WOULD YOU RATHER THE DJI HITS 3000 OR A T REX CHASED YOU THRU CENTRAL PARK?

[kpete]

Deep Thought

by Steven D
Fri Feb 20th, 2009 at 11:54:09 AM EST
Stolen from bigmike [e-mail], someone who clearly doesn't care for the way our free market system is working at the moment:

WOULD YOU RATHER THE DJI HITS 3000 OR A T REX CHASED YOU THRU CENTRAL PARK [e-mail] - 2 minutes ago (1 post) (Note: DJI stands for the Dow Jones Index, the most popularly referenced stock market index in America)

I suppose for a lot of people there really isn't much of a difference. Getting eaten by a dinosaur might be quicker. Certainly it would put a lot of stock traders out of their misery.

more at:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/2/20/11549/2736

[Stevenmarc]

1. I could probably lose the T Rex in the Brambles

[sufrommich]

6. LOL!!! nt

[KamaAina]

26. Precisely what I was thinking

but it's called the "Ramble". :-)

An even less T. rex-friendly area is up at the north end, by the Blockhouse and along that little stream.

[Taverner]

2. I'll take the Dino

At least I can out run that guy, or simply not move like they did in Jurassic Park

[jpak]

3. If DOW 3000 would resurrect T-Rex - I'd be all for it.

I'd cage that sucker up and make a million on the carnie circuit...

:evilgrin:

[benld74]

4. HERE! REX HERE REX! COME ON BOY!

[leftofthedial]

5. Personally, I hope the Dow hits 0.

The sooner the better.

[Mz Pip]

10. Why?

Do you enjoy seeing other people suffer?

[PVnRT]

22. He wants capitalism to fail

Regardless of the misery and destruction that would happen.

[leftofthedial]

32. tough love

[PVnRT]

33. Yes, because YOU won't get hurt

So what do you care?

[leftofthedial]

35. this will hurt you more than it will hurt me

but it's for your own good

[JackRiddler]

36. Capitalism has predictably destroyed the world

and caused more misery to more people than any other system in history.

And odds are all of us on this board have done relatively well by it and enjoy material wealth, unlike the planetary majority. So this is a place where people can delude themselves into thinking the failure of capitalism would cause more suffering than its continuation. (Of course, the failure of capitalism is built into capitalism, but when it finally dies many people will blame its critics.)

People before profits and the insane idea that you can keep growing production and using more energy than nature can renew on a small planet will probably still be causing vast misery hundreds of years after this system undergoes its final, completely predictable collapse. I certainly hope to see it in my lifetime, but sadly there is no guarantee.

And I know it may be a horrible and miserable sight, and that I myself may suffer when the shit goes down. But I will hardly have been the cause -- the super-rich people who are worshipped under capitalism like gods are responsible for what they above others wrought.

T-Rex or DOW down? That anyone would ask shows the mental illness of our society.

At any rate, capitalism has failed and it will continue to fail, and just as there was a day not long ago in history when there was not yet a DJI, so too there be another soon when there will no longer be a DJI.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

19. Congrats On The Most Selfish And Evil Post I've Ever Seen On DU.

Thankfully, I'm wise enough to know that your post was written in ignorance as opposed to evil.

[prairierose]

7. kpete, don't you mean "put a lot of stock traders....

out of "our" misery? Couldn't we arrange this so the t-rex eats them? I think we would all be better off with that scenario.

[Wickerman]

8. Aren't T-Rex;s vegetarian?

Even if they aren't, I'm gonna go with that belief and say I'd rather that happen.

:shrug:

[Mz Pip]

9. They were meat eaters

We could probably come pretty close to cloning a T-Rex at this point. Might be interesting. I sure don't want the DOW to hit 3000. That would be a disaster for us.

[originalpckelly]

13. No, the debate is whether they were cold/tepid/hot blooded.

Not what they ate. T-Rex's teeth were gigantic.

[Wickerman]

30. ah, that's it

Well, I'd still take my chances with the repitle from the history books instead of the reptiles from Wall Street. :yoiks:

[enki23]

14. only if you're a nutball creationist who believes those teeth cracked coconuts before "sin" existed

.

[Xipe Totec]

11. I don't think I have a deep fat frier big enough for the 'T'

but I guess we could barbecue him in pieces.

Bring him on! :9

[originalpckelly]

12. They managed to make it in Jurrasic Park...

so I'm OK with the T-Rex. :P

[Renew Deal]

21. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[ixion]

15. I'll take the T Rex

better odds, and it's over faster one way or the other. :)

[damntexdem]

16. Well, it's a hard choice, but I'll have to take the DJI.

Air travel is just so inconvenient nowadays, that I shudder at the thought of a trip to NYC just to be chased through Central Park. ;-)

[DevonRex]

17. The Rex, of course. :)

[Renew Deal]

18. That's a tough one.

Which one has a higher potential for survival? Hard to tell.

[PVnRT]

20. That's easy: T. Rex

1) Me being chased by a T. Rex really doesn't affect a whole lot of people.

2) T. Rex is huge, with a lot of momentum. All one needs to do is build up speed and change direction when he catches up.

3) Many researches believe that T. Rex was actually quite slow - larger ones reaching top speeds of only about 5 MPH.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

23. Call me a cock-eyed optimist but

I know the human being and T-Rex can coexist peacefully.
:evilgrin:

[billyoc]

24. Dow to 0, the sooner the better.

[kirby]

25. Pedantic: It is DJIA, not DJI.

Dow Jones Industrial Average. DJI is just a stock ticker that tracks it.

If someone is going to talk/pontificate about it, perhaps they should know what it really is called.

Personally, I want to see accountability. I want to see those responsible for the fraud such as mortgage brokersa/appraisers, hedge fund manipulators, AIG / Banking executives, ratings agencies, etc convicted and doing hard time.

[Median Democrat]

27. Well, if DOW Is 3000, Then Dividend Yields Would Be Awesome

I would just start buying the highest yielding DOW stocks, and treat it like a bond, rather than an equity.

[Gogi]

28. I'd rather the DJIA hit 3,000...

My wheelchair does'nt go fast enough to beat a T-rex.

[zagging]

29. It depends on whether I was in cash at the moment

[NeedleCast]

31. Can I vote that neither of those will happen?

[slackmaster]

34. Do I get to bring my .50 caliber rifle?

I'm up for a challenge.