Do You Suffer From Doom-nesia?: How to get cured.

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1still_waters

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The peddlers of doom depend on something. They depend on people having amnesia. Something I'll term Doomnesia.

They trust that you'll be so captivated by their current prediction of pending doom, that you'll forget their past failed predictions. They keep you in a state of Doomnesia, by convincing you that "something big is about to happen."

It's hard to remember the past when your mind is captivated by pending frights just "about to happen".

Remember this commercial from 2010-2011, with Alex Jones doing the voice work? This commercial played for over a year, many many times on Fox News and other media outlets.
[video=youtube;MvLDTwvPR3w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLDTwvPR3w[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLDTwvPR3w

It created a sense of doom by saying a VERY big thing was going to happen in 2011.

Here's the video you would have seen if you went to the website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI-BIVWlc7A

The odd thing is, that once 2011 was over, they edited the commercial, and predicted something SOON to happen at some point in 2012. I can't find the edited commercial.

This is one example of how the peddlers of doom fail. They depend on keeping you hypnotized with their latest predictions of "about to happen". So how do you get free from Doomnesia?

Emotionally step back.
Evaluate.


Friends don't let friends suffer from Doomnesia.
 
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Cairparavel

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i remember this popping up really, really late at night on tv.. I dont' have the time to watch the super long video that's over an hour. What are they selling exactly? It looks like one of those really long advertisements that "will change your life", etc.
 
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1still_waters

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Cairparavel said:
i remember this popping up really, really late at night on tv.. I dont' have the time to watch the super long video that's over an hour. What are they selling exactly? It looks like one of those really long advertisements that "will change your life", etc.
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Long story short, a prediction of a major huge "about to happen" doom event to happen in 2011. Nothing doomy happened. I don't know what he was selling either.
 
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1still_waters

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Another cure is very cheap. Legal pad and a pen/pencil.
Start writing stuff down and put a date to it.

Once you observe a string of failed predictions, your Doomnesia will clear up
 
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JDecree

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I was caught up in all of this "something big will happen SOON" hysteria for a number of years. Could something big happen soon? Yes. Are things heading that direction? Yes. The problem is when you let it consume you and you start to feel like shutting down and not thinking there is a future.

There are many people out there who probably mean well but are caught up in this themselves. No harm in being aware and prepared for hard times but dont let it become your life. This cycle of fear where every piece of news is some sign that the end is here cant be healthy.

I have no doubt there are those that capitalize on this and perpetuate the doom and gloom "imminent collapse" mentality to keep their youtube subs and ensure their product sales by twisting news stories and making "documentaries" with scary music. Drawing lines where there are none. The reptillians! The reptillians!

At the same time I dont want to become cynical to the point where I miss the legitimate signs of prophecy being fulfilled and such as we are supposed to watch for these things.
 
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1still_waters

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Oh my. I did some searching. The fella who created the 2010 video, did a redo and posted a new one in 2013.
Here is the 2013 version. It's from Stansberry Research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN5BLQLA4FA

Here are some screen shots from the new one.
Anything look familiar?
2013a.jpg
2013b.jpg
2013c.jpg

Now from the 2010 video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI-BIVWlc7A
2011a.jpg
2011b.jpg
2011c.jpg

And the commercial again putting 2011 as the target year.

[video=youtube;MvLDTwvPR3w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLDTwvPR3w[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLDTwvPR3w
 
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JDecree

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I blame HAARP for those videos.
 
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RachelBibleStudent

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alex jones doesn't even actually believe in a lot of the rumors he spreads...so i guess he would be the 'lyre' to blame here...
 
Oncefallen

Oncefallen

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The likes of Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura, and others have become wealthy from the gloom and doom of the conspiracy theory world. IMO there is a lot of good information out there and I would agree that the possibility of a US economic collapse is highly likely since the only thing that maintains the value of the US dollar is the "good faith and credit" of the US, and the fact that most international trade is paid for in the US dollar thus there is a high demand for our currency.

The biggest problem that discredits a lot of the economic doomsayers is that they keep putting solid dates to their predictions and IMO predicting economic collapse with precision is as much as crap shoot as trying to predict a major earthquake. The major warning signs may be there for a very long time before the actual event.
 
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Sirk

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The doomsayers just found a niche in the profit making circus that is modern day infotainment.
 
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