Endless Ends

[Wand3rlust]

 

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Oh, my. Is that what he had in mind?

 

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Brrrrrr.

 

[Endless_Night]

The Thing (1982).

Seems like the appropriate weather. Also, that decision to buy extra warm flannel sheets is now seeming practically prescient.

 

[Endless_Night]

When MacReady and the others fly to the Norwegian camp to corpses and chaos, they find the one body due whose demise was due to suicide. It's a sharp contrast to the helicopter that is trying to chase down The Thing when it is in husky form.

My questions are these?

-Does one take on what may seem a hopeless task and make an attempt, no matter how doomed, to stop the end of the world?
-Does one fight for personal survival to the bitter end, no matter the the outcome for humanity at large?
-Or does one abdicate any implied or inferred responsibility and take the opportunity for a less gruesome demise?

No judgements. Just where my mind wanders.

 

[Endless_Night]

Other pondering for the day:

-Do most people plan yearly budgets?
-Do most people change out curtains and other stuff seasonally?
-Do most people clean out all closets and cupboards fall and spring?
-Do most people put their kitchen "to bed" at night?
-Do most people fold sheets so they're in pillowcase packets so everything is together?
-Do most people keep three months of income in a cash account, in case of emergencies?*

*Why three months? Wouldn't six make more sense?


It may be that I've had too much time to think about stuff today.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Other pondering for the day:

-Do most people plan yearly budgets?
-Do most people change out curtains and other stuff seasonally?
-Do most people clean out all closets and cupboards fall and spring?
-Do most people put their kitchen "to bed" at night?
-Do most people fold sheets so they're in pillowcase packets so everything is together?
-Do most people keep three months of income in a cash account, in case of emergencies?*

*Why three months? Wouldn't six make more sense?


It may be that I've had too much time to think about stuff today.

Nope.

 

[Endless_Night]

Nope.

That's it? Nope? None of them?

 

[hotwords229_A]

That's it? Nope? None of them?

I do absolutely zero of those things.

 

[Endless_Night]

I do absolutely zero of those things.

Tell me you at least decant your spices in glass jars and write their names on the lids so they can be alphabetized in a wide, specially made, pull out drawer?

 

[hotwords229_A]

Tell me you at least decant your spices in glass jars and write their names on the lids so they can be alphabetized in a wide, specially made, pull out drawer?

I have salt and pepper for grilling. They are in black and white containers.
Does that count?

 

[Endless_Night]

I have salt and pepper for grilling. They are in black and white containers.
Does that count?

Sometimes I almost convince myself I'm fairly mainstream in my habits.

Until I have a conversation like this one.


*wanders off to feel weird about myself and order saffron and mace*

 

[hotwords229_A]

Sometimes I almost convince myself I'm fairly mainstream in my habits.

Until I have a conversation like this one.


*wanders off to feel weird about myself and order saffron and mace*

I don’t know that I’m the right person to compare normal habits with.

 

[Endless_Night]

I don’t know that I’m the right person to compare normal habits with.

Point.

You do have that loner, caveman, survivalist vibe.

Whereas I'm more loner, fussy, helpless vibe.

I will say, if one veers loner, one should not be helpless*.

I have . . . zero idea how to rectify this situation.

*recalls having to text SO a couple of days ago because once again I could not remember how to turn on the steering wheel heater*

 

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Also, I had ice cold kheer for breakfast.

Don't judge me.

 

[hotwords229_A]

*recalls having to text SO a couple of days ago because once again I could not remember how to turn on the steering wheel heater*

We’re doomed as a society.
Not because you didn’t know how to turn the steering wheel heater on, but because there is such a thing as a steering wheel heater.

 

[Endless_Night]

We’re doomed as a society. Not because you didn’t know how to turn the steering wheel heater on, but because there is such a thing as a steering wheel heater.

And here I was thinking it was all about me.

*stomps foot*

 

[Apisto42]

We’re doomed as a society.
Not because you didn’t know how to turn the steering wheel heater on, but because there is such a thing as a steering wheel heater.

Hey! I love my heated steering wheel. If that means society is doomed, I suppose that’s the price I’m willing to pay.

Now the fucking air tire pressure sensors can go straight to hell. Those are just corporate greed that do nothing for me as a driver and just cost money.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

When MacReady and the others fly to the Norwegian camp to corpses and chaos, they find the one body due whose demise was due to suicide. It's a sharp contrast to the helicopter that is trying to chase down The Thing when it is in husky form.

My questions are these?

-Does one take on what may seem a hopeless task and make an attempt, no matter how doomed, to stop the end of the world?

I mean if there is a plan to avert “the end” I’d participate regardless of how impractical or unlikely.

But the real world cases of this seem thin.

-Does one fight for personal survival to the bitter end, no matter the the outcome for humanity at large?

On a personal level? For my own existence? I probably wouldn’t. I’m more a “it’s been a good run” guy. But who knows.

But for like everyone? I mean, i think I’d have gone into the Chernobyl tunnels to turn the cranks.

-Or does one abdicate any implied or inferred responsibility and take the opportunity for a less gruesome demise?

 

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Now the fucking air tire pressure sensors can go straight to hell. Those are just corporate greed that do nothing for me as a driver and just cost money.

I see you have opinions.

 

[Endless_Night]

I mean if there is a plan to avert “the end” I’d participate regardless of how impractical or unlikely.

Samsies. If things are that fraught, and my survival options seems limited, it's only sensible to act for the health of the body politic.

But the real world cases of this seem thin.

I'm not clear on whether you mean "the end" scenarios or unlikely or people whose last ditch actions would be for the public weal is unlikely.

Hopefully only the former is true, but I suspect the latter may be as well.

I think I just depressed myself.

On a personal level? For my own existence? I probably wouldn’t. I’m more a “it’s been a good run” guy. But who knows.

In these types of shows there always seems to be one individual (usually a scientist or doctor) who realizes the global thread and tries to circumvent exposure getting out into the populace. As a counterpoint, there's often one person who panics into a purely self-involved survival drive, no matter the cost, even the murder of companions.

The bulk just wander around trying to kill the thing off in the hopes of surviving.

I wonder how representative those divisions would be in a real scenario. Would most people panic and think only of themselves? Would they pull together with a higher goal?

Possibly depends on the people group.

But for like everyone? I mean, i think I’d have gone into the Chernobyl tunnels to turn the cranks.

If the existence of humanity as a species is at stake, I, personally, see no other option. We may not be the greatest species, but . . . it's my species.


Eta: Of course, I say this, but the reality is I'd probably just panic.

 

[Wand3rlust]

I do the pillow case thingy.

 

[Wand3rlust]

I also love my heated steering wheel.

 

[Endless_Night]

I do the pillow case thingy.

Isn't it amazing! I am now looking for baskets to store my packets. With lids. To prevent dust accumulation.