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1. A Black Swan event is almost guaranteed.

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:39 PM

Jan 6

The situation will become so unstable that shit will happen and it will come out of left field. We just don't know what it will be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory

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"Deus ex machina", my friends. [View all] PCIntern Jan 6 OP

A Black Swan event is almost guaranteed. Ocelot II Jan 6 #1

And we have the worst possible people in charge to handle it... Wounded Bear Jan 6 #2

Is it really a "Black Swan" if we know it is coming? Fiendish Thingy Jan 6 #5

True... PCIntern Jan 6 #11

A Deus ex Machina is quite different from a Black Swan. Ocelot II Jan 6 #16

Aka climate change! ananda Jan 6 #3

Remarkable post delivered with certainty. bucolic_frolic Jan 6 #4

Do you really mean "Deus ex Machina"? Fiendish Thingy Jan 6 #6

Let's hope for that! Easterncedar Jan 6 #7

Yes PCIntern Jan 6 #10

I have been thinking of deus ex machina a lot Marthe48 Jan 6 #17

Trump's gonna drop dead? AloeVera Jan 6 #9

Deus ex machina is a good thing obamanut2012 Jan 6 #12

It will be a good thing in consideration of everything else . PCIntern Jan 6 #13

I hope you're right! Elessar Zappa Jan 6 #14

Let me guess... JoseBalow Jan 6 #15