Life Line (802 hits)
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Submitted by K.M (View user info) at 2004-07-21 20:19:55 EDT
What's interesting to me is that in our solar system, every single planet other than our own is completely uninhabitable. In fact, to the best of our limited knowledge, we, the Human Species, are the only life form that is even intelligent enough to acknowledge that fact. We consciously recognize that, as far as we know, this Earth is the only life supporting planet in this entire universe, and we are the only ones truly responsible for sustaining it.
I think this predicament is carefully arranged, so as to preclude us from jumping from one planet to the next like locusts because, lets face it, we would definitely be doing just that if we had the chance. However, since there are no other planets, the value of the planet we have is increased infinitely to beyond priceless.
And we should probably take better care of it.
Since the majority of you people are complete fucking morons, let it be stated right now that I am not talking about recycling, and becoming vegetarians, and forgetting to shower and dance around hackey sacks singing praise to Mother Earth. What I am saying, is that if our species continues along the road it is going, then very soon (in the general scheme of time) the road will end and so will we.
To simplify things, we live on a planet that is violently and sharply divided between various groups of people capable of destroying each other by pressing a button. There is a period of relative peace right now, at least between superpowers. However, these various societies survive by consuming a commodity that is running out fast, and when it does run out, entire economies will crash and these societies will crumble in a matter of months.
And yes, you moron, this means that _your_ society will also crumble if this were to occur. You are not exempt from the laws of nature because you drive an S.U.V and drink expensive coffee. I am not a pessimist. There is just every indication that these things will happen, and no indication that they won't.
I think we have passed the brink of salvation granted to us by divine providence, who thus far, has narrowly guided us through a fairly large number of brushes with complete and total annihilation. For starters, there was that whole Cuban Missile crisis thing. Looking back on that, it seems that some loving hand quietly yet scarcely guided Those In Charge away from their natural tendency to be completely witless cunts, and extended our lease on this fine planet a few more decades. The Cuban Missile Crisis was basically just another coldwar flashpoint that got out of hand. If were about something like, the worlds last known oil reserves, you can be sure that one or all of the countries involved would have been destroyed in a fight to the death.
To wrap this up, I've come to the rather disheartening conclusion that we are all fucked. Things will never change, and sometime within the next one hundred years, there will be a couple of human induced cataclysmic disasters, which will result either in a completely scorched earth, or a reversion to life before the discovery of the light bulb.
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Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-04 20:56:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ronin I would like to make some clever quip about your sexual preference or general intelligence but none are coming to mind right now so instead I will simply how atrociously innacurate your paltry "retort" really was.
1) I think (read: know) what K.M. said was that there is a relative peace between Super Powers which is entirely true. Listen, just because fox news says that America is the only Super Power in the world simply doesn't make it so. For example Russia still retains enough Nuclear weaponry to obliterate the United States, other nations are devolping their capabilities and many European Nations are close to Russia's equal, but I guess having the power to kill most of humanity doesn't qualify a nation as a Super Power anymore.
2) Well I suppose its a good thing that you blindly believe that someone else will solve all of our problems just in time, the only downside is that so far it hasn't happened and every effort to do so has met with frustration and failure.
Hybrid cars, they still draw their power from a gasoline combustion engine and the electricity they use doesn't come from a magic fairy but instead from power plants that are busy burning up non-renewable energy sources.
3) I don't know what your getting at here so I will just call you gay. Faggot.
4) What about out of control biological weaponry? Furthermore many countries have nuculear weapons and many more are well on their way to creating them.
"Less people would die from a large nuclear detonation in Lower Manhattan in a workday"
WHAT THE FUCK? Here comes the clue train asshole. As a result of two nuclear detonations in Japan with a combined yeild of 34.5 kilotons over 350,000 people died. This is an indisputable fact that happened in real life.
Detonating a "large" nuclear weapon with a yield of 100 kilotons would cause something like 9 times as many casualties assuming that downtown Manhattan has the same population density as two fairly small cities in Japan some 60 years ago.
Submitted by ronin828 (user info) at 2005-03-09 05:08:40 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
This is retarded on sooooooo many levels.
Allow me to retort......
1) There is no relative peace right now, you assclown.....The only remaining Superpower (The U.S of A.) is fighting a two-front war, and seriously eye-fucking N Korea, Syria, and Iran while doing it. Watch the news, for god's sake.
2) By the time the Middle East and Venezuela (The mainstay of the OPEC Cartel) run out of petroleum reserves, I'm fairly certain we will come up with a renewable, clean, and affordable alternate source for soccer moms to parade around in. Ever heard of a hybrid car, asshole? We're well on our way.
3) What are the other "brushes with complete and total annihilation"? The only one I can think of was Cuba in '61. Besides, you harp on "divine providence", ergo, you belive in god, and yet you think Man can totally destroy what god created? I'm not the most religious person in the world, but if I were, that would make perfect sense to me. The only thing we threaten to destroy is ourselves.
4) Finally, the ONLY possible "human-induced cataclysmic disaster(s)" is a global thermonuclear exchange. The only legitimate nuclear threat is a rouge state with a dirty bomb, or, at best (or worst, I guess) a tactical nuke of dubious reliability. Therefore, your scorched earth scenario is highly unlikely, at best. Here comes the clue train, last stop is you. Remember the quarter of a million people that just died because of an earthquake and resulting wall of water? Less people would die from a large nuclear detonation in Lower Manhattan in a workday. Observe:
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/effectstable1.html
As you can see, a 100 kiloton weapon (which is large by any standard, let alone a half-assed nuclear power like Iran would like to be) has a 50% mortality rate to a radius of 3.2 km. Bangladesh is considered to be the most densely populated country in the world, with 2200 people per square mile.
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa012599.htm
Lets pretend the Bangladeshis pissed off Iran, Iran retaliated with a 100 kiloton nuclear blast (not bloody likely)......let's do the math:
Square area of a circle = pi x r squared
3.1416 x 3.2 x 3.2 = a 32 square kilometer area
32 square kilometers is 19.3 square miles since M = km x .6
19.3x 2200 (persons per square mile) = 42464 souls
42464 x 50% = 21, 232 people dead............in Bangladesh
Next time do your research before you start whining
Tool
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-03-09 04:20:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nothing wrong with recycling and being a vegetarian and not showering.
Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2005-03-09 03:58:55 EST (#)
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I noticed you reviewed a post just recently. I just wanted to drop a line and say I hope you stick around and write something every once in a while. Good to see you're not dead.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2004-12-25 04:15:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by pokeysrevenge (user info) at 2004-12-25 03:56:13 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-10-03 12:17:55 EDT (#)
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I miss K.M., in a heterosexual type of way.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-07-22 20:14:54 EDT (#)
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id fuck your mom
Submitted by K.M (user info) at 2004-07-22 20:04:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Bongzilla-
To be honest, I do believe in a God of sorts, but I'm not sure about a Judgement day sort of thing. I just think that our species is just too far beyond its means and too stuck in its ways to ever reverse the trend we are on. I mean, all the signs are there. It's actually pretty depressing.
And Someone, I know what you mean. The only thing I want, though, is for my parents to be gone by time this takes place. It would suck worrying about say, your elderly mother and father, if all communications and food supply were disrupted, and you were in another city or something. But other than that, I'm down for whatever. We all have to go sometime, at least we would get to see this shit happen. I just think it sucks how we are all so fatalistic about it. It's as if everybody just accepts that we are gonna have a huge, disastrous wipe out, and that's the way its gonna be.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-07-22 02:04:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My biology teacher was telling us the same things in class last semester, and when asked how I feel about it, I replied with something along the lines of "sounds good to me". Seriously, people are so fucking stupid that I would love to see them all just realize it, even if it costs me my own life or safety or comfort. Hmmm, get out of college and get a job, or post-nuclear surrounded by death, destruction, and abosolute horror. Its a no brainer!
Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-07-21 22:47:36 EDT (#)
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KM!!
Submitted by BongZilla (user info) at 2004-07-21 22:45:41 EDT (#)
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"To wrap this up, I've come to the rather disheartening conclusion that we are all fucked. Things will never change, and sometime within the next one hundred years, there will be a couple of human induced cataclysmic disasters, which will result either in a completely scorched earth, or a reversion to life before the discovery of the light bulb."
Call me a stupid, gay, moronic, Xtian, like OMG LOL!1!1!, but to me this sounds like the "End of Days", and a whether you intended or not, a reference to Revelations. I think you're right and I agree with you whether our beliefs stem from different backgrounds. Good Post.
-BongZilla
Submitted by Ali at 2004-07-21 22:06:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jimmy (user info) at 2004-07-21 21:12:01 EDT (#)
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yeah i think something's going to go wrong quite soon. the life of comfort and luxury enjoyed by the devoloped world is on a knife edge, and this period will probably be looked back on as the pinnacle of human living conditions.
in europe the increasing heat with each passing summer is melting the northern glaciers and polar ice, throwing a whole load of freshwater in to the north atlantic which is diluting the salt content, and that fucks up the 'gulfstream' (which is the only thing stopping europe being the same temperature as siberia or northern canada). sometime around 2015 europe will be plunged into hell frozen over
Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2004-07-21 20:27:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
What the hell?