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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you have Netflix, let me suggest Season One of Doomsday Preppers!
It will CRACK YOU UP!!!!
So many of the nutters were convinced that the end of days was coming in 2012 that it;s just funny as hell!
zappaman
(20,606 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)People were losing their fucking minds thinking that the computers controlling the nations infrastructure were going to shut down because they wouldn't recognize the year change.
People were stocking up on MRE's, cases of water, flashlights, batteries, guns, ammo, etc., and in the end, what happened? Not a damn thing.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)I loved how much of a nothing it was.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)LoveIsNow
(356 posts)For shows like that it always helps to start off with a really hilarious episode to catch my interest.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)That kind of cracked me up.
LoveIsNow
(356 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Their reasoning was it would be barter items for when the government failed under the black guy in the White House.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)He spent most of the time before that pontificating about firearm safety to his kid. I think there was some 'be a man' crap in there. Then he blows his thumb off and passes out and they have to airlift him out of there. IIRC, his kid totally called him on it too afterwards.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Everybody stood around looking scared until the camera crew stepped in to get him to a hospital.
I take all my emergency survival advice from people who are less useful than your average junior girl scout.
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)for LOLing when he fainted?
Yeah, probably.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)If you're really looking for ineptitude as high comedy you can't beat episode 3.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Kevin from WI
(184 posts)but you won't be laughing when the zombie apocalypse happens. According to my top secret bible calculations we have 3 weeks yet, however, I have special crystal's I use to talk to jibbers crabst the lobster god who lives behind the rings of Saturn and he says you descend into heaven on that day as long as you sign over your life savings to me. Thanks, and yes this is total sarcasm.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Who didn't post this earlier!!111!!
Uh, and I didn't post it either so I guess I deserve it too.
P. S. We're all supposed to be vaporized by that Hadron thingie, sooner or later. Sorry I left that out. It was nice knowing ya.