Generational Dynamics World View News

[John]

** 16-Feb-2021 World View: The polls may still be open

> The die may be cast, but i still think imperial yellow and red is
> very Vietnamese.

OK, well look. I'm going to go with purple lettering for now, but it
doesn't have to be a final decision, since I can change it at any time
up till publication, which will probably be in about a month. Hell, I
could even change it after publication.

I agree that red is probably more "Vietnamese" than purple. I
personally think that the purple lettering looks better (but what do I
know?), but the major reason I prefer purple is that the red is too
hard to read against a yellow background.

So if anyone can come up with a solution to the "hard to read" problem,
then I'll revisit.

One possibility is to darken the red or lighten the yellow. Here's
a web site that helps you do that:

https://www.simonbattersby.com/blog/hex ... -selector/

So if someone who's good at colors can figure that out, that would help.

I'm also using the Garamond typeface. Maybe a different typeface
would be more readable. I doubt it, but it's possible.

So those are the parameters. If anyone can figure out a solution,
let me know.

[Cool Breeze]

The thing about John is that he has been forecasting economic collapse and war for 15 years, and always says his predictions are "tracking" true. He doesn't know whether the Depression or War will come first, but that whichever, the one will trigger the other within a few months. If it is Depression he seems to believe it will start with a stock market collapse worse than 1929, and the Dow will quickly lose 90% of its value.
Meanwhile, the 99% are living in virtual Depression or on government largess (like me) and the Dow is at record territory.
I was persuaded by him back in the day, but I am getting more skeptical. Still, he has a good viewpoint.

Another mature poster. Who'd a thunk

Critically evaluating things. What a concept.

John makes a lot of great points, but he doesn't like others with critiques that can really mature and round out his thoughts, so it seems.

[John]

** 16-Feb-2021 World View: Endless crap

> Another mature poster. Who'd a thunk

> Critically evaluating things. What a concept.

> John makes a lot of great points, but he doesn't like others with
> critiques that can really mature and round out his thoughts, so it
> seems.

Lol! You are filled with an endless amount of crap. And you evaded
the Second Coming question in the other thread.

[JCP]

I think your Iran book would look better with a black cover with white lettering: much starker and black is the Jihadi color. I know green is the color of the Prohet, but black with white lettering is much better.

[John]

** 17-Feb-2021 World View: Iran's color

> I think your Iran book would look better with a black cover with
> white lettering: much starker and black is the Jihadi color. I
> know green is the color of the Prophet, but black with white
> lettering is much better.

Well, here's the flag of Iran:



There's no black in that flag. Historically, green is, I believe, the
national color of Iran. The book is about Iran, not about jihadists.

[Cool Breeze]

** 16-Feb-2021 World View: Endless crap

> Another mature poster. Who'd a thunk

> Critically evaluating things. What a concept.

> John makes a lot of great points, but he doesn't like others with
> critiques that can really mature and round out his thoughts, so it
> seems.

Lol! You are filled with an endless amount of crap. And you evaded
the Second Coming question in the other thread.

No I didn't, I answered it. Do you know anything about orthodox theology?

By the way, I think purple was the best background for the Vietnam book.

[John]

** 17-Feb-2021 World View: Political banter

> No I didn't, I answered it. Do you know anything about orthodox
> theology?

No you didn't answer it. You evaded it. You should be a politician.
Probably you are.

But OK, I can play that game. I've more than answered all your
questions as well, even the ridiculous ones. Do you know anything
about Generational Dynamics?

> By the way, I think purple was the best background for the Vietnam
> book.

Noted.

[DaKardii]

Is that really so bad? I did that with the Chinese flag on the back
cover of the China book, and I thought that few people would even know
what was going on, and for the rest it would be interesting. But
assuming you're right, since I can't change the color of the flag,
then what should the color of the cover be?

Okay, let me revise my opinions on the background colors. In my opinion, they should be complementary (according to either RGB or RYB) to whatever color the edges of the flag are.

For the China book, that would be either cyan-green or just plain cyan. For the Iran book, that would be either cyan, green, magenta, red, or just plain white. For the Vietnam book, that would be either cyan or green.

And of course it would be best that no book is the same color. So you can go with the following combinations:

Cyan-green China, Cyan Iran, Green Vietnam;
Cyan-green China, Green Iran, Cyan Vietnam;
Cyan-green China, Magenta Iran Cyan Vietnam;
Cyan-green China, Magenta Iran, Green Vietnam;
Cyan-green China, Red Iran, Cyan Vietnam;
Cyan-green China, Red Iran, Green Vietnam;
Cyan-green China; White Iran, Cyan Vietnam;
Cyan-green China; White Iran, Green Vietnam;
Cyan China; Magenta Iran; Green Vietnam;
Cyan China; Red Iran; Green Vietnam;
Cyan China; White Iran; Green Vietnam.

*

Here are the exact RGB values of said complementary colors below:

China
RGB: (17, 194, 221)
RYB: (17, 221, 123)

Vietnam
RGB: (36, 218, 221)
RYB: (36, 221, 49)

Iran
RGB: (159, 35, 130); (0, 0, 0); (0, 218, 218)
RYB: (159, 43, 35); (0, 0, 0); (0, 218, 0)

[Cool Breeze]

** 17-Feb-2021 World View: Political banter

> No I didn't, I answered it. Do you know anything about orthodox
> theology?

No you didn't answer it. You evaded it. You should be a politician.
Probably you are.

But OK, I can play that game. I've more than answered all your
questions as well, even the ridiculous ones. Do you know anything
about Generational Dynamics?

> By the way, I think purple was the best background for the Vietnam
> book.

Noted.

You do a good job of answering questions, and it is the internet so any salt or emotion in the short term I take with a grain of salt; it doesn't bother me. I actually agree with you and many others on so many things I don't really care to make anything adversarial. It's not like the attention seeker Bobby B or anything. These leftists are beyond hope, sadly, because they choose for it to be that way.

I think there are a lot of good points in generational dynamics, but intelligent people speak with precision about their predictions. And when incorrect, they cop to it. I don't know why you can't just say you are wrong on timing, but still hold your thesis generally, since things are hard to predict. That's why I write and critique the way I do. Why? If we get things right we can make our lives and others that much better, more prepared, etc.

The ultimate in getting things right is first understanding this world can't last and will pass away - GD is part of the fallen world. Eternal things have always meant more, and will continue to, because they represent real life and beauty, not fleeting systems, broken men, and corrupt civilizations. There is only one way out, and it isn't a mental one, or understanding the fallen world (we don't anyway, proven by the fact that we can't really predict anything that matters very well) ... it is peace and love through faith in what makes us human, which is the balance of spiritual and material via repentance (changing our ways to virtuous ways of living).

[John]

** 17-Feb-2021 World View: Timing

> I think there are a lot of good points in generational dynamics,
> but intelligent people speak with precision about their
> predictions. And when incorrect, they cop to it. I don't know why
> you can't just say you are wrong on timing, but still hold your
> thesis generally, since things are hard to predict. That's why I
> write and critique the way I do. Why? If we get things right we
> can make our lives and others that much better, more prepared,
> etc.

Wow! Faint praise! So much fun.

I don't have a clue what you're talking about. Please point to a
place where I was wrong on timing.