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    "title": "It Appears I'm A \"Downsider\"",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>If you think about emergency preparedness even though there is no emergency, you just might be a downsider. If you think it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s rather uncivilized to be rolling around in a luxury sedan while the country is in recession, you just might be a downsider. \u00c2\u00a0If you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t trust \u00c2\u00a0Iran with nuclear weapons. If you think public bailouts of private failures are a bad idea. If you are on the lookout for Black Swans, you just might be a downsider. If you have solar panels on your house. If you have fresh water stored in your garage. If you own a gasoline powered generator. If you have no fond memories of inflation, you just might be a downsider. If FEMA\u00e2\u0080\u0099s performance after Katrina made you distrustful. If you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d rather learn CPR than wait for help to come. If you have ever been a floor warden at your place of business, you just might be a downsider. If you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t trust McDonald\u00e2\u0080\u0099s to cook for you. If it bothers you that you can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t fix things that break. If you like watching the Discovery Channel. If you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to be an addict to modern convenience, \u00c2\u00a0you just might be a downsider.</p>\n<p>Downsiders are not paranoid. Downsiders simply refuse to be bewildered, helpless or clueless. Downsiders are not excited about the downside, they just want to be cleareyed if such things happen. Downsiders are not hedging against \u00c2\u00a0civilization to cash in on misery. Downsiders are not obsessed with zombies, the Mayan Calendar or the Book of Revelations. Downsiders are not Eloi or Morlocks, but we want to know what the future holds. \u00c2\u00a0Downsiders are interested in being civil under all conditions, of keeping their heads when all about them are losing theirs. Downsiders have intellectual insurance. Downsiders are about figuring out how to live\u00c2\u00a0indifferent\u00c2\u00a0to fashion. Downsiders are about maintaing personal integrity tested in the worst of times. Downsiders are the enemy of panic.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>And here I thought it was just \"a reaistic awareness that unlikely negative events might occur at an inconvenient time.\" Via <em><a href=\"http://downsideblog.com/2012/10/15/you-might-just-be-a-downsider/\">You Might Just Be A Downsider | The Downside</a></em>.</p>\n"
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