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12-31-2011, 12:36 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | Profit off Armageddon?
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OK, there has been occasional mention here of people offering to take care of pets left behind when the privileged are swept up by the imminent rapture. But hypothetically speaking, let's say someone actually came up with a scheme to generate huge amounts of revenue off the gullibilty of those inclined to believe we're in the last year of earth's existence.
Let's say you stand to net millions of dollars. Assume nothing illegal is involved. Would you participate in the venture if given the opportunity?
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12-31-2011, 12:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Tucson,AZ | | | Yes... I would not have any hesitation.... Sign me up. |
12-31-2011, 12:42 PM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGreg  Yes... I would not have any hesitation.... Sign me up. | Ditto. Relieving suckers of their money? Sounds good to me. If I don't take it, someone else would so I might as well be the dirty soon-to-be-rich bastard.
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Originally Posted by geeza I thought your name was one of those "it's spelled 'Kwesi', but it's pronounced 'Craig'." kind of names. | Me: Youtube, Flickr |
12-31-2011, 12:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | In a heartbeat!
people are already doing it, just looks that the amount of books and TV shows on the subject. |
12-31-2011, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wabash River Valley | | how about this one? I wish I would have thought of this. Rapture Letters |
12-31-2011, 12:53 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather educate the ignorant than exploit them.
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12-31-2011, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wabash River Valley | | | there's the turn...
let me know how that goes for you. |
12-31-2011, 12:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Auburn California | | | Waddaya got in mind? I'm in!
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12-31-2011, 12:58 PM
| | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather educate the ignorant than exploit them. | In this particular case, I believe education would be nearly impossible.
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Originally Posted by geeza I thought your name was one of those "it's spelled 'Kwesi', but it's pronounced 'Craig'." kind of names. | Me: Youtube, Flickr |
12-31-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi In this particular case, I believe education would be nearly impossible. | For a flaky 20 year old dude, you seem to have a pretty good grasp on things... 
...and Munji, yeah, hit me up with your idea on this, I'm in. 
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12-31-2011, 01:04 PM
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I'm that type of person that just wants to be left alone when it comes to these matters,...so,...in order to obtain that,...I'm happy to leave other people alone.
Are there gonna be paranoid morons to be taken advantage of? For sure,...but I'll just sit back and enjoy the lawls to be had. |
12-31-2011, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | I worked for a wind turbine manufacturer during the whole Y2K scare.
we made a lot of money during that time, everyone that I knew in the
renewable industry business did. |
12-31-2011, 01:56 PM
|  | Monster Mike | | | | | I'd do it right now because I'm not at all financially comfortable and pragmatism trumps ethics for me when I'm uncomfortable.
If I had a little more personal wiggle room, the bad taste of the activity would drive me away. |
12-31-2011, 01:57 PM
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Maker of HPF-Pre upright bass preamp | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | People have been profiting from doomsday prophecies since the dawn of civilization. |
12-31-2011, 02:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | I think I'm gonna start making tin foil hats.
anybody want to buy one? |
12-31-2011, 02:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather educate the ignorant than exploit them | Anybody who sincerely believes in the alleged Rapture to come is completely beyond "education". It is an article of faith that is completely impervious to science, logic, and/or common sense and they will fight you to their last breath in order to defend their own idiocy
I see no shame at all in taking posession of anything such people have intentionally abandoned
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12-31-2011, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | Profit off end times--ok
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12-31-2011, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga ...let's say someone actually came up with a scheme to generate huge amounts of revenue off the gullibilty of those inclined to believe we're in near the last year of earth's existence... | Fixed and...Aren't government(s) and organized religion(s) already doing exactly that?
Never underestimate the power of fear. We made sure to keep an extra gallon of Y2K water in the fridge...just in case.
As for the original question...I guess it really comes down to what you are able to do and still sleep at night that will determine the answer.
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12-31-2011, 02:53 PM
|  | Expendable | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana | | | I'm gonna sell "Rapture insurance".
Basically everyone who isn't beamed up by Petey, but has a policy with me will get loaded up into a giant catapult and be forcefully thrust into the arms of our Lord.
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12-31-2011, 02:55 PM
| | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodhammer I'm gonna sell "Rapture insurance".
Basically everyone who isn't beamed up by Petey, but has a policy with me will get loaded up into a giant catapult and be forcefully thrust into the arms of our Lord. | ROFL! This is SOOOOOOO great! This is going on Facebook 
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