Posted on 10/19/2010 6:45:37 AM PDT by Elwood P. Doud
The iconic writer reveals the shape of things to come, with 45 tips for survival and a matching glossary of the new words you'll need to talk about your messed-up future. 1) It's going to get worse No silver linings and no lemonade. The elevator only goes down. The bright note is that the elevator will, at some point, stop. 2) The future isn't going to feel futuristic .... (continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
Read about the end of the Roman Empire and plan accordingly. Welcome to the Dark Ages.
Don’t read it. This guy is an idiot.
No matter how HORRIFYINGLY PAINFULLY TRAGICALLY AWFUL it really is, it is a MILLION times worse. Then things get *really* tough. After that, HORRIBLE things happen, and then we REALLY get screwed. Immediately following that, the BOTTOM drops out and we are all DEAD, and THEN things get HARD! Once that happens, it signifies the TOTAL collapse of EVERYTHING, and that’s when the CATASTROPHE starts! It’s the sign of the end of EVERYTHING, but after that, comes the TRAGEDY. Then times get DIFFICULT, and things get WORSE, until it’s EXCRUCIATING, but that’s just the beginning, because after that it’s all PAIN.
The iconic writer...
For the last year or so, “Iconic” has been my most-hated New Cliche.
Should have taken your advice. I’m always interested in intelligent commentary about where we are and where we’re heading. He just listed a bunch of conventional wisdom, which is useless to anyone who doesn’t give a damn about what Everyone thinks.
I stopped when I got to the “hate states” thing.
You make it sound like a lot of fun! ;-D
Yeah, that snarky little label had me rolling my eyes. Love how he didn’t think he needed to explain that, since all the Right-Thinking People would know who he meant, and of course, agree with the label.
Then at the lowest point, despair turns into ALL CAPS, ALL THE TIME.
7) Retail will start to resemble Mexican drugstores
In Mexico, if one wishes to buy a toothbrush, one goes to a drugstore where one of every item for sale is on display inside a glass display case that circles the store. One selects the toothbrush and one of an obvious surplus of staff runs to the back to fetch the toothbrush. It's not very efficient, but it does offer otherwise unemployed people something to do during the day.
This one is to reduce theft...
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
The author has no concept of the impact of a well armed citizenry.
1980: “We can't go to that restaurant. Karen's vegetarian and it doesn't have anything for her.”
2010: “What restaurant are we going to? I don't know. Karen was supposed to tell me, but she doesn't have a cell, so I can't ask her. I'm sick of her crazy control-freak behaviour. Let's go someplace else and not tell her where.”
Whoa - this one's worth the time to read the whole piece!!! Thanks for the post Elwood.
11) And the Leafs will still stink, eh?
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