Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Poll

"Granting someone a second chance only means they get to screw up twice."

Strongly Agree
- 1 (2.9%)
Agree
- 0 (0%)
Neutral/Tossup
- 12 (35.3%)
Disagree
- 13 (38.2%)
Strongly Disagree
- 8 (23.5%)

Total Members Voted: 34


Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 15

Author Topic: Assessing Our Outlooks  (Read 9171 times)

MetalSlimeHunt

  • Bay Watcher
  • Gerrymander Commander
    • View Profile
Assessing Our Outlooks
« on: February 08, 2011, 06:52:52 pm »
Because, hey, why not?
First Statement: "I believe our world has a bright future ahead of it."
Logged
Quote from: Thomas Paine
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Quote
No Gods, No Masters.

Darvi

  • Bay Watcher
  • <Cript> Darvi is my wifi.
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 06:54:34 pm »
"If it's good, then it can only get worse. If it's bad, then it'll be better later"

Sort of inverse optimism or something.
Logged

Leafsnail

  • Bay Watcher
  • A single snail can make a world go extinct.
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 06:55:51 pm »
I'll go with strongly agree.  Overall I'd say things are better now than they ever have been, and hopefully technological progress and relative political stability will persist.
Logged

CoughDrop

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 07:05:14 pm »
Thinking that there is something very wrong with your world is the first step to improving it.
Logged
"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path."

Megaman

  • Bay Watcher
  • What is love?
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2011, 07:11:16 pm »
The sun will super nova. This world is doomed to destruction.
Logged
Hello Hunam

MetalSlimeHunt

  • Bay Watcher
  • Gerrymander Commander
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2011, 07:14:21 pm »
Quote from: Megaman on February 08, 2011, 07:11:16 pm
The sun will super nova. This world is doomed to destruction.
But it will be a very, very bright destruction. =p
Logged
Quote from: Thomas Paine
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Quote
No Gods, No Masters.

lordnincompoop

  • Bay Watcher
  • Allusionist
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2011, 07:22:12 pm »
I'm rather optimistic when it comes to the future, but as with all predictions I'm never sure.

There's a bunch of problems that need fixing though, and right now we're just leaving the wounds to fester. I think that'll be our bane.

That or war.
Logged

scriver

  • Bay Watcher
  • City streets ain't got much pity
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2011, 07:24:30 pm »
No. Nothing ever changes.
And you should feel bad for making me feel sad.
Logged
Love, scriver~

CoughDrop

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 07:27:25 pm »
Quote from: scriver on February 08, 2011, 07:24:30 pm
No. Nothing ever changes.

You're being facetious, right?
Logged
"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path."

lordnincompoop

  • Bay Watcher
  • Allusionist
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 07:29:31 pm »
Quote from: CoughDrop on February 08, 2011, 07:27:25 pm
Quote from: scriver on February 08, 2011, 07:24:30 pm
No. Nothing ever changes.

You're being facetious, right?

I'll eat my hat if he isn't.
Logged

Enzo

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2011, 07:33:29 pm »
Pah, optimists!

If all those nuclear weapons just laying around don't do us in the energy crisis, antibiotic-resistant virus's, and vengeful reptoids will.
Logged

scriver

  • Bay Watcher
  • City streets ain't got much pity
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2011, 07:44:27 pm »
Quote from: CoughDrop on February 08, 2011, 07:27:25 pm
You're being facetious, right?
Not at all. Why would you think so?
Logged
Love, scriver~

AntiAntiMatter

  • Bay Watcher
  • I'm back
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2011, 07:45:27 pm »
On the one hand, tech is getting better and better, and people are prospering, and will continue to prosper, and tech will get greener, and people are being more reasonable.
On the other hand, people will continue to be poor and starving, corporations and the ultra-rich will continue to be too greedy, people will continue to be idiots, privacy will continue to be infringed, war will continue, and reality shows will still dominate the airwaves.
So, it's a tie. 
Logged
[/post]

lordnincompoop

  • Bay Watcher
  • Allusionist
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2011, 07:45:47 pm »
Quote from: scriver on February 08, 2011, 07:44:27 pm
Quote from: CoughDrop on February 08, 2011, 07:27:25 pm
You're being facetious, right?
Not at all. Why would you think so?

Your brevity and tone.
Logged

CoughDrop

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Assessing Our Outlooks
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2011, 07:47:35 pm »
Quote from: AntiAntiMatter on February 08, 2011, 07:45:27 pm
On the one hand, tech is getting better and better, and people are prospering, and will continue to prosper, and tech will get greener, and people are being more reasonable.
On the other hand, people will continue to be poor and starving, corporations and the ultra-rich will continue to be too greedy, people will continue to be idiots, privacy will continue to be infringed, war will continue, and reality shows will still dominate the airwaves.
So, it's a tie.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking; it really comes down to what your definition of "the world" is.
Logged
"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path."
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 15
« previous next »