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Polybius

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28. I'm all but certain 2020 will be remembered by all
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 01:33 AM
Jul 2020

It will be know as the year of Covid-19. We still talk about the Spanish Flu and the Black Plague.

It's just business Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #1
The ruling cockroaches John Ludi Jul 2020 #2
500 Years Is Too Long a Time Period. MineralMan Jul 2020 #3
I picked 500 years since that is the amount of time since Columbus Steelrolled Jul 2020 #12
I'm all but certain 2020 will be remembered by all Polybius Jul 2020 #28
Wow. That's a very optimistic question. Newest Reality Jul 2020 #4
Ok. I'm going to have to take a good amount of quality time to digest your response. Bravo! erronis Jul 2020 #13
Our unrelieved racism against black and brown people. CTyankee Jul 2020 #5
Global Warming. Full Stop. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #6
The way we treat animals now will be abhorrent in 50 years Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #7
i sure hope they make significant progress from our days SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #8
My guess (more a hope) would be our rationalization of greed and materialism... LanternWaste Jul 2020 #9
Species loss, especially species lost to climate change. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #10
We'll be lucky if there's even a civilization still left to care 500 years from now ansible Jul 2020 #11
driving cars Takket Jul 2020 #14
In spite of the anti-science hatred in these people, we're in the middle of a exceptional growth erronis Jul 2020 #15
I appreciate your take Steelrolled Jul 2020 #19
Our ignorance and rejection cilla4progress Jul 2020 #16
The Anthropocene extinction Dukkha Jul 2020 #17
Inhumane prison system Lars39 Jul 2020 #18
It's gonna be a long list, but here's my top five. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #20
Same thing the German people of the 1930s are condemned for. Iggo Jul 2020 #21
Cops and incarceration. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #22
Apes will rule the world. Humans will have lost the ability to speak. Otherwise... madinmaryland Jul 2020 #23
At the rate we're going we'll be lucky if we're not living in mad max world by then Calculating Jul 2020 #24
Eating animals and all the other cruel things that people do to them now. nt Raine Jul 2020 #25
Facebook and Twitter. milestogo Jul 2020 #26
Species extinction creeksneakers2 Jul 2020 #27
That all depends on what happens in the next 500 years JI7 Jul 2020 #29
I chose 500 years Steelrolled Jul 2020 #30
ruining the climate eShirl Jul 2020 #31
The Cult of Money. hunter Jul 2020 #32
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