Proxy war's or getting fat?

[adamb1029]

Well
we have two possible futures
metal gear solid 4's future(Alot of people fight proxy wars for other people)
or wall-e's future(All the people are fat and need robot's to do everything)
Which would you rather?
i myself would rather be in a trench then a recliner any day..

[Helegad]

I'd rather be fighting, but only if it was non-lethal. I'm not the type of person who feels like getting shot, so I'd be doing the off-site work.

[adamb1029]

basicly..youd be digging the trenchs before i got in them
or playing around with a laptop that controls a UAV

[News Bot]

I'd be comatose in a wheelchair while my AI's made stupid decisions and fucked things up for everyone else.

[adamb1029]

so youd be fat and lazy?
lol

[JcFFx]

Ehhh, I'll go with wall-e's future.

[adamb1029]

Sooo
you want to sit on your ass all day-correction-all your LIFE
and do nothing?

[JcFFx]

Why not? That's basically how I am right now.

Minus the automated robots that would've make tasks more convenient

[Malice]

I'll take fighting any day of the week. Plus, if we're going with MGS4's future, I get to say cool one liners.

[Darkmoon]

Yes...but since you aren't Snake chances of your hideous death are high. Or getting turned into a wierd ass zombie thing, of course. Me, I'd probably live on my fat ass and play games all day long. It would be a hell of a lot healthier than a three course meal of hot lead.

[Member_of_STARS]

Im with Darkmoon. Especially considering that Ive felt fear of death and seen the gun pointed at me once. I cant even imagine what it would feel like when you get shelled with mortar and artillery fire. Hell, considering the fact that I feel a little fear even holding an empty hunting rifle, Id say I would shit my pants if a spearhead of tanks was roaming at my trenchline.

So. War? Fuck no, not unless I have to fight. Quite a contradiction, considering I play airsoft and love it almost as much as having a good shag.

[biohazard_star]

Unless fighting is as easy as playing a videogame, I think I'll go with the get-fat-while-robots-do-everything-for-you future.

[adamb1029]

Have fun dieing at the ripe old ages of 20 of heart attacks and strokes then

atleast soldiers can live to die of old age

[Gradon]

While the proxy war would be more awesome, I'm too scared to die, I fear even walking to my house alone at night, I'm scared some assholes with jump me or attack me.

I would like to do it though, minus the fears; I'd just hate being a lazy fat guy who can't even walk in a chair all my life, then die earlier than usual. :S

[Corrin]

So, you have decided we have but only two possibilities in our future? Neither of the situations you posted are very realistic. In all honesty I believe life as we currently know it (and have known it since the end of WWII) will change drastically soon.
Since the end of WWII we have been expanding and consuming at an immense rate, living like it would last forever. Thing is, this way of life cannot last.
Imagine our earth's supply of oil as a bell. We've been experiencing cheap gas and mass availability of oil since it was discovered. As of now we are looking down the opposite side of that bell.
As the demand for gas and oil continues to grow, as it always has been, and the supply continues to diminish (along with this current global depression) we will all be forced to simply give up on gasoline as it will no longer be worth it.
I feel that when this happens we, as a society will convert to a more European way of living; no more mass transit, no more driving half an hour to get to work. I believe American society shall become much more self-reliant.
Not all bad at all. Just different.