# DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth/486452 "2009-02-18T21:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth/486452/7 "2009-02-19T08:11:02Z")
I did not know she was female and now I suddenly have an image of an elderly woman who is not very sharp due to age. I really do not mean to be insulting, just that she needs to understand when she is out of her depth and maybe just stay out of those threads. > [@"Cite?" is wearing very thin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/62): > > Like I said, too many people out there are happy if things are OK right now no matter how bad things could get. I have no doubt many are happy, as they aren’t starving and have some place to sleep. > > However others \*are \*scared of what could happen, as it’s a reasonable possibility- it’s happened before and there’s nothing to stop it from happening again. > > But hell, there are dudes living on the slopes of active volcanoes that seem to be able to ignore the rumblings. So we have people who are simultaneously living in fear but happy to be living in fear. Or maybe they are living in fear but just don’t know it and believe they are happy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth/486452)._