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Originally Posted by chezlaw
I prefer a reasonable system of wholesale redistribution without loopholes.
Was this purely to segue* into the next bit, or is there something somwhat serious in the statement?
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or even a reasonable system of confiscating the lives of people who believe in stuff like end of the world predictions, without loopholes.*
I think a reasonable case could be made for forcing people to live up to their promise of the end of their lives. Probably confiscate them twice if they've continued to contribute to their retirement plans.
I think leniency could be possible in the Dec. 21st folk's case. They did offer a reasonable societal benefit of annoying astronomers who were forced to explain in great detail what a how historically world ending "solstices" are, and also for annoying Mayan culturalists.
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*was I the only one with a sneaking hope I might die on 21st dec** and get to mutter some final words about climbing out of windows and fairy cakes?
A decent plan for the end of the world. Mine is slightly more clever and involves me either (depending on the particular circumstances) either being pleasantly unaware of the circumstances (least funny, but probably for the best) or yelling "weeee!!!!" or saying "I blame society" or (after making <insert exhaling last breath dying sort of sound that people make when dying in movies here> sound), pausing for just a little bit then saying "just because I went <insert exhaling last breath dying sort of sound that people make when dying in movies here> didn't mean that I was dead" <pause> <insert real exhaling last breath dying sort of sound here>**
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** i dont mean the only one hoping chezlaw would die.
Of course. No particular humor in that. As you can see from the above, I have made allowances for the specific instance of one particular btm2 dying.
I'm fairly certain that either yours or my "weeee!!!" is probably the correct thing to do.
*I mean that word in the loosest of senses. Something approaching "nothing at all like a 'segue.'"
**The problem with these is that I only got one shot to get it right. Crying wolf about these things kills any sense of humor in them. In particular, the last one requires nearly perfect timing.