HAPPY NEW YEAR

alright let s play with the fireworks and eat and drink till we burst

alright it s not 24.00 o clock but i can t wait haahahahahahaha

whoooooooooo

woooooooo. New years has been and gone here already!!! Fuck yea!!!:D

crazy site ain t it

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Originally Posted by acdc

crazy site ain t it

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Lol, it sure is... it would be boring if it was all tea and scones!
It is currently 2.40am in 2009...:D

Yea, watevar

Happy New Year = Happy Global Depression, Unemployment for all, and infrastructually unsound......


Yea this is how I think. I know its morbid but its reality.

I have a great job that pays me lots of money and I spend it like there`s no tomorrow... you can stick the depression up your ass and my industry is here to stay... in the nicest possible way!:D

Its a recession when your neighbor loses his job.....

Its a depression when you lose your job.....

I have a great job as well but I care for others who live under bridges and have been thrown out of their houses.

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Originally Posted by TheEdge

Happy New Year = Happy Global Depression, Unemployment for all, and infrastructually unsound......

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Somebody is suffering from the effects of media hyperactivity syndrome. A couple of years ago we were all going to die of bird flu, prior to that SARS and in-between we have had to endure the sensationalism of every death in Iraq and Afghanistan and the CATASTROPHIC effects of global warming will have. While there is doubtless a recession and folk may have to actually pay back a portion of their debts (who would have thought loaned money would have to be paid back at some point) as opposed to spending as frivolously as before, you will not be talking about long queues of people waiting for government provided soup nor the collapse of western civilization.

Happy New Year! :ok:

Bird flu. I remember that...

That literally scared the hell out of me.

Idiots

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Originally Posted by Mr Smith

Somebody is suffering from the effects of media hyperactivity syndrome. A couple of years ago we were all going to die of bird flu, prior to that SARS and in-between we have had to endure the sensationalism of every death in Iraq and Afghanistan and the CATASTROPHIC effects of global warming will have. While there is doubtless a recession and folk may have to actually pay back a portion of their debts (who would have thought loaned money would have to be paid back at some point) as opposed to spending as frivolously as before, you will not be talking about long queues of people waiting for government provided soup nor the collapse of western civilization.

Happy New Year! :ok:

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In about 2 months we are going to see a very bad crash.

There are already tent cities in california and everytime you listen to the radio another 50,000+ jobs are lost. Its just getting scary thats all.

Happy New year should be changed to Duck and Cover.

I'm scared for my life.

Happy New Beer!

Happy End of the World Year.

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Originally Posted by TheEdge

In about 2 months we are going to see a very bad crash.

There are already tent cities in california and everytime you listen to the radio another 50,000+ jobs are lost. Its just getting scary thats all.

Happy New year should be changed to Duck and Cover.

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Surly that statistic depends how often you turn on the radio. :?

While the International Labour Organization predicts 20,000,000 jobs will be lost by the end of next year, with a global population of 6,000,000,000 it amounts to less than 1% or just over 10% of current unemployment levels. Things will be tougher next year, but the world is not going to burn in an apocalyptic fire because of it, no matter what various radio stations claim.

This is, sadly, a necessary readjustment of global economies following the system becoming too dependent on credit and expanding too far, believing the boom would last forever. The recession will not last forever either and by 2010 growth should be back and jobs created.

If the media were not sensationalising over the credit crunch then all they would be focusing on high oil prices, high food prices and inflation, the increased cost of living (all of which have been reduced by the global slump), as well as the usual drama about global warming, threats of terrorist extremism (often a subtext to reduce civil liberties, although the UK government have just slipped in tracking devices under the guise of road safety) or Russia doing something unconventional, which could, naturally, cause Armageddon.

Just for the record, H5N1 hasn’t gone away either, however, KILLER BIRD FLU just doesn’t have the same impact as it once did, especially since human cases, although likely understated, have reduced since the media first predicted a biblical style plague.

To summarize: Irresponsible media sensationalism.

Well put, Mr. Smith. Some people are more susceptible to the guiles of mass hysteria than others.

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Originally Posted by Mr Smith

Surly that statistic depends how often you turn on the radio. :?

While the International Labour Organization predicts 20,000,000 jobs will be lost by the end of next year, with a global population of 6,000,000,000 it amounts to less than 1% or just over 10% of current unemployment levels. Things will be tougher next year, but the world is not going to burn in an apocalyptic fire because of it, no matter what various radio stations claim.

This is, sadly, a necessary readjustment of global economies following the system becoming too dependent on credit and expanding too far, believing the boom would last forever. The recession will not last forever either and by 2010 growth should be back and jobs created.

If the media were not sensationalising over the credit crunch then all they would be focusing on high oil prices, high food prices and inflation, the increased cost of living (all of which have been reduced by the global slump), as well as the usual drama about global warming, threats of terrorist extremism (often a subtext to reduce civil liberties, although the UK government have just slipped in tracking devices under the guise of road safety) or Russia doing something unconventional, which could, naturally, cause Armageddon.

Just for the record, H5N1 hasn’t gone away either, however, KILLER BIRD FLU just doesn’t have the same impact as it once did, especially since human cases, although likely understated, have reduced since the media first predicted a biblical style plague.

To summarize: Irresponsible media sensationalism.

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I hope your right.

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Originally Posted by TheEdge

I hope your right.

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:roll: of course I'm right.

Happy New Year! (belated or otherwise)



And Happy New Year to me, TheEdge is on my ignore list!

^ Rusty maybe your New Years resolution should be to stop lusting after Asian chicks. Jeez.....I can only imagine what you and the internet do alone on those dark cold nights.....(Shudders)

oh yeah i f bin blasting the whole day now
i m gonna burn my godamn town to ground with firework
wooooooooooooooooooo
wooooooooooooooooo

i love firework

Firework + Fire = Good times

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Originally Posted by acdc

oh yeah i f bin blasting the whole day now
i m gonna burn my godamn town to ground with firework
wooooooooooooooooooo
wooooooooooooooooo

i love firework

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Nutter..

no i m not

let s burn the whole place down to the ground

whooooowie

burn burn burn burn i like it

while playing highway to hell

less than 2 hours left for me :)

1 year closer to death! Whoot!

That's what you say on birthdays :P

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threats of terrorist extremism (often a subtext to reduce civil liberties, although the UK government have just slipped in tracking devices under the guise of road safety)

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Oh, dear. You're one of those, aren't you.

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To summarize: Irresponsible media sensationalism.

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All is forgiven :P

My New Year's resolution is to have a portion of veg with at least one meal a day. I'm never going to get five per day like I should, but it's a start :)

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Originally Posted by MrMatthews

Some people are more susceptible to the guiles of mass hysteria than others.

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Funnily enough, the exact same applies to those who actively reject what they term 'mainstream media' but we're getting too intellectual here HAPPY NEW YEAR SEGA-16

I have to go out in a freakin snow storm tonight because of this stupid holiday.

Where is this global warming when you need it Al gore?

Coldest year in a decade...Al Gore is gonna be humiliated when the ice bridge between alaska and russia reforms this year and hordes of communists invade the USA through canada.

Then we'll have to use our 2nd amendment rights to defeat communism...WOLVERINES!!! AHHHH!!!

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Originally Posted by Elusive

Oh, dear. You're one of those, aren't you.

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One of those? You mean people who sees reality? Yea, I guess Mr. Smith is one of those. They have been chipping away our civil liberties for a while. If you haven't noticed.

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Funnily enough, the exact same applies to those who actively reject what they term 'mainstream media' but we're getting too intellectual here HAPPY NEW YEAR SEGA-16

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Getting too intellectual? So lets stop having conversations that use critical thinking, philosophy, and empirical data? If these conversations are getting a little to difficult for you to follow then go back in your little dream world and pretend it doesn't exist.


I can't stand it when people want to dumb things down. "Stop having conversations about current events", "Stop talking about anything that isnt entertainment or euphoric" its sad. I feel like I'm on that boat in Pinnochio where all the boys are getting turned into donkeys cause all they want to do is play games and have fun while ignoring real life.

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Originally Posted by Elusive

Oh, dear. You're one of those, aren't you.


All is forgiven :P

My New Year's resolution is to have a portion of veg with at least one meal a day. I'm never going to get five per day like I should, but it's a start :)

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Funnily enough, the exact same applies to those who actively reject what they term 'mainstream media' but we're getting too intellectual here HAPPY NEW YEAR SEGA-16

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A valid point, but at the same time, the Chicken Little mentality that the media encourages doesn't do anyone a whole lot of good.

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A valid point, but at the same time, the Chicken Little mentality that the media encourages doesn't do anyone a whole lot of good.

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Dam right Mr. Matthews thats what I'm talking about. Bob and weave, Bob and weave. Jab, Jab, Right Cross!



Happy New Year Haduoken!

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Originally Posted by TheEdge

Dam right Mr. Matthews thats what I'm talking about. Bob and weave, Bob and weave. Jab, Jab, Right Cross!



Happy New Year Haduoken!

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LOL

Did I come across either too aggressively or like I was backpeddling in any way?

If so, let me elaborate so there's no confusion:

"A valid point" = I am aware that I am probably exactly the kind of person Elusive was describing. I am also aware that it is perhaps not the best way to go through the world, but...

"At the same time, the Chicken Little mentality that the media encourages doesn't do anyone any good" = this is why. There's no sense in stressing about things I can't change. In other words, I man up and deal with it.

Haha Yes!

You'd think that i'd be tired of the schtick by now, but I'm easily entertained!

:)

35 mins of 2009 here !!!!

Feliz Ano Novo a todos!
Happy New Year everybody!

Gott nytt år! Last year was the best one yet in my life, I wonder if 2009 will top it. I hope so.

Happy New Year!

My resolution is to not die and act like I am alive. And to beat Splatterhouse 2 sometime.

A couple of pics from a fairly laid back New Years!

Most of the girls spent the night with a microphone attached to their hand with that bloody singstar.

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/1111018a.jpg

Decided to play some Brian Lara cricket, we were shit at it as our reaction times by then had gone out the window... not to mention the pink curtains are enough to give anyone a headache, I should get onto that!

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/1111011a.jpg

Happy new year to all on Sega-16! :D