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Old 03-22-2019, 06:41 AM
 
Location: SE corner of the Ozark Redoubt
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I am a Independent/conservativedemocrat/independent. I grew up and live in the Midwest and farmed for years etc and i don't know anyone that fear you guys. You have are parinoid
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Originally Posted by GhostOfAndrewJackson View Post
What the kittens???
He has never seen it because he has decided it doesn't exist.
Interesting expression BTW.
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Old 03-22-2019, 09:16 AM
 
Location: VA, IL, FL, SD, TN, NC, SC
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Originally Posted by TRex2 View Post
He has never seen it because he has decided it doesn't exist.
Interesting expression BTW.
Versatile's post was bizarre. I mean really, what the kittens is with this post:

Originally Posted by Versatile
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I am a Independent/conservativedemocrat/independent. I grew up and live in the Midwest and farmed for years etc and i don't know anyone that fear you guys. You have are parinoid
What is a:
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"Independent/conservativedemocrat/independent"
Does he mean he is twice as independent as a normal conservative/democrat? For kittens sake, a conservative/democrat is already as rare of a sighting as Bigfoot (in fact Bigfoot may be more common) but he is twice as independent? So what, .00001% of the population? Is there actually suppose to be some meaning to this self-appointed label? He sounds as confused as one of the transgendered freaks roaming about confused about his naughty bits.

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grew up and live in the Midwest and farmed for years etc
What does the etc mean? Is there some logical conclusion we are to draw when you use the preceding qualifiers of midwest and farmer that we are suppose to fill the etc in with? Let me see, what stereotypes can we draw on? Uh, is married to his sister? Doesn't believe in dental care? Dates his cow? Hates revenuers? Has a pick-up truck? Has non-consensual sex with the exhaust pipe on his pick-up truck? I know midwest farmers who have advanced degrees and are a millionaires many a time over and then I know a few farmer types who make egg money at the farmer's market and every thing in between. So what conclusion were we suppose to draw?


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i don't know anyone that fear you guys
So I guess anyone means his peer group? So then, we are suppose to be concerned that a bunch of barely illiterate drooling morons aren't aware of something? BillyBob ain't afraid of you! Wow, I am so disappointed. And when BillyBob frees himself from the warm love embrace of his chicken he is going to come after us, we'll see.

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You have are parinoid
What does that mean? "You have are"? What language is this? And what is a parinoid: a partial hemorrhoid?

The entire post was furry-kittened.
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Old 03-22-2019, 03:53 PM
 
Location: SE corner of the Ozark Redoubt
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Versatile's post was bizarre.
...
The entire post was furry-kittened.
And leading us off topic too.
That may be his intent, so, I will reply by DM.
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Old 03-22-2019, 04:36 PM
 
Location: VA, IL, FL, SD, TN, NC, SC
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And leading us off topic too.
That may be his intent, so, I will reply by DM.
Good point. Thanks.
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Old 03-22-2019, 04:52 PM
 
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This is one of the best postings I have ever seen on city-data.

Thanks
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Old 03-22-2019, 04:59 PM
 
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This thread started taking an unusual turn...

Totally off topic, err... Is that back on topic... I think the TV series "doomsday preppers" certainly didn't do us any favors. Most people who watched it are too ignorant and obtuse to realize the way that show was portrayed was ridiculous. They think that's a sample of the average prepper, when instead it was deliberately produced to be a stereotypical exaggeration.

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Old 03-22-2019, 07:19 PM
 
Location: VA, IL, FL, SD, TN, NC, SC
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This thread started taking an unusual turn...

Totally off topic, err... Is that back on topic... I think the TV series "doomsday preppers" certainly didn't do us any favors. Most people who watched it are too ignorant and obtuse to realize the way that show was portrayed was ridiculous. They think that's a sample of the average prepper, when instead it was deliberately produced to be a stereotypical exaggeration.
Even worse. there was some prepper show where they were worried about the coming zombie apocalypse

see: youtube.com/watch?v=a1V5CopO16U
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Old 03-23-2019, 10:25 AM
 
Location: SE corner of the Ozark Redoubt
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Even worse. there was some prepper show where they were worried about the coming zombie apocalypse

see: youtube.com/watch?v=a1V5CopO16U
Wow. Kinda way out there. The only part of that that I thing is worth while is around 18 min to 20 min into the vid, were it talks about the way people behave on "bath salts"
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Old 03-23-2019, 10:29 AM
 
Location: SE corner of the Ozark Redoubt
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Originally Posted by drinkthekoolaid View Post
This thread started taking an unusual turn...

Totally off topic, err... Is that back on topic... I think the TV series "doomsday preppers" certainly didn't do us any favors. Most people who watched it are too ignorant and obtuse to realize the way that show was portrayed was ridiculous. They think that's a sample of the average prepper, when instead it was deliberately produced to be a stereotypical exaggeration.
I suspect, though I can't prove it, that your assessment that showing the stereotypical exaggerations were deliberate. I watched it for the 1% of the show that was useful, like how to build a spider hole, and the guy they were interviewing and asked him "is this all you have" and he said "no, I won't show you what I have."
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Old 04-01-2019, 08:19 AM
 
Location: Southern Colorado
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I have been a prepper for years and understand the rational behind prepping. However it is always logical to consider the pros and cons. At this point in time, I might recommend 90 days worth of preps for most. Going far beyond 90 days becomes problematic in many ways.

90 days of preps is probably better than 90% have achieved.

It is often a challenge to find the right balance with any endeavor.
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