We're All Doomed!™ (the Conquest, War, Famine, and Death Thread)

[5thhorseman]

And then the "Yellow Vest" movement joined.
...
Their main concern tends to be that gas should be cheaper, ...

People are weirdly obsessed with gas prices. At the Petrocan yesterday gas was 153.9 while across the street it was 159.9. The lineups for the Petrocan extended into both cross streets while the other station had empty bays.

All for a $0.06 savings that on 100L would amount to $6. Yeah I'm going to wait half an hour for that, lol.

[donlever]

I've never understand lining up for gas to acheive the minimal savings garnered.

Some people don't seem to understand the value of time.

Sitting in a line up burning gas to save 6 cents on gas and then claiming to have no time to work out or take the kids to the park to kick a ball around.

Such a robotic, knee jerk society we are....

[Meds]

Goes to the entire rush to buy something because it’s on sale. People think it’s a good deal because the advertisement is telling them it is. They don’t realize that a month before the 25% off blowout the regular sticker price increased by 15%…..

[donlever]

The old I saved $500.00 by "only" spending $2500.00 affliction.

The ex old lady was deep into that rabbit hole....

[Per]

Yeah, I’ve stopped lining up for gas. I just plug the car in when I get home.

[donlever]

I haven't lined up for gas one time in my entire existence on this planet.

[Cornuck]

I remember back in the day, we took a road trip to Seattle, and didn't know that the gas stations were closed on Sundays during the 'fuel crisis' of '79. Thankfully, someone told us we could get some gas where the taxis filled up and we got back across the border.

[donlever]

1978 beer strike (which didn't bother me at the time but pissed off the old man).

Had to get beer from down there.

1979 gas.

Had to get fuel up here to go down there.

Good times....

[Cornuck]

1978 beer strike (which didn't bother me at the time but pissed off the old man).

That kinda fucked up our grad that year! Lots of kids drinking wine and hard liquor instead!

[donlever]

Baby Duck?

Lol.

[Per]

So the riots in France have been going on for three weeks now, and there are still no casualties.

Turns out your kids are safer at a French riot than in an American school.

[UWSaint]

So the riots in France have been going on for three weeks now, and there are still no casualties.

Not counting the 2 killed? (I get not counting the cardiac arrest -- but what about the capitol officer on Jan 6....). Not counting the officer ran over? (But Charlottesville.... -- oh, I see, Renee Good wasn't endangering the ICE officer's life when she drove into him....)

How about the 1,000+ officers injured, hundreds seriously? Or the thousands of protestors injured, many seriously (losing an eye (rubber bullet), losinf a hand (stun grenade). Serious injuries are typically considered casualties -- though I admit its a word that is most commonly used in war, where a casualty is injury or death (or even illness) that reduces the attacking/defending force, basically taking them off the battlefield.

What's happening in France is quite serious -- the same stuff happened in the US in many cities in the summer of 2020. From my perspective, many of the same dynamics are at play -- a large group of people with grievances protesting, and a smaller group of agitators (it doesn't take many) who wish for confrontation/property destruction, and then a group of opportunistic looters, who act as vultures feeding on the roadkill.

I disagree with my friends who blame it on the the failure of migrants to assimilate, though. Nothing is more French than a riot.

[Meds]

So the riots in France have been going on for three weeks now, and there are still no casualties.

I disagree with my friends who blame it on the the failure of migrants to assimilate, though. Nothing is more French than a riot.

I will point to one group that refuses to assimilate and has the intention to do the exact opposite. But it is only one group.

[5thhorseman]

What are we? The Borg?

[Cousin Strawberry]

I'd hump 7 of 9