sentence. Every single "monster" of a person I've ever known, whose monstrousness was caused by "lack of funds" took relish, enjoyment, in inflicting themselves on their fellow human beings in a sort of revenge filled orgy of indiscriminate payback.

...but I don't think that's your problem. You're WAY more creative than that.

The point isn't that you need money. The point is that you SHOULD (a word I really don't like much) arrange your inner world so as to accept that your happiness is dependent on nothing more than your wanting it badly enough, regardless of the circumstances.

At some point in nearly every day my mind wanders off to the idea that I've just survived a nazi death camp and am hobbling out the front gate. My only possession being happiness.

..all else is gravy.

Re: 1-Jan-19 World View -- Generational Dynamics 2019 Forecast: The Camel versus the Can / Future of Generational Dynami

by FishbellykanakaDude » Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:50 pm

John wrote:... As I was typing the above, something did occur to me that might sell
and makes sense to me.

It would be like a tv talking heads panel format. I'd report the news
item, including a generational analysis. Then there would be two
people giving political commentary. Both of them would be young and
pretty/sexy. One would be left-wing, and the other would be
right-wing. The opinions could be gleaned from the comments to my
Breitbart article or elsewhere. I would stay above the fray, and
moderate the discussion. I think that Bret Baer on Fox evening news
would be a good example, except that I would say something if a
political opinion violated the Generational Dynamics analysis. ...
Better idea...

"Point / Counterpoint - with Jane Curtain & Dan Akroyd" formatted show, with two OUTRAGEOUSLY attractive young millenial-ish spokesmodels, where their "debate" invariably descends into a profanity and/or food slinging melee, while John stands above the fray and comments calmly and cogently on the antics below and how they relate to the generational divide as expressed by the "Woke SJW" debater (the Jane Curtain part) and the "CH86" debater (the Dan Akroyd part).

..clothing will be stained,.. then torn,.. then gorgeous slick and shiny flesh will be caressed with silicone food service implements,.. then.... t h e n . . .

Cut to a close-up of John, once again (as in each episode), explaining that the compulsion to procreate and/or genocidally murder during periods of existential survival stress will demand to be satisfied, after which a sense of revulsion at the preceding acts will motivate the participants to endeavor to NEVER let that happen again.

This just STINKS of virality!

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