The One Thing Americans Fear the Most

[gotbeer]

The One Thing Americans Fear the Most

 

Kind of sad the top 5 things Americans fear the most.

[Lou]

what a crock

 

1. Muslims

[Jay]

Thanks Progressives!

[JAHV76]

You would think getting cancer would be in the top 5 of things people fear most. In some cases some of the healthiest people get it and you can't prevent some of it.

[notherhalo]

1 = inconvenience

[Slegnaac]

Who lives their life in fear?

I certainly don't have a list.

[Tank]

i think the worst thing is the increasing intrusiveness of our gov't.

 

second would be armenian drivers in glendale.

[gotbeer]

i think the worst thing is the increasing intrusiveness of our gov't.

 

second would be armenian drivers in glendale.

 

You should live next to Koreatown.  You would change your mind on second.

[Tank]

You should live next to Koreatown.  You would change your mind on second.

 

you should drive in glendale. you would change your mind in less than a second.

[Lou]

You would think getting cancer would be in the top 5 of things people fear most. In some cases some of the healthiest people get it and you can't prevent some of it.

 

That's because people don't think they'll ever get it. 

[Ludwig Von Mises]

I'm afraid of 99% of people out there with guns, but getting shot isn't in my top 5.  

 

I'm not. The vast majority of gun owners know to never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot (muzzle discipline). There are exceptions of course, that warmongering coward Dick Cheney being a good example.

 

This is of more concern:

 

America, land of the "checkpoint". Where you can drive down the street minding your own business only to have some costumed fukk stop you and point a rifle at your head.

 

Real concerns?

The dollar is very precarious. Whether a fast crash or a slow decline into hyperinflation as the banks finally put into circulation the trillions that they are holding (which has never happened before) is hard to guess. No currency can go from $840B (in 2008) to $4T+ without dire consequences.

 

Much less likely but still a concern would be the possibility of a strong CME or EMP.

A strong CME nearly happened in 2012.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/02may_superstorm/

CME would only couple into very large antenna like power lines. Fixing it wouldn't be a matter of some workers going out to flip a switch. New transformers would have to be fabricated and installed. Certainly it would take many months if not longer before the lights came back on.

An EMP would do that plus it would couple into small electronic devices as well. Anything with a mosfet or finfet (just about everything now) would be toast. Some useful info in the EMP Commission to Congress in this pdf:

http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf

 

So yeah, I'm not too worried about identity theft or the dark. People have some serious normalcy bias to overcome if they think that's all there is to be worried about.

[arch stanton]

Climbing stairs

 

tight or poorly fitted footwear

 

constipation

 

karaoke machines

 

West African bat vomit

[Ray McKigney]

New Katherine Heigl movies/TV shows are my worst fear. 

[AngelsLongBall]

you should drive in glendale. you would change your mind in less than a second.

You should drive in Monterey Park. It's got the best drivers of East LA blended with the best drivers fresh from China. Every day is an adventure!

[Ochocinco!]

I fear my generation running this country more than anything. Scary sh*t