# We're Doomed! DOOMED! Doomed... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 19, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208 "2004-03-19T14:54:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/1 "2004-03-19T14:54:19Z")
_ **Generic Outsourcing/Economy/Unemployment Thread, With Greek Chorus** _: **eponymous** : I’ve been wondering if the job losses we’re suffering might, maybe, be permanent? **Sam Stone** : Don’t be silly. All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. **pantom** : I think he’s in shock. Doesn’t he know we’re all doomed? **Aeschines** : DOOMED! **iamme99** : Doomed… **kimstu** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a left-wing POV. **eponymous** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a middle of the road POV. **pervert** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a right-wing POV. **js\_africanus** : Attempts to explain free trade from a strictly economic POV. **pantom** : Hmm. Still, I think we’re doomed… **Aeschines** : DOOMED! **iamme99** : Doomed… **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** : How could outsourcing possibly make us stronger? **Sam Stone** : Bah! You’ve all fallen for DNC agitprop! Don’t you know this is the best of all possible worlds? **John Mace** : Keep the government out! **Susanann** : Immigrants are taking all our jobs! We’re Doomed! **iamme99** : DOOMED! **pantom** : Doomed… **msmith537** : If they can do the work cheaper, then they should. **John Mace** : Absitively. **Susanann** : But we’ll all starve. **MrVisible** : It’s the after effects of the bubble. **manhattan** : That’s exactly right. All will be better soon. **kimstu** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a left-wing POV. **eponymous** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a middle of the road POV. **Sam Stone** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a right-wing POV. **js\_africanus** : Attempts to explain free trade from a strictly economic POV. **pervert** : Objects to a point in **js\_africanus** ’ post. **Rashak\_Mani** : Training is the answer. **pleonast** : That’s right. **pantom** : Training is the answer to a glut of well-trained knowledge workers? **MrVisible** : I’m putting away for a rainy day, because… **Aeschines** : We’re doomed! **iamme99** : DOOMED! **susanann** : Doomed… **Sam Stone** : It’s all for the best. On average, things are just fine. **John Mace** : Historically, a perfectly normal time. **kimstu** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a left-wing POV. **eponymous** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a middle of the road POV. **Sam Stone** : Long, complicated, sensible post from a right-wing POV. **js\_africanus** : Attempts to explain free trade from a strictly economic POV. **Reeder** : It’s all Bush’s fault anyway. **iamme99** : We’re doomed! **pantom** : DOOMED! **susanann** : Doomed… **Chicago Faucet** : In the long run, we’re all dead you know. **netscape 6** : BUT!.. etc, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/2 "2004-03-19T15:02:42Z")
I’m not sure if this is better suited for the Pit or MPSIMS; but I laughed out loud. Literally. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/3 "2004-03-19T15:15:47Z")
You forgot **Dal\_Timgar** - Won’t anyone think of the depreciation! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/4 "2004-03-19T15:18:53Z")
I think the OP belongs in the referenced thread(s) to serve as a sort of Cliffs Notes for the Dopers who will otherwise go crazy reading them. LOL here too, **pantom** , nice job. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/5 "2004-03-19T15:23:45Z")
Yep, it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it. 😃 Seriously though, you could put this to music. Genius. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/6 "2004-03-19T17:17:03Z")
Very funny indeed. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/7 "2004-03-19T17:47:00Z")
Humorous way to mix a thread. “Mixing A Thread.” I believe I just coined a phrase. But, I have a slight nitpick. You left out the posting by Evil Captor that I was directly referring to. His was equally Doom And Gloom. ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/8 "2004-03-19T17:55:05Z")
::Takes a bow.:: Thanks, my very first attempt at a bit of satire on these boards. **Chicago Faucet** : I thought you were being optimistic. (Warped sense of optimism on my part? Hmm…) Made a good punch line, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/9 "2004-03-19T18:42:10Z")
I thought this was about the Fed Ex comercial (or whatever carrier uses the “we’re DOOMED” skit). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/10 "2004-03-19T18:45:16Z")
Oh, you forgot the part where everyone else abandons the thread except for **jshore** and **pervert** , who spend days arguing about the meaning of some particular word or other. Glad I got my comments in on this thread before it gets closed… ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/11 "2004-03-19T19:00:11Z")
I should confess that I saw that ad this morning and that got me started. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/12 "2004-03-19T21:40:46Z")
Ok, I had not made the connection with that Fed Ex commercial. If you read the OP with the tones of voice used in the commercial, it is even funnier. Thanks again, **pantom**. It made my day. \ ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/13 "2004-03-19T21:46:11Z")
**pervert** : Made me go back and check. I did indeed label the right-wing side as sensible, if you go back and check. Only poor **js\_africanus** didn’t make the sensible cut, which is kind of, well, not right. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/14 "2004-03-19T21:54:43Z")
Sorry, I know you did. I didn’t mean to suggest that you were being biased. I was only saying that I overreacted that way for a second. Notice that Sam’s posts are not all labeled sensible, while kimstu’s are, for instance. You have to be a rabid un-liberal, I suppose to see it the way I did. And as soon as I realized that my biases were showing, I took another look and realized that you were kidding around and had completely whoosed me. I suppose you had to be here… 🙂 I’m still laughing BTW. The “Doomed…” from the background is throwing me into fits right now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/15 "2004-03-19T22:17:17Z")
I’m gonna sing the Doom Song, now! Let’s make biscuits! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/16 "2004-03-19T23:26:49Z")
Nice OP, **pantom**. But you left out the “buggy whip maker” analogy, which inevitably gets raised in these threads. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/17 "2004-03-20T18:29:35Z")
pervert Registered User What’s that mean? ---
**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/18 "2004-03-20T18:53:30Z")
I’m so glad I have people properly programmed. Do you automatically think of it when you see a TV commercial for cars? If I have affected your thinking with my posts. What do you think TV has done to you after all these years? Dal Timgar - psyberevolutionary > [@msmith537](#): > > You forgot > **Dal\_Timgar** - Won’t anyone think of the depreciation! ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/19 "2004-03-20T20:06:50Z")
Shit, I’ll have to start contributing to those threads. I want to get parodied. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208/20 "2004-03-20T21:18:44Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > pervert > Registered User > > What’s that mean? Sorry, I don’t understand the question. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-doomed-doomed-doomed/235208.md?page=2)