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potato

#15
April 26, 2009, 05:04:40 PM
Quote from: Nasturtiums on April 26, 2009, 06:52:33 AM
Actually, I think that living in unsanitary  conditions all your life would increase your tolerance of certain diseases, but that doesn't really have much to do with genetics, but immune response.
I don't think mortality rates in third world countries would bear this out. also, they produce more children to make up for the ones who die, so when conditions do start to improve there's a sudden population explosion as the habit of producing babies doesn't go away at the same rate as the babies grow up to produce babies of their own. add to that the changing face of the world economy and you have more people living on the edge of existance than ever, because no one grows their own food anymore, making famine a global risk rather than a local one as it tended to be in times past. so, in a few years we might be eating each other anyway.
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#16
April 26, 2009, 05:46:54 PM
Quote from: potato on April 26, 2009, 05:04:40 PM
Quote from: Nasturtiums on April 26, 2009, 06:52:33 AM
Actually, I think that living in unsanitary  conditions all your life would increase your tolerance of certain diseases, but that doesn't really have much to do with genetics, but immune response.
I don't think mortality rates in third world countries would bear this out. also, they produce more children to make up for the ones who die, so when conditions do start to improve there's a sudden population explosion as the habit of producing babies doesn't go away at the same rate as the babies grow up to produce babies of their own. add to that the changing face of the world economy and you have more people living on the edge of existance than ever, because no one grows their own food anymore, making famine a global risk rather than a local one as it tended to be in times past. so, in a few years we might be eating each other anyway.

we'll invent a way to deal with the trash and feed people at the same time.  A trash eating creature that loves to be bbq'd, yet somehow wont reproduce out of control
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

Pope Lecherous

#17
April 26, 2009, 05:52:22 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

correct

correct

will become even more true in the future as we become better equipped to deal with our problems

babies
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

the other anonymous

#18
April 26, 2009, 06:18:21 PM
SPACE TRAVEL! Are y'all dense?

We build two big ol' space boats.

One of them we fill with the best plant foods, tastiest livestock, and the children of senators and kings.

The other we fill with sand, sickly livestock, and the socially undesirable.

One of them we aim at a distance earth-like planet.

The other we "aim" at a distance "earth-like" "planet."

-toa,
the only hope of humanity is "hope" and "humanity" (and scare quotes)

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#19
April 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

I said that it doesn't benefit us as a species. That is, being as numerous as we are brings no benefits to our survival, and there are compromises to our quality of life. It doesn't compromise our survival, there's just no fucking reason and it does nobody any good.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Pope Lecherous

#20
April 26, 2009, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

I said that it doesn't benefit us as a species. That is, being as numerous as we are brings no benefits to our survival, and there are compromises to our quality of life. It doesn't compromise our survival, there's just no fucking reason and it does nobody any good.

sure it does.  at least one person of these billions will create something that will take enhance the odds of our survival.  Or else we'll just keep having babies that grow up to carry on our stupid
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#21
April 26, 2009, 11:12:11 PM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 26, 2009, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

I said that it doesn't benefit us as a species. That is, being as numerous as we are brings no benefits to our survival, and there are compromises to our quality of life. It doesn't compromise our survival, there's just no fucking reason and it does nobody any good.

sure it does.  at least one person of these billions will create something that will take enhance the odds of our survival.  Or else we'll just keep having babies that grow up to carry on our stupid

Far more likely that  thousands of geniuses will be born and die without ever realizing their potential, which is what's mostly happening.

But seriously, how does our species benefit from the sheer numbers? It's pointless, and takes up space that I could otherwise be enjoying.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
April 27, 2009, 01:42:24 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 26, 2009, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

I said that it doesn't benefit us as a species. That is, being as numerous as we are brings no benefits to our survival, and there are compromises to our quality of life. It doesn't compromise our survival, there's just no fucking reason and it does nobody any good.

sure it does.  at least one person of these billions will create something that will take enhance the odds of our survival.  Or else we'll just keep having babies that grow up to carry on our stupid

Oh, yes, because the test tube just cleans itself when all the fruit flies die.

TGRR,
Knows that there is no guarantee of species survival during a die back.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

potato

#23
April 27, 2009, 04:13:47 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 26, 2009, 05:46:54 PM
we'll invent a way to deal with the trash and feed people at the same time.  A trash eating creature that loves to be bbq'd, yet somehow wont reproduce out of control
suddenly, I felt nostalgic.

"It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food."
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Nast

#24
April 27, 2009, 04:15:32 AM
Quote from: potato on April 27, 2009, 04:13:47 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 26, 2009, 05:46:54 PM
we'll invent a way to deal with the trash and feed people at the same time.  A trash eating creature that loves to be bbq'd, yet somehow wont reproduce out of control
suddenly, I felt nostalgic.

"It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food."

You just ruined the surprise ending for me.  :sad:
"If I owned Goodwill, no charity worker would feel safe.  I would sit in my office behind a massive pile of cocaine, racking my pistol's slide every time the cleaning lady came near.  Auditors, I'd just shoot."

Error

#25
April 27, 2009, 04:17:23 AM
The real surprise ending is that Soylent Green is cabbage...you damned dirty apes!!
I am a compulsive liar.   That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's the truth.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.  That's a lie.

Pope Lecherous

#26
April 27, 2009, 05:03:18 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 27, 2009, 01:42:24 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 26, 2009, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 26, 2009, 11:50:49 AM
"as a species", we don't have much of a problem at all.

"as a species", we are hugely successfull.

whatever disasters will come upon us through overpopulation, we'll be back up and running within a few hundreds of years. which is not so much as a blip on the timescale that our species lives on. who knows we might even come out having learned something (fat chance)

unless we do something really stupid and become a lot more effective at destroying our living environment.

the real question is, which humans taste best?

I said that it doesn't benefit us as a species. That is, being as numerous as we are brings no benefits to our survival, and there are compromises to our quality of life. It doesn't compromise our survival, there's just no fucking reason and it does nobody any good.

sure it does.  at least one person of these billions will create something that will take enhance the odds of our survival.  Or else we'll just keep having babies that grow up to carry on our stupid

Oh, yes, because the test tube just cleans itself when all the fruit flies die.

TGRR,
Knows that there is no guarantee of species survival during a die back.

Sure they will face challenges compounded by our failures.  But they will hopefully have the advantage of our accumulated knowledge. 
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

The Good Reverend Roger

#27
April 27, 2009, 05:07:36 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 27, 2009, 05:03:18 AM
Sure they will face challenges compounded by our failures.  But they will hopefully have the advantage of our accumulated knowledge. 

And the atmosphere and water supply we left them.

Odds are, it means extinction.  And if anyone DOES survive, they'll be burning physics and math texts to stay warm in the winter.

You are precisely one generation from the Clovis Man.  Deal with it.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Pope Lecherous

#28
April 27, 2009, 05:39:23 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 27, 2009, 05:07:36 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 27, 2009, 05:03:18 AM
Sure they will face challenges compounded by our failures.  But they will hopefully have the advantage of our accumulated knowledge. 

And the atmosphere and water supply we left them.

Odds are, it means extinction.  And if anyone DOES survive, they'll be burning physics and math texts to stay warm in the winter.

You are precisely one generation from the Clovis Man.  Deal with it.

WE are running out of good air!  The ocean is just for admiring.  Winter shall be eternal.


right?

Hopefully the next generation's imagination will not be limited to contemplation of its own demise and rather... action
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

The Good Reverend Roger

#29
April 27, 2009, 05:41:46 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 27, 2009, 05:39:23 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 27, 2009, 05:07:36 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on April 27, 2009, 05:03:18 AM
Sure they will face challenges compounded by our failures.  But they will hopefully have the advantage of our accumulated knowledge. 

And the atmosphere and water supply we left them.

Odds are, it means extinction.  And if anyone DOES survive, they'll be burning physics and math texts to stay warm in the winter.

You are precisely one generation from the Clovis Man.  Deal with it.

WE are running out of good air!  The ocean is just for admiring.  Winter shall be eternal.


right?

Hopefully the next generation's imagination will not be limited to contemplation of its own demise and rather... action


Well, why the fuck aren't YOU getting off your ass?  I mean, I know being all self-righteous takes TIME, but shouldn't you be doing something?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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