05-05-2012, 01:06 PM
I call bullshit.
Don't get me wrong, I'm quite sure that many people claim to believe the end of the world is nigh but people say lots of things without meaning them, particularly when they're asked stupid questions by time-wasting pollsters. What would be more revealing would be how many people have sold their houses, cashed in their retirement funds, told their bosses to fuck their lousy jobs and booked themselves one way tickets to Waikīki? I bet the answer to that question would be a hell of a lot smaller than 1 in 7.
Don't get me wrong, I'm quite sure that many people claim to believe the end of the world is nigh but people say lots of things without meaning them, particularly when they're asked stupid questions by time-wasting pollsters. What would be more revealing would be how many people have sold their houses, cashed in their retirement funds, told their bosses to fuck their lousy jobs and booked themselves one way tickets to Waikīki? I bet the answer to that question would be a hell of a lot smaller than 1 in 7.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."