Poll of the Day > I predict another war within the next 50 years.

(+) Yeah! (+)

And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war. Whether it's global or not, I am not certain, but I can tell something is boiling across societies and countries. I don't know what it is, but it feels like something is going to come to a head, sooner or later. I don't like the tension in America and certain other countries.
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kinda a bad prediction since war has been continuous for the last 9000 years or so
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Lokarin posted...

kinda a bad prediction since war has been continuous for the last 9000 years or so

Well, yeah, but I don't think people are expecting another so relatively soon.
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We wont see another WWII type thing i dont think. Just the way things have changed for technology and stuff makes warfronts difficult
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wwiii will be fought in our brains
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in the next 50 years, we'll probably all be dead (sorry for being a downer)

but i'll give a major war occurring within 5 years
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Pikazard1 posted...

in the next 50 years, we'll probably all be dead (sorry for being a downer)

but i'll give a major war occurring within 5 years

Speak for yourself there sport, not all of us drink alcohol to the point of destroying our livers, or gain weight to such a degree that it affects our health later in life.
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Ogurisama posted...

We wont see another WWII type thing i dont think. Just the way things have changed for technology and stuff makes warfronts difficult

You're right, we'll skip most of that WWII stuff and head straight to the Enola Gay. In other words

We are ALL fucked
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Eh I'll probably be dead by then.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Eh I'll probably be dead by then.

You can kind of tell which the way the wind is blowing in terms of lifespan by looking at your maternal grandmother's side of things. Is she still breathing? How old is she? It's a good indicator of how long you are going to live.

My grandmother is 92 and just passed her driving test for seniors. Enjoy the dirt suckers!.
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who said anything about drinking problems or weight issues ??

and how does that figure into what I said ??

might want to go back and re-read what I said before firing shots at those making a post
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I predict dunkaroos coming back
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Chr0noid posted...

You can kind of tell which the way the wind is blowing in terms of lifespan by looking at your maternal grandmother's side of things.

Yet you're assuming everyone has access to that information.
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There will always be war, because war never changes.

Pretty solid prediction. Nostradamus would be proud.

WastelandCowboy posted...

There will always be war, because war never changes.

Muah, first thing I thought.

Seriously though, technology vs human nature, we will either all become immortal or end up destroying most life on this planet in the next few decades I would say.

Don't think there is an inbetween...it's all or nothing.
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I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).
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Chr0noid posted...

And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war.

It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008.
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Firewerx posted...

Chr0noid posted...

And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war.

It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008.

Don't twist my words into something malign, you know what I meant.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Chr0noid posted...

You can kind of tell which the way the wind is blowing in terms of lifespan by looking at your maternal grandmother's side of things.

Yet you're assuming everyone has access to that information.

It can't be that common to not know at least one grandmother from either line.
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I predict war tomorrow
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There will be a war.

The emus will win that war, just as they have every time someone declared war on them.

Discount ostriches are overpowered.
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Sephiroth C Ryu posted...

There will be a war.

The emus will win that war, just as they have every time someone declared war on them.

Discount ostriches are overpowered.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
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LeetCheet posted...

I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).

People who have saying shit like this for thousands of years literally. Basically every generation believes they are living in the "end times." It's laughable.

Humanity was a mistake and life should have just stuck with dinosaurs IMO. Dinosaurs lasted 135 million years and humans are barely lasting 125 000.
Hell, dinosaurs are technically still going since all birds on earth are actually descendants of the dinosaurs.
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rogerskg1979 posted...

LeetCheet posted...

I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).

People who have saying shit like this for thousands of years literally. Basically every generation believes they are living in the "end times." It's laughable.

It's also laughable to think that one of those generations won't be the last one. Not claiming that this is or isn't the case nor was that what you were saying.
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

Sephiroth C Ryu posted...

There will be a war.

The emus will win that war, just as they have every time someone declared war on them.

Discount ostriches are overpowered.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

Exactly.
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GanglyKhan posted...

rogerskg1979 posted...

LeetCheet posted...

I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).

People who have saying shit like this for thousands of years literally. Basically every generation believes they are living in the "end times." It's laughable.

It's also laughable to think that one of those generations won't be the last one. Not claiming that this is or isn't the case nor was that what you were saying.

As violent as humans may be, we're never actually going to completely wipe out all human life. If there is a nuclear war, it won't be the end of humanity. Some people will survive.

Society has been getting better and better throughout the centuries. Yes, there is still violence, but there will always be violence. There have been countless other improvements though toward the better of society, like equal human rights to everyone, and things like that. People who think the world is getting worse are morons who see the past through rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. The world isn't getting worse at all. It's getting better.

The only things that might possibly end all human life would be something like a giant meteor that hits Earth and makes the atmosphere inhabitable or an alien invasion or stuff like that. The sun will eventually go supernova too and kill Earth, but that won't happen for millions of years. By the time something like this actually happens, we will be colonizing other planets by then. So Earth might die, but we will have spread to other planets.

rogerskg1979 posted...

LeetCheet posted...

I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).

People who have saying shit like this for thousands of years literally. Basically every generation believes they are living in the "end times." It's laughable.

Earlier generations didn't have shit like global warming though.
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Chr0noid posted...

Firewerx posted...

Chr0noid posted...

And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war.

It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008.

Don't twist my words into something malign, you know what I meant.

What did you mean?
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Lol you figured that out all by yourself?

Gold star champ!
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LeetCheet posted...

rogerskg1979 posted...

LeetCheet posted...

I lost my faith in humanity years ago. There exist so many stupid and outright evil people who don't give a fuck about our only home and other people in general.

Within around 100 years(maybe more, maybe less) I'm certain this planet will be royally screwed, whether by war, pollution or extinction(our species as well as many other animals).

People who have saying shit like this for thousands of years literally. Basically every generation believes they are living in the "end times." It's laughable.

Earlier generations didn't have shit like global warming though.

Yes, they did. Global warming caused the five known Ice Ages. We could just now be on the verge of the sixth.

Sarcasthma posted...

Chr0noid posted...

Firewerx posted...

Chr0noid posted...

And not "Iraq War" levels either. I'm talking, an actual war.

It probably felt like an "actual war" to the roughly hundred thousand people who died as a result. Just like the Second Congo War probably really did feel like the planet's deadliest conflict since WWII to the 860,000 people (at an absolute minimum) who died by 2008.

Don't twist my words into something malign, you know what I meant.

What did you mean?

Gladly. Let me point out some distinct differences between something like World War II and The War on Terror in the Middle East. Things like America invading Iraq and Afghanistan may be controversial, and a lot of people don't agree that we even should have been over there to begin with, but that's not what I'm really focusing on here. When America waged war against Saddam, the only people who really "felt" it, were the soldiers, the Iraqi government, and the denizens of Iraq. And it was also pretty one sided.

Most Americans lived through this war by watching clips of it on television or looking at pictures online. Also, Americans didn't really feel any impact from said war economically or otherwise. We weren't buying bonds, rationing out gasoline and food, and there weren't entire factories filled with civilians working night and day to keep the war effort supplied. I'm not saying all that stuff in the Middle East wasn't a war or was completely pointless or anything like that.

I'm just saying that certain wars differ from others in a myriad of ways. And that whatever war is going to happen within the next 50 year or so will make Americans almost wish it was just another struggle against terrorism somewhere in some sand-blasted hell. I have a feeling that the next war is going to have a bit more impact than that. And it's going to be a terrible one.
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So what you meant by an "actual war" was: one in which large numbers of Americans are killed in America, and until then it won't feel "actual" to Americans.
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