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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]CaptPicard
(5 posts)"Technophobic misanthropy?" More like reality. What's the point of colonizing space? So we can have five kids each without feeling guilty? What'll we do when the population of Mars becomes unsustainable? Migrate to another planet like a swarm of locusts? Why do you hold humanity so highly? We're a disgusting species, the only species that actively causes its own demise. And you want to spread us out further? Oh we're just so glorious, ain't we? Glorious humanity, with our fucking obesity and sweaty armpits, hell, half of us are too fucking fat to walk to the mailbox. Oh, but we're just so pre-shus and spe-shul! I'm sure the average Ugandan child is deeply interested in your science fiction, really I am. This is exactly the kind of bullshit that turns off voters. You sound like the type who thinks we're immortal. Guess what? The universe will end one day, no matter what we do, and us with it. It doesn't matter if we build a billion monuments on a billion worlds, IT WILL END. The universe will end and we will be gone along with everything else. WHY ARE YOU AN OPTIMIST???? WHY ARE PEOPLE OPTIMISTS? THERE IS NO FUCKING POINT.
NO. FUCKING. POINT.