• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    21 minutes ago

    The only ones who have a chance are the ones on a large island. But, even then, they need people to do the farming and maintenance. Also, they need to keep those people happy, lest they, oh, I don’t know, maybe hang them.

    Billionaires are not as smart as they think they are. They aren’t even as smart as we think they are.

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    3 hours ago

    With nobody to lord over these people would wither away quite rapidly… a parasite cannot live long without a host.

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    The rate at which the climate gets worse will only get worse as well, even if we had a wand to get 0 emissions by tomorrow. It will only be worse if they ever leave. Being buried alive doesn’t seem great.

    They should find a way to fix the mess they made.

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      1 hour ago

      Assuming they don’t, I find a very small glimmer of justice/schadenfreude in thinking of the worst of them being buried alive. Thanks for that.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Nah, just weld over the door of this shit, and continue living your normal life. Nothing useful inside anyway.

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      5 hours ago

      I am shocked that we’re still going. I predicted in the 80s that around 2010-2015 or so would be at the latest.

      Look at the fucker go!

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    2.5 years worth of fuel? I’m no disaster prepper but uh I’d want to hear about solar and batteries, etc.

    Imagine living for 2.5 years in that, somehow miraculously it not turning into a Fallout scene with a bunch of entitled rich pricks who suddenly can’t order others around, and then being forced back into the “real world” where you have nothing. What was accomplished?

    Are they going to have chefs? Do they have 2.5 years worth of food?

    If they have a sniper post you assume they understand things could be quite hostile as society finally implodes, do they have an armory? Solar powered vehicles…?

    These fuckers should all play fallout. Might realize what was lost.

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      5 hours ago

      I wonder how the fuel is stored. Under ideal conditions diesel can last 1.5-2 years. Otherwise, they only have 6-12 months.

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        You can be in my bunker, rather than rich folks I want practical knowledge to rebuild…not that diesel fuel will be a priority for potentially quite a while society rebuilds. Though if there is the intermediary Mad Max phase you will probably be leading an army…

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      17 hours ago

      And those of us who have played should do some thinking and understand the real lesson to take from the game is that cooperation is the sole way to avoid that grim outcome.

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        I always remember the Preppers show episode with the hippie commune. They were already involved with the local community and were talking about how they would just invite everyone to the party and keep scaling up. The show tried so hard to inject problems into the plan but they were the only ones who looked like they had a realistic idea. Everyone else was planning to solo the world or bug out to ???.

        Real world there are plenty of examples of the local community pulling together before the government and cops show up to take charge and screw it all up.

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          Humans are genetically disposed to cooperation.

          Our financial system is mathematically disposed to competition.

          Go figure.

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            “Humans are genetically disposed to cooperation.”

            In small groups that know each other. Even then, maybe.

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    5 million? That’s peanuts. The ultra rich should be able to afford more than a 5 Vancouver condos.

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    19 hours ago

    Gotta get air and vent exhaust at some point. Be a shame if anything happened to those interfaces.

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      Nah don’t block their air. Just pour a few truck loads of concrete and rebar over the entrance. Let them enjoy the apocalypse while the outside world has a chance to recover from their influence.

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        No. I’d rather get rid of them than make them suffer. Both would be great, but the former is the priority. The goal is to make sure they can’t do more damage. Revenge doesn’t accomplish anything on its own.

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        Fill their air intakes with shit though. Might aswell make them stew a bit.

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          Not shit, surströmming is fermented herring that smells of sulphur.

          A few cans popped open and poured down would probably be strong enough to get through filters.

          Also mink piss is a long term stench. There was a mink farm on next to the acre I grew up on and even though it had not been in operation and the buildings were all gone, two decades later when it rained all you could smell was mink piss/gland secretions.