who is terrified?

Cleaver

indianropetrick wrote: »

A yawn would imply that you find this issue boring and tedious so why bother to even post?

The 2012 phenomenon is actually quite fascinating...

You say 'fascinating' but do you actually mean 'made up mumbo jumbo for people who are also into astrology, the bible code and 9/11 consiparacy theories'?

Cleaver

neas wrote: »

Not for their job?

But for britain? and our general future? Anyone think we are being royally shafted by our fiscal policy? and its not a house price crash we are seeing but a currency crash of epic proportions... our currency is crashing more than house prices!:eek:

I think all of that is happening but it doesn't make me 'terrified'. Loved ones getting ill, just as one example, is something that gets me close to terrified. A change in economic climate is 'a slight concern' if we're comparing things on a grand scale.

My Mum passed away a couple of months ago actually. I was quite concerned about everything going on in the financial world up to that point, but it somehow all became rather less important after that.

lauren1983

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

When all said and done, it's only money...

I'd be terrified if I lived in Zimbabwe - they have a life expectency of 37 there - just 37 years old ! That is terrifying.
:eek:

I'd be terrified if I lived in the Congo, or Somalia, or anywhere where human life is hanging on by a thread due to wars, poverty, disease...
:eek:

But I don't, I live in the UK, and okay there are economic problems at the moment and unemployment is rising - but my life expectency is still good, and we're not fighting a war in the streets, and I am able to eat and I am not about to get cholera from the water supply, and we have a welfare state which is not perfect but does at least try to help those in real need.

So terrified - no.

A bit brassed off - yes.

There is a difference....

Brilliant!!! I think everyone needs to think more along these lines. Thank you for putting things in perspective for me Blond head on :beer:

IveSeenTheLight

indianropetrick wrote: »

A yawn would imply that you find this issue boring and tedious so why bother to even post?

The 2012 phenomenon is actually quite fascinating...

You've given me the idea to start a snadwich board making business.
There certainly seems to be enough doomsayers in here.

On a serious note, the link has the following quotes

As mentioned, some believe cataclysmic events will take place in 2012 with the ultimate destruction occurring on December 21, 2012.

Others believe that the world will not end, but instead humanity will enter a new age, marked by significant changes physically and mentally.

Hopefully destruction will not occur and it will be just another day.

Maybe there will be some cosmic transformation.

Anything is possible and it makes for an interesting discussion none-the-less.

The webmaster knows jack !!!!!!, they've got bigger crystal balls than some on here I grant you

whathavewedone

I am concerned but no, I'm not terrified.

No one knows how bad things are going to be but it certainly is true that things are far more widely reported than they ever were in any previous recessions. That in itself can cause things to become much worse than they would have been otherwise and so I do think the media have a certain responsibility. They haven't caused the situation but they are capable of worsening it.

All that any of us can do is try to safeguard our own positions as far as possible and have faith that if we lose everything we will survive somehow. I come from Russian immigrants on my father's side. They were wealthy jewellers who fled Russia during the revolution with small babies and children and had to start again with nothing. They never did become wealthy again but they survived. I expect they were grateful to escape with their lives so that the dramatic lowering of their standard of living was relatively meaningless.

It is only money. If the worst comes to the worst pretty much everyone will be in the same boat and we will all adapt. It's what humans do.

purch

Hands up anyone who really understands what the scenario would be with a total economic collapse, since that is what all society is based on, not just Western

That is true.

That's the insanity of sitting around 'terrified' about your savings in a nationalised or not Bank, when if there is a total economic collapse, then whether or not you could access your now worthless savings will be the least of your worries.

purch

You say 'fascinating' but do you actually mean 'made up mumbo jumbo for people who are also into astrology, the bible code and 9/11 consiparacy theories'?

Actually I was quite into the 2012 stuff back in the mid 90's (now that it's getting closer I've decided it's all nonsense :j )......but I've never had any time for the usual run of the mill conspiracy theorist clap trap.

dandy-candy

Terrified? Too bloody right! My sister is mortgaged to the hilt, got a crappy job and can't resist buying designer labels - if her finances go belly up she'll be moving in with me and eating her way through my carefully stockpiled emergency rations dammit! :mad:

indianropetrick

Cleaver wrote: »

You say 'fascinating' but do you actually mean 'made up mumbo jumbo for people who are also into astrology, the bible code and 9/11 consiparacy theories'?

You mention 911 and it is clear that you are a man of science and rationality so here's the scientific proof:

http://www.kasjo.net/ats/Above_Top_Secret_article_1.htm

musemad

Daily express readers probably
LOL:eek: