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I have to really consider what I will have to do to survive at least in reasonable shape for something like 3 years. And its not going to be in Las Vegas, which will collapse in short order from lack of food and water.
That's when the monsters come out."
Was he was talking about his subconscious?
The handcuffs fell off - so they 5-cuffed us.
Buck buck #1.... Faaaaaaat Albert!
The dentist... and there was a line...
Ice cream after a tonsillectomy...
Holy smokes, CaptainKirk, those were good days, LMAO
It went straight down for 1/4 mile, and emptied onto an hold HWY. ROTFLMAO.
We got arrested, and the cops put the cuffs on us, but our wrists were so small, they fell off... Look Mr. Officer, I am not trying to escape... LOL
The Chicken Heart. Thump Thump...
Wow, all of those memories just came flashing back.
Mmmmm...the Schadenfreude is good.
I’m well past caring at this point.
I’m in the “Point and Laugh” phase.
Ironically when this society decides to devote itself to the elimination of suffering.....the elimination of the sufferers will become prevalent.
Cosby was on the right track with many things, but he screwed up. Very sad. As a more conservative the MSMM will never let it go, but pervs like Clinton and Cuomo will get a pass.
But I wonder how bad he really was. He was wrong drugging people. But seems strange that one of the few "conservative" people who spoke against the lefts approach... And suddenly old charges were taken seriously.
I will never know what really happened.
But when I compare that to the Clinton Body count, I have to ask if it's justice, or just having our noses rubbed in it! (think Epstein, Maxwell, etc)
“ The Drowning Rats Experiment involved placing a rat in a bucket of water and see how long it took for them to drown.
There were three stages to the experiment:
Stage 1: Twelve domesticated rats were first used in the experiment. A few died after only a few minutes. However, the rest of the rats were able to survive for days in the bucket before drowning.
Stage 2: Richter then performed the same experiment using 34 wild Norwegian rats. The expectation was that they would last a lot longer than the domesticated rats because they were considerably stronger and had a fierce will to live. The outcome was completely the opposite. All of the rats drowned within a few minutes.
Stage 3: Bemused by this outcome, Richter theorized that the wild rats found themselves in a hopeless situation, and therefore simply gave up the battle to survive. Richter’s new experiment would now provide these rats with hope. A new batch of wild rats were captured. They would be placed in the bucket and, just before drowning, they would be rescued and allowed to recover. Once recovered, the rats were placed back in the bucket and the process was repeated several times. Richter believed that the rats had now been given hope, and therefore would fight a lot longer in the water bucket. He was proven correct. The rats now swam for days in the bucket before drowning.
The basic hypothesis from Richter’s experiments was:
“the rats quickly learn that the situation is not actually hopeless” and that “after elimination of hopelessness the rats do not die.”
The “Rat in the Bucket” Psyop
Thinking back to Richter’s “rat in a bucket” experiment, we observed that wild rats would willingly give up and drown in the bucket in only a few minutes. However, when they were rescued from the bucket several times, they developed the hope that they would be rescued, and struggled to survive for days thereafter.
Even though the rat’s fate was sealed from the beginning, the mindsets of the wild rats was completely different to those who were rescued (or domesticated). When faced with certain death, the wild rats accepted their fate. The others, however, essentially looked to their Prussian masters to be saved.
What is important to note here is when the rats were placed in a hopeless situation, many of them believed the situation to be hopeful. Their mindset was completely out of touch with their reality; unable to discern what Richter really had in mind for them.
Not to make light of a serious situation, but in a skit by a famous comedian gone perv was the line, "How long can you tread water?"
Take a little advice from me. Kill your TV. You'll be a lot happier for it.
In the mean time, do what James McMurtry advises in his song "Safe Side" "We keep our pistols loaded so we won't get hurt"
From his most excellent Album: Candy Land
lyrics: https://genius.com/James-mcmurtry-saf...
Listen to the song on U-Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZRdV...
What are you prepping for?
Get clear. For example, I'm pretty spoiled. Take away electricity, A/C, and cars...
And that's a bridge too far for me. It also means 97% of the big cities will die quickly.
The basics for me are:
1) How long can you obtain potable water?
2) How long can you go with no Sewage?
3) How long can you go without electricity?
4) How long can you go without (buying) food?
5) What's your overall level to prepare for in time. (A blip, like 1-3 Months. Everyone should have this, or a Civilization ending event? Years and Years)
6) What level of "uncivilization" are you willing to live in (cannibalism? It probably was here in Jamestown!)
Those are very different things to prepare for. I know my limits.
I just lost a dear friend today. He wasn't that much older than myself. He just retired in Jan.
Almost immediately there was panic in the streets of vegas, with huge lines at gas stations where people were trying to stock up on gasoline and diesel.
What was obvious is that the population is on edge, expecting some sort of collapse of the society, where everyone wants to try to be insulated from the collapse and be first in line.
I think there has been a generalized fear of collapse wherein people in general expect the society is about to collapse from some unknown cause.
There was 2008 economic collapse and extreme money printing, COVID shut down the economy and caused supply chain shocks for the last several years, and now major inflation causing prices on many items to rise like 30-40%, and now rising interest rates. Whats next is on peoples' minds.....
Most people dont really understand whats going on, but they somehow believe that the system itself has some large faults that are about to explode.
We have a senile president elected by a very suspect election, a congress that is printing money without limit, and an ideology that is hell bent on causing a "great reset". A "prepper" industry that has exploded recently, telling people that they need to prepare for war....
No wonder people are quietly waiting for the next disaster.
that I have found. It is brilliant.
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