Comments on: Humvees: The Vehicles of Dread? http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/ Missives From the Reality-Based World Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ?Dlrow Orrazzib at The Indigestible http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-4958 ?Dlrow Orrazzib at The Indigestible Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:27:34 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-4958 [...] We do have to trust in the future; we do have to rely on the strength of our progeny to face the unknown with grace and style and success. On the other hand, we should also be willing to try to pass along as many resources (here I don’t just mean energy; I also mean education and a resilient, vibrant culture) as we can. We’re holding the present in trust to the future, I think; and relying exclusively on optimism about our species’ ability to overcome any obstacle strikes me as being every bit as unrealistic and pie-in-the-sky optimistic as a treehugger’s assertion that if we stop abusing Mother Earth today, go totally organic, ignore the value of GMOs, set fire to all McDonald’s, and use only recycled toilet paper, all our problems will magically disappear. [...] [...] We do have to trust in the future; we do have to rely on the strength of our progeny to face the unknown with grace and style and success. On the other hand, we should also be willing to try to pass along as many resources (here I don’t just mean energy; I also mean education and a resilient, vibrant culture) as we can. We’re holding the present in trust to the future, I think; and relying exclusively on optimism about our species’ ability to overcome any obstacle strikes me as being every bit as unrealistic and pie-in-the-sky optimistic as a treehugger’s assertion that if we stop abusing Mother Earth today, go totally organic, ignore the value of GMOs, set fire to all McDonald’s, and use only recycled toilet paper, all our problems will magically disappear. [...]

]]> By: On Gustatory Reactions to Existential Angst at The Indigestible http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-415 On Gustatory Reactions to Existential Angst at The Indigestible Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:10:47 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-415 [...] There are problems in the US today, problems that might be leaving a lot of people feeling trapped in despair. Jobs have left the economy, there’s more worry than ever about each person’s financial future, and there’s an idiot in the White House who seems obsessed with pointless wars that accomplish nothing. Many months ago I posted the idea that Humvees exist as a sort of compensation for that — and in many other cases, perhaps food and religion can serve as balms for internal anguish. [...] [...] There are problems in the US today, problems that might be leaving a lot of people feeling trapped in despair. Jobs have left the economy, there’s more worry than ever about each person’s financial future, and there’s an idiot in the White House who seems obsessed with pointless wars that accomplish nothing. Many months ago I posted the idea that Humvees exist as a sort of compensation for that — and in many other cases, perhaps food and religion can serve as balms for internal anguish. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-179 Dave Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:52:12 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-179 I have never quite bought the idea that people buy Hummers to compensate for lack of penile giftedness. For one thing, plenty of these behemouths are, in fact, beSHEmouths, driven by typically overweight soccer moms. And then there's the lot who buy them for the bling factor... No, in fact, I've always figured that many who buy Hummers do so because they miscalculate that they'll be safer in them. They believe that all that chrome and steel and all those cupholders will make them safer in the accidents that their cell-phone wielding, grande-latte-drinking carelessness will cause. In short, f*** you and your Honda Fit, I'M protecting my KIDS! Which, I guess, amounts to roughly what the highly-esteemed Warren is saying here: it's all about fear. I have never quite bought the idea that people buy Hummers to compensate for lack of penile giftedness. For one thing, plenty of these behemouths are, in fact, beSHEmouths, driven by typically overweight soccer moms. And then there’s the lot who buy them for the bling factor…

No, in fact, I’ve always figured that many who buy Hummers do so because they miscalculate that they’ll be safer in them. They believe that all that chrome and steel and all those cupholders will make them safer in the accidents that their cell-phone wielding, grande-latte-drinking carelessness will cause.

In short, f*** you and your Honda Fit, I’M protecting my KIDS!

Which, I guess, amounts to roughly what the highly-esteemed Warren is saying here: it’s all about fear.

]]> By: Weasel http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-166 Weasel Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:36:52 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-166 I often thought having a Hummer meant "small of brain and dick". Thanks for the enlightenment. ;) I often thought having a Hummer meant “small of brain and dick”. Thanks for the enlightenment. ;)

]]> By: Warren http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-133 Warren Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:16:31 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-133 Wow, this was among my first posts after several years' silence — you've been a jumping Bean. Thanks. I take phone numbers, you know. ;) Wow, this was among my first posts after several years’ silence — you’ve been a jumping Bean.

Thanks.

I take phone numbers, you know. ;)

]]> By: Bean http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-132 Bean Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:33:22 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/08/23/humvees-the-vehicles-of-dread/#comment-132 EXCELLENT!! I think I'm in love. ;) EXCELLENT!! I think I’m in love. ;)

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