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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:54 AM Original message |
Scientist: Human race to be extinct within 100 years |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good riddence humans |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. yet the idiots and greedy sociopaths will not heed a word |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's the reason there's an asset grab and development of private mercenaries. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. +1 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. yup yup |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
96. Yep. And it's not even new... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You think this is a "warning"? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Doubtful on the complete extinction |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Aside from climate change... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. True |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Don't forget toxic metal contamination |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
146. I have one child |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
97. its going to be awful. 2 billion starving people in the east start |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
109. id imagine a future like that in "12 monkeys" |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
113. I don't think we can go extinct |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. The corporate masters will find a way to survive |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. reminds me of the cockroach on Wall-e |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Paraguay. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's already begun...in the Gulf of Mexico - Russian scientists have already |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Well as long as Tony 'Soulless Bastard' Hayward remains 'unscathed' and gets his life back, what's |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:27 AM Original message |
I missed that. Can you share the link? |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. Sure! Here's the link - from the European Union Times.... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
85. EUTimes is not a credible source... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
89. ROFLOL...good grief... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Seriously... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Whatever happens to humans, our platitudes will never die. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
156. Not just because it's on the internet... |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. not buying it |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Just consider |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I didn't mean to imply |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. The change needed is everyone living in straw huts |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I can't dismiss it |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. Doubtful, but humanity hasn't had a serious population correction since the middle ages. We're due. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. 1492 -1600 Correction |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
87. Who estimated the population of the Americas was 300 million before Columbus?...nt |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Jared Diamond |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Thanks for the cite... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Consensus survivors? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I agree. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Population correction and extinction are two very different things. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Our friends at the pretrochemical companies will help with thinning the herd |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. 1918. In a few months an extimated 5 to 10% of earth's humans died. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. He's an optimist. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. I saw the movie when it |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Maybe the apes will do better. n/t |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. recently seen bumpersticker: "The Mayans were optimists" |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. In Germany, you are paid 30k(?) to have a child. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. and how many uber-religious in this country (can you say DUGGAR?) are popping out spawn yearly? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Agree and disagree. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. the Duggars are pushing out babies for MONEY - period. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
148. breed like bunnies???? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. people are trying to do something, but they keep putting it off |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. well, humanity seems to have gone extinct quite some time ago. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. This is the beginning of our end. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." - |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Humans are really bad at facing the truth, too. n/t |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Yeah, Orwell was off by 17 years. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. He needs to be more specific. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. It is simplistically stated |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. I don't understand |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Why not? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I see.... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Aren't we all? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Nope. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Good point, Jesus |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. well well |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. Peak availability of resources can surely contribute to such wars you cite |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
123. I think it would be very |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. sorry, but bringing a child into this world to live, at this point is history, is an act of cruelty |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. no, it's not |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. no, it's not. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. any actual rebuttal |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. You offered a different opinion, not really any argument to rebut. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
86. Or an act of selfishness |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Life is cruel |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
76. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
120. There is more than one way to create a whole bunch of people, huh? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
138. Agreed. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. Sad to say, if any species deserves extinction it's ours. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I resent your assumption |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
79. Those actions of a few enable the standard of living of everyone else |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
107. if you really think you don't share responsibility then you are part of the problem.... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. We're the most successful species for a reason. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Define success |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
105. Adaptability. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #105 |
117. Thats your own definition though |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. "We survive where cats wont? How do you figure?" |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Thats part of how badass they are |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #122 |
132. "We take care of them" |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. They got on okay before us. Maybe not in the form of Cleo clawing the blinds |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. "Top line predators" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
128. Oh, I dunno... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Oh I dunno.... |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. that may be why TPTB/Elites are acting like there's no tomorrow |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. Nah. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. I do not see complete extintion in 100 years...nt |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. A rather negative statement, given that human population will soon start to decline |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. Nonsense |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Probably be a great thing for everybody else...I hope someone at the end manages to say "sorry"...nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. BS |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
88. 100 year predictions are easy... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. For this I quit smoking? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Looks like we picked the wrong year / decade / century / millenium / era / epoch. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. You'll have more energy to enjoy the show |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
102. lol |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. I highly doubt it. |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
81. Exactly |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. +1... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. Humanity has persevered through adversarial conditions |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
67. I was hoping it would be zombies |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
68. Symbolicly,what is the difference? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Afterlife v. nationalism I would think... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Not even close. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. On the other hand, humans may not go extinct in the next 100,000 years |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
77. Two years six months two days |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. There will be fewer of us, but some will live. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
84. Is this wacky doomsday scientific theory day at DU?... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #84 |
118. There's a whole contingent here who, apparently, CAN'T WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO DIE! |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
93. I thought the world was ending in 2012 |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
98. That's got to be wrong |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
99. I think the celebrations among the self-loathing misanthropy set here on DU may be premature. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
100. Whoa slow down there mister! That is my department! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Bunnies make bread? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Yes they have bread ovens in their bunny caves! |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. As long as we're picking on him, what's a "dead zone with no life"? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. It is a magical place of rainbow unicorns! Where a happy sun hangs low and |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. ok, you lost me at razorblades |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #104 |
119. It's like they ran that David Cronenberg movie, and the theater was totally empty. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
106. It's not impossible. The human race could go extinct inTEN years. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
111. To be replaced by some ET hybrids.... |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
112. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
114. this is the only way many other species will have any chance of surviving. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
116. Because Joe Barton's eyes are so inbredly close together |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
124. Homo Sapiens is an evolutionary experiment gone horribly wrong |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #124 |
141. Yeah, you're going to get flamed for not caring about the future of an entire species |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
126. One thing is clear: The answers to humanity's pressing problems lie outside the profit-system |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. I think that is why US education system does not teach Marx |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
129. Tin Foil Stuff |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
130. All right. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
134. Hopefully, at least one human will survive in a stasis field aboard a deep space mining vessel. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
135. Some dinosaur scientist was saying the same thing millions of years ago |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
136. what an optimist ! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
137. It's already started... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. And speaking of putting things off-- |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
140. 'Perhaps' in the story becomes 'will be' in the headline? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
142. If everyone is so sure that we're so doomed so soon, why does anyone give a shit about politics? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. I was wondering the exact same thing. Esp. for the people who are excited about the prospect. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #142 |
153. People like to be offended about as many things as possible after awhil |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
143. Michael Crichton believed the same thing! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:41 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Michael Crichton also thinks Global Warming is phony hype by greedy environmentalists. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #143 |
154. Entertainment folk and other celebrities believe a lot of things. (nt) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #143 |
155. I tell you he dead. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
147. That's been predicted for as long as I can remember. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
149. That reminds me of this song.. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
150. EVERY single generation of humans believes they're living in the "end times"... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
151. Well..that really ruined my day............. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
152. Lots of strangely alive human extinctionists in this thread... (nt) |
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Zanzobar (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
157. At this moment 100 years from now... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
158. Maybe people need a positive vision of the future to change it. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
159. Doubtful |
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