Hermetic posted:

Yeah, when I found out that most of these angry old morons were just getting certificates, it blew my mind. "Don't trust these certificates for gold backed by the US government! Trust these certificates for gold backed by a company I just heard about 5 minutes ago!" Because we all know there's nothing more trustworthy than companies that advertise on talk radio! That gold totally exists and is real.

(And assuming it IS real, there is no way you're going to be given that gold at any point after there's a collapse of law and order. You are not enforcing compliance of a contract with a powered-down rascal and an SKS, when they can just buy protection from whatever North Dakotan version of Lord Humungus rises to power.)

My dad may be a paranoid hate-monster that is only not on Freep because he refuses to use the internet, but at least he's smart enough to get his apocalypse gold in actual bars.

And, actually, he gets silver most of the time, because it would be easier to buy things like food and ammo with than trying to determine precisely how many flakes of gold you should count out.

Klaus88 posted:

God dammit, buying bars of vaguely worthless metal in the expectation that it will be worth more after the downfall of the federal government is the most insane thing.

Seriously, the post apocalyptic economy will be based on bullets and pharmaceuticals, so that is really what you should be hoarding.

Terry said it best when he pointed out that gold only has value because we agree that it has value.

Klaus88 posted:

God dammit, buying bars of vaguely worthless metal in the expectation that it will be worth more after the downfall of the federal government is the most insane thing.

Seriously, the post apocalyptic economy will be based on bullets and pharmaceuticals, so that is really what you should be hoarding.

Terry said it best when he pointed out that gold only has value because we agree that it has value.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

quote:

They are the porn generation, where life’s expectations come from Mouseketeer pop tarts, Victoria’s Secret, Internet titillation, and condom-flogging sex education.

Klaus88 posted:

God dammit, buying bars of vaguely worthless metal in the expectation that it will be worth more after the downfall of the federal government is the most insane thing.

quote:

Shapiro’s new e-book, What’s Fair: And Other Short Stories, features three short original stories, each thematically and stylistically different than the last.

In the first, “What’s Fair,” a tormented young man confronts his older brother when he feels he is not owed his due. In the sci-fi short “From the Pit,” an environmental worker shrunk down to microscopic size struggles to avoid his own murder after he is accidentally ingested into the stomach of his employer. The final story, “Utopia,” sees a man discover his humanity amid the stifling conformity of a dystopic society.

katlington posted:

Ben Shaprio has written extensively on maintaining his virginity until he was married. He's a cool dude.

Sir Tonk posted:

quote:

This is why it’s so comfortable to be on the left: that unearned sense of moral superiority. Unearned, because folks on the left haven’t done anything pos- itive for decades. College students’ sense of moral righteousness doesn’t come from achievement – it comes from believing that you are a bad person. You are a racist and sexist; they are not. That makes them good, even if they don’t give charity, have never met a black person, stand for policies that impoverish minority communities across the United States, and enable America-haters around the globe. It doesn’t matter that if they pointed out a KKK member to you, you’d run across the lot to knock him out; in order for them to be morally superior, you must be morally inferior. Calling you a racist and sexist, a bigot and a homophobe, gives them a sense of satis- faction with their status in the universe, even if they never help a single individual human being.
This is a bully tactic. When someone calls you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe because you happen to disagree with them about tax policy or same-sex marriage or abortion, that’s bullying. When some- one slanders you because you happen to disagree with them about global warming or the government shutdown, that’s bullying. When someone labels you a bad human being because they disagree with you, they are bullying you. They are attacking your character without justification. That’s nasty. In fact, it makes them nasty.

Tender Bender posted:

Is there something I don't know about or is it really concerning that Ben considers Mouseketeers to be porn.

CaptainCarrot posted:

It's also pretty weird that Shapiro thinks anyone gives a poo poo about the Mouseketeers.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

kik2dagroin posted:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/10/23/democrats_are_calculating_how_many_new_voters_they_can_get_out_of_hurricane_patricia

You know folks, I hate being right all the time on everything I utter into this Golden EIB Microphone

happyhippy posted:

Hurricanes are great for Republicans.
They can get money to give to contractor buddies if it hits Republican voter areas, deny funding if it hits Democrat strongholds, and then blame it on gays and Obama!

Full Battle Rattle posted:

So a bunch of tea partiers will either have to accept federal dollars or face turning their state into apocalyptic hellholes

Sweet

nine-gear crow posted:

Nah, Ben's morally outraged by sex in and of itself.

STAC Goat posted:

Well, he did basically say he found pop tarts to be sexual.

STAC Goat posted:

Well, he did basically say he found pop tarts to be sexual.

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

Yeah who ever gave a poo poo about Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus? Seriously his argument is obviously dumb in general but it's really really obvious these are the types of people he's talking about with that complaint.

SedanChair posted:

Guess who's a pervert? Anybody who says "tarts."

Sir Tonk posted:

Nintendo Kid posted:

Wrong, the most insane thing is what they actually do: buy certificates saying they totally own some gold/silver. And in order to get the metal they'd have to get their rear end out to Nebraska or wherever the warehouse supposedly is

Like anyone's going to trust BuyGoldQuick.com's certificates more than actual US dollars in the post apocalypse. I mean when you think about it legit US coins and currency are pretty difficult to counterfeit, and even more so when an apocalypse happens. People would totally be using em after the bomb drops or whatever.

Klaus88 posted:

God dammit, buying bars of vaguely worthless metal in the expectation that it will be worth more after the downfall of the federal government is the most insane thing.

Seriously, the post apocalyptic economy will be based on bullets and pharmaceuticals, so that is really what you should be hoarding.

Terry said it best when he pointed out that gold only has value because we agree that it has value.

Tarezax posted:

The thing you really want to hoard for the apocalypse is salt.

Tarezax posted:

The thing you really want to hoard for the apocalypse is salt.