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Dalgam
Love Ernest, currently running one of his courses at university. A pretty cool dude to talk to!
JamesAwkboner
After a week hiking I realized I would actually kill for a shower or a toliet.
hangemhigh13
Because you and Bethesda don't understand that the original Fallouts were about rebuilding after the horrors of the disaster had passed.
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
I suggest to everybody to go check out Quora, any question that has ever been asked is on there with great answers from different viewpoints
Shargan8
I've seen war with my very own eyes and I can tell you: a. You don't know how bad it gets b. It's definitely not the way you imagine it to b
TheGalacticLeprechaunwithtinynipples
Hey, I know that guy! He answers questions about lotr on quora
CGMR
Whoa careful dude, you'll cut yourself with a statement that edgy.
InnerUniverse
I lived without internet. Those were actually good times, if you can believe it.
boaja
So did I, had music though.
SleepyWalrus
Eyyy! I've had that dude as a teacher, a fantastic game designer'
themaskedhobo
:D Ive met Ernest Adams! He's a pretty cool dude.
PaulTomblin
Ernest W. Adams is one of my favorite people on Quora.
Kavrae
Ernest has some of the best answer on that site. Always a great read when something of his pops up.
KD0AZT
jezabellga350
Only you would know.
auserwithaname
I love Ernest! I follow him on Quora.
1metalnation
Dude, I'm friends with Ernest. Don't agree with him on everything, but he's a fuckin solid dude
opwankenop
AntTrapHouse
living without a toilet was one of the hardest things to do. It really humbled my view of homeless people. 4 months of being homeless sucked
DaveFondale
pronoun
That tweet is probably being checked by the FBI.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
If they FBI monitored every teenage idiot with fantasies of death and destruction, they'd need an entire subdivision just to cover 4chan.
Napathetik
I'm sure there's at least one person whose entire job is just to monitor 4chan.
worgenboy
The FBI probably doesn't, but I'm sure the subdivision that does at the NSA is the equivalent of a posting in Siberia.
pronoun
They probably have one already.
Kruxelur
My record in the woods before having to use any food I tool with me is 12 days. It feels amazing to catch/gather your own food in the nature
Wanderingmaniac
Earnest reply.
IrrelevantlyReIevant
My cousins name is earnesto
tomyironmane
Maybe he was born and raised in Ohio. That's enough to make people wanna watch the world burn.
Cyzyk
Based on recent description of Ohio, it may have already started burning, or just skipped that stage and gone straight to rubble and ash.
tomyironmane
Which river caught fire this time?
Xilir8
Send him to Puerto Rico or the Virgin islands for a month.
TehWolfs
Then they would really be the Virgin Islands.
rabbiebabbie
All paid vacation? Count me in
confirmsthings
"Ya, but communism is rad, yo. No more poverty." -college students who've never suffered under communism
RedDwarfIV
*sounds of Venezuelan cows being beaten to death because there's no other food*
jharasym
Dunno man, I grew up poor, the prospect of a job, any job- stable income a home... I would have voted for that. Now I'm successful, so no.
confirmsthings
I grew up poor too, I'm still quite poor, but I've lived in a country that suffered "the red menace", Hungary to be precise.
jharasym
I wonder if there's a difference between a prospering country in communism and a failing one under communism. Maybe thats a large difference
confirmsthings
Yes, because it also went so well for the USSR, that's why they're still around.
jharasym
The USSR was not prosperous, I thought. :S They died because they couldn't feed their population.
OptimisticDownvoteLover
Is the first comma used there appropriate? Thanks, im seeing it often
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Technically no, since the second part is a dependent clause.
OptimisticDownvoteLover
Gotcha, it's a pretty common mistake isn't it
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Yup. It doesn't help that comma use in English often falls along the lines of, "put a comma where you naturally pause while speaking."
OptimisticDownvoteLover
Mmm yea, i sometimes read long sentences that seem like run-ons, but they're actually grammatically correct. Too used to the pause commas :)
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Commas can help break up the flow of a sentence as well. What is grammatically correct is not always most efficiently intelligible.
SilverNicktail
I always introduce myself as "author and professor". I find it endears me well as a humble soul.
PersonalityFire
This is a response from Quora, where your replying qualifications are actually material to the discussion.
PardusXY
There’s a large section of the gaming industry that likes to pretend it does more than make games. They generally hate their customers too.
Terminology
Can you tell me how having a PhD + Stanford degree, authoring 6 books & holding a senior lecturer position at a university is pretending?
Terminology
Dude published 6 books, graduated from Stanford, has a PhD and is a senior professor at Upsulla University. Perhaps not humble but correct.
SleepyWalrus
Uppsala University, Campus Gotland*
SilverNicktail
Never said it wasn't, but you get a PhD and then start introducing yourself as "Some Dude, PhD". People might imagine you a tosser ;-)
Cyzyk
He is the author of a published textbook on game design, so while not necessarily humble, it isn't hot air.
aptatlas
On point though. You look at most “anarchists” and they don’t look like they’d last 5 min without the cops.
ProgeriaProstitutes
Anarchy is impossible really. Power vacuums will always be filled somehow.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Anarchy -> Individual -> Gang -> Tribe -> Horde -> Army -> Kingdom -> Democracy -> Anarchy? Might have missed a few steps.
IWouldDoThings
But, how can that be, they have so many weird katanas...
Megarith
Everyone can wield a sword, but that doesn't mean they know how to use it. Especially in High-Stress Situations.
lmgurisashlthole
Most "anarchists" are really just socialists, they just don't know enough about either one to classify themselves correctly.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
This is incredibly accurate. Also, the socialist policies they support the most are the least productivity and development supporting.
SirBrendan
No, we identify as socialist. Anarchism is a socialist tradition. We correctly identify along tendencies of various socialist schools.
lmgurisashlthole
Socialism is collectivist. Collectivism requires a large centralized state to administer. A large centralized state can not be leaderless.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
They might. That's why they're so selfish. Anarchy empowers those who are physically strong. But the youngest and oldest will suffer most.
SirBrendan
Why is that people who've never touched a piece of anarchist literature in their life have such sweeping statements about it?
Mouse314
Most anarchists ive ever seen have actually been the most depedant upon the present system without even realizing it.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I don't doubt that for a minute. But w/o police, laws, etc. they can force others to work for them. Sure there might be people who are (1)
TheWombatStrikesAgain
stronger or better armed, but just being within a certain age range (and therefore having a certain agility and resilience) would be a (2)
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big advantage. (3)
tortfeasor
Wanting to destroy things is a fight or flight response brought on by anxiety, stress and depression. Delusions of power to soothe the mind.
poolnoodle
Well put
ElegantHope
But after making some improvements I can manage it better- even if it still is pretty is hard. So I can definitely confirm this.
ElegantHope
as someone who used to self harm, contemplate suicide, and even attempted twice. I've sometimes wanted to bring someone down with me too.(1)
tortfeasor
A response to an unjust world in which you are powerless to do anything of importance, at least on a large enough scale to change the world.
bpetersen
Powerless to change the world...Only thing that makes you powerless is yourself
tortfeasor
Accepting that all you can change are those things in your limited sphere of influence, and convincing yourself that is enough, is hard.
tortfeasor
Ironically, it's in making these small internal positive changes in ourselves that we put ourselves in a position to expand our influence.
tortfeasor
When we improve, we earn the respect of others, and with that respect better opportunities.
Foopfoop
Every nerd I've met that wants to see an apocalypse, they would be the first ones to be eaten the min the power went out.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
So you're saying the quality of nerd that you know is low. Perhaps that says more about you.
nullpotato
I've survived in the woods and much prefer hot showers and electricity.
deadandbloated
The minute the power went out? Damn, remind me not to hang out at your place during a thunderstorm...
PCGamingKurshuk
Lol, used to be a prepper. Figured out I wouldn't want to live in the wasteland. I buy expensive food now and cook a lot.
PCGamingKurshuk
Figure like people are saying, I'm not making it past opening shots. But hey, we can have shots!
BellerophonM
I want a very small and specifically located apocalypse.
w0od
every nerd i know who wants this welcomes being dead first tbh
PTKrieg
Everyone thinks they'll be John Connor, no one thinks they'll be skull #57 in the pile the Hunter-Killer runs over in the opening of T2.
Grybush
I'm ready for an apocalypse, but I hope daily there never is one. Life is good.
IDrinkBitter
RIGHT?! little geeks with no stamina
LTParry
Rule #1, Man
KongBjoern
not if they've mastered the way of the sword
DiggerPlease
Nerds are pretty fattening. All those tendies!
tsunamisue
Guilty as charged!
ohdeepthought
I’d be killed quite quickly but more because I have a sleep disorder and I’d sleep through the first part of accumulating resources.
ohdeepthought
I’d be a useful member of a team though so I could get through but it’d depend on apocalypse type. Zombies fuck it I’ll pull a bill Murray.
ClimbThemCrimps
I have asthma. The second my inhaler runs out I'm dead. No apocalypse living for me!
EvilEkips
First thing you should probably raid is a pharmacy or hospital.
zemyla
The minute my psych meds run out I'd probably wind up playing with a pencil or something until I starve or a raider puts me out of my misery
ohdeepthought
You could always become a cave dweller :)
tothe9ines
Is that because you’d eat them? Will you become the great nerdeater?
LuffyDmonkey1
That would make him a dick eater or ass eater or guys...and that’s just gay.
BojackTheHorsemanDontActLikeYouDontKnow
Before you eat them you must gather them as a scruffy looking nerd herder
scnottaken
Dibs on nerdeater for band name.
UnremarkablyInteresting
Only if I can call my band Ner Deater
LateNightBunnyParty
I grew up without running water, T.P, electricity, etc. Shit SUCKS. I remind my husband every time he starts his "we need a plague" bullshit
Shargan8
I grew up during war-time and I can relate to many of those... but shit (no pun intended), I don't know how I would have survived without TP
LateNightBunnyParty
We used newspaper, old rags, occasionally even brown paper grocery bags that we crumpled 'til they were soft. This was in the 1980's.
LateNightBunnyParty
And don't get me started on how we made do once my sisters and I started our periods. ::shudder::
jetzullo
A lot of fat in that meat. Fat is good in those situations soooo. Let’s get our grub on.
AjaxOathbreaker
No save the fat - use for candles, soap, nitro, preservation the list goes on.
scnottaken
There's skinny nerds too!
jetzullo
We’ll need them
Seph89
Toothpicks?
Fiss
This is what camping teaches you: How to survive in the wilderness without society...and also how nice it is to come back home and bathe.
BunnyKing95
I can only upvote once, and that makes me sad.
rgeegszrgdezrsgesrfgvzdxfcfg
As an ex-boy scout, I feel this so much.
TinyLiehon
Most important item when you go camping in the desert? An empty thermos for protecting the TP during a sandstorm.
booooooort
I hate camping for the weekend I sure as shit wouldn't do it the rest of my life. If there's ever an apocalypse just let my ass die.
schwanzwurst
I always bring toilet paper tho.
Fiss
He who controls the TP controls the apocalypse
PotionofGirlfriend
Nothing like losing 10 pounds in a week to make you appreciate proper sanitation.
Hyippy
I thought you meant camping in video games at first. I was befuddled
DiggerPlease
This site.
Cataleast
It's funny how one's standards change. In the military, I dreamt about being back at the barracks. Being home felt like a foreign concept :)
GoGoGadgetBinoculars
"camping" at a camp ground with a bathroom facility and your car parked 15 feet away. yea how to survive
DiggerPlease
There's various levels of "roughing it" when camping though.
Fiss
Yeah, if you have an RV, you are officially not "camping". You're parking.
CandidGamera
95% of the time camping teaches you how to pack up all your modern conveniences and make them work in the "wilderness" of a fortified camp->
CandidGamera
<-ground with electricity, running water, facilities and a convenience store.
Fiss
No arguments...there's "camping in a camp ground" and then there's "I hope bears don't eat me because I'm 140km away from any help."
Episkopos
Halfway inbetween, you wake up with clown licking the tarp.
cntdn
In England we killed all the dangerous wildlife, and are never more than a day's walk from a village.
tzahtman
It turns out humans invented a bunch of this stuff, like indoor plumbing, ac/heating, et al, for a reason.
TinyLiehon
Read that first as we invented cheating for a reason (which is also true, just not long term viable)
tzahtman
Meant to say camping is still a good time.
rabbiebabbie
Oh that guy et al is a great writer
valen00
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baronnapalm
If the great outdoors is so great why have we spent the last 10 thousand years perfecting indoors.
GoodOleMusky
Because the outdoors is already perfect
ctennessen
That sounds exactly like something Ole Musky would say...
Benmaks
Literally no one calls him that!
HowComeDespiteTheFact
Because back in the day the men were men, the kids were men, and the women were men, uphill, both ways, eating gravel
sendmeyourarmslikeliterallycutthemoffandsendthem
Gravel?? Weak. Back in my day we didn't have some one pre chew our rock- we ate solid limestone
YepatitusCee
Limestone? *PTEW* I spit upon thee. Back in my day, we didn't have access to limestone. We ate god damn granite.
usersubbordercontrol
I've built a shower that circulates water and puts it over a fire, where I can take a warm shower, for literally days as long as I got fire
Fiss
Oh yeah, I can do that too...but still. Pooping on a proper toilet, chilling out with some wifi and Imgur...there's a reason.
usersubbordercontrol
And the pumping system is powered by the fire too, using a heat differential motor. Small filtration system, and a large water container to
usersubbordercontrol
Run it through some filtration materials, and like pool cleaners. Broke a few years back, from a tree branch, and never got to fixing it
YourModeratelySizedFan
Engineers take camping too far :(
dovebair
You're on my team.
m0therofcharizard
Pls post tutorial. I wanna make one. Tgis would be a game changer on my campibg trips
thebigcheetus
Can you post pics???
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
and detailed build instructions?