{"id":92539,"date":"2015-06-01T00:14:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T07:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=92539"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:08:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T20:08:51","slug":"you-can-still-avoid-the-destruction-of-civilization-if-you-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/06\/you-can-still-avoid-the-destruction-of-civilization-if-you-act-now.html","title":{"rendered":"You can still avoid the destruction of civilization if you act now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Remember 15 years ago when the Y2K bug caused civilization to collapse and the world came to an end? Good times! Good times!<\/p>\n

Some were led astray by Brand X Survival Guides:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Poor Leonard Nimoy. He recently died of his Y2K injuries, like so many who trusted in his words.<\/p>\n<p>Our survival strategy for feeding our family on 1\/1\/2000 was gobbling up our friend Michael Lounsbery\u2019s Cheerios, waffles and bacon. When those ran out, we ate little Thomas Lounsbery. He was succulent. Fun sleepover!<\/p>\n<p>And all because of the realio-trulio truly true prophetic gift and wisdom of Victor Porlier. If Mr. Porlier was smart, he\u2019d do a global search and replace, put \u201cObama takeover of Texas\u201d in place of \u201cY2K\u201d, reissue the book with a scary cover of Seal Team Six in gas masks marching people into FEMA-run shariah re-education camps, and sell a million copies\u2013to the same people who bought his book before!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=marksheacom-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0694521833&asins=0694521833&linkId=2RBMXJZSVR7CTYDJ&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember 15 years ago when the Y2K bug caused civilization to collapse and the world came to an end? 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