Comments on: Gird Yer Loins, You Have Four Months To Survive! http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/08/12/gird-yer-loins-you-have-four-months-to-survive/ Information Pollination Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/08/12/gird-yer-loins-you-have-four-months-to-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-16180 Jay Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:08:10 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14465#comment-16180 Oops, he forgot one of the key rules of doom-crying: Predict doom about 10 years out. That's close enough to get people scared, but far enough away that you have time to profit from any panic and hysteria that you manage to create. If you say the world will end in 500 years people will figure, Hey, I'll be dead by then anyway, who cares. But putting it just 4 months away means there's no time to sell books, make movies, or pass major legislation to increase your power or enrich your friends. Also, by putting it ten years out, if you just stop talking about it in 7 years, people forget. Then after the time passes and nothing happens, you can start a new doom crying campaign on a different crisis. Or just for fun, predict the OPPOSITE crisis. Like, thirty years ago they were warning about global cooling; today they warn about global warming. This is more fun, because then you get to left at the incredible stupidity of the people at the same time that you're ripping them off. Oops, he forgot one of the key rules of doom-crying: Predict doom about 10 years out. That’s close enough to get people scared, but far enough away that you have time to profit from any panic and hysteria that you manage to create.

If you say the world will end in 500 years people will figure, Hey, I’ll be dead by then anyway, who cares. But putting it just 4 months away means there’s no time to sell books, make movies, or pass major legislation to increase your power or enrich your friends.

Also, by putting it ten years out, if you just stop talking about it in 7 years, people forget. Then after the time passes and nothing happens, you can start a new doom crying campaign on a different crisis. Or just for fun, predict the OPPOSITE crisis. Like, thirty years ago they were warning about global cooling; today they warn about global warming. This is more fun, because then you get to left at the incredible stupidity of the people at the same time that you’re ripping them off.

]]> By: O Bloody Hell http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/08/12/gird-yer-loins-you-have-four-months-to-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-16167 O Bloody Hell Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:46:17 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14465#comment-16167 <b>FAST ACTION!! QUICK, DECISIVELY MADE COMMITMENTS!! That's <i>UTTERLY</i> REQUIRED!!</b> <i>(sign here, please)</i> I mean, if you take ANY longer, <i>the <b>rubes</b> are gonna get wise</i>... You know, you have to get out of River City **before** the band uniforms and equipment arrive, and people get an idea of what they've actually bought. FAST ACTION!!

QUICK, DECISIVELY MADE COMMITMENTS!!

That’s UTTERLY REQUIRED!!

(sign here, please)

I mean, if you take ANY longer, the rubes are gonna get wise…

You know, you have to get out of River City **before** the band uniforms and equipment arrive, and people get an idea of what they’ve actually bought.

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