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[Aurora Borealis]

I've heard a news story a couple years ago about 7 teenagers who actually went outside, gathered their weapons (shotguns, chainsaws, etc.),and  fought counterstrike-style, thinking they could respawn if they died! NOT WHEN 4 ARE DEAD AND THE OTHER 3 SEVERLY INJURED! (or something like that. I don't remember exactly)

It's sad. Boo-hoo sad for their being (horrible) deaths and severe injuries and pathetic sad for actually thinking they could respawn!

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[Kami-Tux]

They deserve darwin-awards!! They really do!

[Aurora Borealis]

Probably did! I mean, what the HECK makes people think they can respawn?! And speaking of Darwin Awards, one of last year's top Darwin awards involved 2 people making real lightsabers and fighting each other with them! That making it to the DA's, it does not end well...

[Kami-Tux]

I was in psychiatry (to visit someone, mind you), you'd be amazed what some people think...

[C-Chan]

The ending of Arjuna paints a pretty convincing picture of life in a developed country with no electricity (although it goes the extra mile with no PLASTIC OR OIL too... ^^').

I would imagine some chaos in larger cities, but smaller communities should be able to pull themselves together.  For one thing, there are such things as portable generators; and we know,... from recent events,... that people can scrape a living for years with only a few hours of electricity per day.  -v-'

(Certainly it wouldn't really impact a good 80% of the world's total population, which have no such amenities or don't make much use of it to begin with.  -.-)

And in lieu of standard modes of AC power generation, the more resourceful among us will remember that you can still power machinery via other means (or at least pony up the money for it).  Solar and Wind power for one thing.  Landfill gas and biofuel another.  
Something like this could easily render fossil fuels obsolete, as it could turn every building, in the developed or undeveloped world, into it's own power generator:

http://www.daystartech.com/

And with an ongoing power "blackout", you would have to do some serious arm pulling to convince people otherwise (good luck without TV).  ^^'

And then, at the very least, to get your manufacturing up and running again, there's always good ol' steam power.  -v-
So you go back a few decades,... ah well, at least you're putting some
people back to industrial-level work.  -.-
Hopefully the rest get busy with constructive work as well.  -v-

This, of course, is assuming peacetime extended "blackout".  Wartime induced disabling or destruction of the power grid is a whole different story altogether.

[zjhentohlauedy]

that's with a black out. but what about the Solar storm that discovery channel says will short circuit everything on earth!!

even generators will be useless!! we will go back to using mechanical machines instead of electronic ones and all of cyber space will be lost!!! ;026

[CaptBrenden]

-_- remember.. there are parts of the world without power you know. Ive been to one of them.   People get along just fine.  they really dont do much but they get by alright.

[Tsubashi]

True, but that's because they never did depend on electricity, so they are much more content without it.

[CaptBrenden]

Well I managed to do it too. 3 times I deployed and net was a once a month if that luxury.  and even then i was pretty much just email, forget all that other sutff.  Its not fun, but its doable.  plus there is alot you could be doing instead.. like reading a book or drawing a picture or something

[Exa]

CaptBrenden, what is it in your avatar?  What does that person chase?

[zjhentohlauedy]

i'm not so sure but i think that's captain chasing after c-chan :/

[Exa]

At first I wanted to say P-chan...  o_o

By the way, zjhentohlauedy, what the hell was Hako doing in your avatar? Shooting needles or getting damaged by needles? Or is it just a "Lol, Hako" picture?

[zjhentohlauedy]

he's shooting pocky sticks. i'll try to improve it, its my first gif pic and i even rushed it. hehe  ;047

[Exa]

Pocky sticks? Heh... But, not bad for your first try

[zjhentohlauedy]

hehe, thanks Exa. its been a long time since i've drawn anything by hand or by pc.