Alaskins Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I've met with a client (in SD) at their location about 7 times now. Twice, the most recent being Fri, I encountered a really nice family there. And both times, the grandma kept mentioning "what's coming next." As in, "you are a really nice man, and I hope you're not here for what's coming next." or I'm moving back east before what comes next." What am I missing? What's "coming next?" Sorry if I'm hitting a nerve, but this "unnerved" me and I'm curious as to what other folks with differing backgrounds have to say. So is the world heading for a catastrophe or... Did I encounter a lady that was not all there or what?? Edit: never post while drunk, kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Do Itch Big Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I don't understand, there's always things happening, we just ignore it or don't care because it doesn't affect us directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 You've received the ominous warning from a wizened old crone. That usually spells trouble. I'd need to know what kind of story this is in order to guess at what kind of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandymac27 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Dude...do you like her or not? Who cares about anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Not really sure why you felt the need to bring up the fact that you are white and she was black, then state it's not about race. Why couldn't it just be "you" encountered an "old lady" that kept stating she didn't want to be here for "what's coming next". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskins Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 ok, sorry. Mods: please close. Was hoping some of my fellow ESers may shed some light on something that I was contemplating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeast Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Chinese are heavily migrating and buying into our country. Off shore technical labor is also huge. Many Indian immigrants as well. I dont see race. I see opportunity and threats. We only see unity as a country after a tragedy like Pearl Harbor or 9/11. The rest if the time we bicker like brothers. Iran has ICBM nuclear weapon capability and so does N. Korea. Advanced technical capabilities has made the world smaller and faster. Be nimble. Adapt. Adjust. Zombie Apocalypse. That ****s gonna **** us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 So is the world heading for a catastrophe or... Did I encounter a lady that was not all there or what?? More than likely not all there, unfortunately. But even if she is "all there" I've seen plenty of people who were all there who've complained a lot about the antichrist these past 8 years. She's living in CA, and there's always the "threat" of the place just "falling into the sea," which is what I assume she's talking about since apparently moving east can be safe. Relatively rational people can have "irrational" fears like that sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 ok, sorry. Mods: please close. Was hoping some of my fellow ESers may shed some light on something that I was contemplating. If you were simply asking if "is there something happening you don't know about" or if we thought what the lady said was crazy then that probably would have yielded better results. Edit: I guess I'm not sure why you felt the need to point out, in detail, how "white" you are and attach color/race to the person that said something weird to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 So the OP is saying...he's never met any crazy white people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 So the OP is saying...he's never met any crazy white people? LOL, I was thinking the same thing too. Crazy knows no race/color. Cray is ****ing cray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The OP is wondering if the phrase "what's coming next" is something unique to african american culture or perhaps simply just an older phrase not in use anymore. I've never heard it myself but maybe it is a regional term, phrase, or slang, like "reckon" or "hun". From reading the OP, I'm not sure of the tone or inflection of how "what's coming next" was said, but it's probably just rhetorical question or conversation filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Sounds like plain old crazy talk, or religious crazy talk. Or, maybe it is just a former f expression. I spent 3 years around 40-50 hardcore, Southern black pentecostals (my wife's family), never heard anybody say anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Death, disease and disaster....the economy sucks as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Do Itch Big Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I know a bunch of hipsters from SF say they feel something big is coming, but no one cares what they have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Sounds like 5 really big black guys are coming to kick your ass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Something big is indeed coming in the near future. Won't have anything to do with race though. I do agree with most others that your qualifications of your OP lends to to some of the criticism of it. You could be green for all I care, you could be a snarky jerk like me for all I care. Good people are good people regardless of perceptions, race, prejudices, economical standing, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I know a bunch of hipsters from SF say they feel something big is coming, but no one cares what they have to say. C'mon... San Francisco + something big is coming? I think you're spelling "coming" wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 ^Oh man lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The end is always neigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 We were catching up on last weeks episodes of The Daily Show last night, and they did "coverage" of the anniversary of the Million Man March in DC...it was really funny, but in all seriousness... The slogan was "Justice or Else", and they went into all kinds of funny theories of what the "else" is. The lady in question may or may not watch the show, but that's how I take it...there's a lot going on right now, and older folks have seen a lot more than us. Maybe she just had no other way of saying that the cray is out there & no one knows what's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The end is always neigh. I didn't know Mister Ed had become a prophet of the apocalypse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I didn't know Mister Ed had become a prophet of the apocalypse. Horse sense. It would explain why he always has a long face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I didn't know Mister Ed had become a prophet of the apocalypse. Hahaha! Wiiiiiilbuuuuur! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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