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Post by happycheeze on May 15, 2011 22:26:19 GMT -5
So my dad emails me this link simply saying "Watch this" He and my mom seem to be getting into more conspiracy shit. When I came home after school, before moving into my apartment, there were lots of water jugs on the basement steps. When I Asked my mom about it, she said it was for the impending collapse of the economy or something like that. inflation.us/videos.htmlSo far I'm looking at the college conspiracy one. 3 mins and 25 seconds theres Gerald Celente. Theres a page about him on rationalwiki, apparently hes a "Trend Forcaster" and makes a lot of vague predictions. I'll see if my brain won't lose a few cells from watching the rest of this stuff. edit: So still watching the college one. Mr. Celente talks about college degrees and how they're needed for jobs and he thinks thats bullshit and instead wants someone who can think. Credentials are necessary, especially if you're going into a specialized field, like microbiology. |
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Post by MaybeNever on May 16, 2011 1:07:43 GMT -5
Actually, the thing about college degrees is sort of true. The way things are structured these days, a college degree by itself doesn't mean a whole lot (and frankly doesn't open all that many doors even in technical fields), but I get the feeling that this guy's problem is mostly standard anti-intellectualism.
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Post by wmdkitty on May 16, 2011 3:32:04 GMT -5
And then you have those career paths that demand not only a degree, but years of specialized training. Med school, law school, the like.
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Post by Haseen on May 16, 2011 3:58:23 GMT -5
there were lots of water jugs on the basement steps "We just watched Signs and thought it was a good idea." |
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Post by Art Vandelay on May 16, 2011 4:03:36 GMT -5
there were lots of water jugs on the basement steps "We just watched Signs and thought it was a good idea." I would've just bought a humidifier (assuming I was stupid enough to think defences against hydrophobic aliens are necessary in the first place), but eh, to each their own. |
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Post by m52nickerson on May 16, 2011 8:05:57 GMT -5
The question to ask what are they selling? That seems to be gold and silver. Look at the Q&A and the Gold & Silver Sellers reviews.
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Post by happycheeze on May 16, 2011 9:20:09 GMT -5
The question to ask what are they selling? That seems to be gold and silver. Look at the Q&A and the Gold & Silver Sellers reviews. Yeah my dad mentioned something about the dollar no longer being backed by the gold standard. I think he has bought some coins. Also told me to keep any pennys from 1982 (I think it was '82) because their copper is worth more like 3 or 4 cents. I think there needs to be some education reform. I'm not sure exactly what. Perhaps textbook prices and class size limits (such as 300 student chemistry lectures). |
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Post by Aqualung on May 16, 2011 9:45:11 GMT -5
Bollocks, they don't want people who can think; they want people who will do what they say without question and are too stupid to realize when they're getting screwed.
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Post by Thejebusfire on May 16, 2011 11:12:32 GMT -5
And I thought people in my family were crazy.
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Post by Vene on May 16, 2011 11:34:42 GMT -5
Actually, the thing about college degrees is sort of true. The way things are structured these days, a college degree by itself doesn't mean a whole lot (and frankly doesn't open all that many doors even in technical fields), but I get the feeling that this guy's problem is mostly standard anti-intellectualism. This is not untrue, but at the same time not having the degree means the doors are going to stay closed. |
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Post by Old Viking on May 16, 2011 15:36:43 GMT -5
Your folks are warding off financial catastrophe using jugs of water and pennies?
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on May 16, 2011 17:48:19 GMT -5
The question to ask what are they selling? That seems to be gold and silver. Look at the Q&A and the Gold & Silver Sellers reviews. Yeah my dad mentioned something about the dollar no longer being backed by the gold standard. I think he has bought some coins. Also told me to keep any pennys from 1982 (I think it was '82) because their copper is worth more like 3 or 4 cents. No industrialized nation on the planet uses gold standard anymore. Gold standard is fucking retarded. |
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Post by MaybeNever on May 16, 2011 20:30:39 GMT -5
William Jennings Bryan's got your back!
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Post by wurdulac on May 17, 2011 1:05:26 GMT -5
Yeah, why the push from the far-right to return to the gold standard? Is it just part of their general mental instability and inability to remember what happened 70 seconds ago, let alone 70 years (give or take) ago? Is it mostly coming from people with vested interests in the "Cash for Gold" companies? Something else? Or am I wrong, and there's only a few lunatic fringers who are making any overtures towards it?
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on May 17, 2011 1:28:31 GMT -5
They've been convinced deflation is good for them. Even though they're borrowing money that already gets charged interest.
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