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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:56 PM Original message |
Earth on track for epic die-off, scientists say |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is actually a pretty great moment. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. To destoy itself and most life on earth? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. On a global, historical scale, can you name anything that humans en masse are better at doing? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Nope |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. It sure is fascinating to watch. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. no species remains dominant forever |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. The difference is this one is our own fault. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Maybe it isn't |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. 95 % of species that have lived on this planet are now extinct. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damn that Democratic party |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. if there's an epic die-off, it won't be due to "nature," but to the actions of the ruling class. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The actions of humans in general. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. "A virus with shoes". Great line. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. no, not humans "in general". 80% of the world lives on less than $10 US. Humans "in general" don't |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. 80% of the world may live on US$10 a day, but the other 20% aren't 'the ruling class' |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. no, the other 1% are, more or less. So what? "Humanity in general" isn't |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Cultural fallacy. Our culture does not equal humanity. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Other societies, given the technological and resource advantages enjoyed by Western societies... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Humans, even the ruling-class ones, are a part of Nature, same as asteroids |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can't happen soon enough |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Have you ever had to go hungry? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'll be gone (I'm pretty sure) long before that. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm talking months that stretch into years |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Possible. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Four days doesn't really count. By the second week of 460 cal/day, there's no feeling of "hunger" |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. There may not be enough time left for another intelligent species to arise.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. While fossil life appeared 4.5 billion years ago, it was quite simple |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Life has been around a bit longer than 4500 years.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I meant 4500 million, sorry |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I know, just a gentle leg pulling.. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Plus, we'll consume all life on earth before we go down |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. We have made a mess and we're going to make a bigger mess before we're done.. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Not possible; too many extremophiles. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Why are you here? You don't care about human being or other living things |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. starting with us. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Astroid on track to hit.. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Asteroid on track to miss, in 2029... |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sad rec from an amphibian biologist |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just wait until the Democrats take back the White House and the Congress. Things will change. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Humans are a virus: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And a sexually transmitted one. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's Bill Clinton's fault! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. The late "great" human race. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Along with everything else of intrinsic worth |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I would guess that the faster the human race disappears, the greater the chances |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I think the human race will consume absolutely everything before it goes down |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Generally good. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
65. Holy Moly! I hope you don't face anything like that again |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. we're an exterminator species |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. So there's nothing left to do but DISCO! |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Humans are exactly like cancer cells |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. It even has a name: The Holocene Extinction.. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. My arthritis is so bad, I can't kiss my ass goodbye. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. All the celebratory comments in this thread are fairly disgusting |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. They think that it won't effect them, therefore they don't care |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. You are beyond politics when you speculate about extinction scenarios. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. All life dies. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I'm with you. & i feel lurking behind it (sometimes pretty obviously, in comments like |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 04:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It's even worse than anti-democratic, it's anti-HUMAN |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 04:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. they're apparently fine with *some* humans -- those like themselves. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. or maybe they're just failures at that offing themselves thing |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Gallows humor |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. Should I pay off my credit cards or not? nt |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. First, CUT THEM UP!!! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. Meanwhile any type of progress at Copenhagen was flushed down the toilet. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
66. Mother Nature always seems to have a system for coughing up the phlegm. knr nt |
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