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54. Nothing to do with egocentrism

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 07:47 PM

Jun 2021

It's all about the ecological disasters that don't happen because of things that we've created, and continue to maintain.

Imagine all of the undersea oil drilling sites bursting open one after another over decades of human neglect, untended nuclear reactors, untended chemical tanks and silos and boxcars and tanker trucks, etc.

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Spare a Thought for the Billions of People Who Will Never Exist [View all] Nevilledog May 2021 OP

Inflation is now the planet's friend. roamer65 May 2021 #1

throughout history Skittles May 2021 #2

If men conceived and birthed children- OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #9

THIS Talitha Jun 2021 #19

There would also be "heaviest flow" and "biggest clot" contests. 11 Bravo Jun 2021 #50

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO so we're going beyond conception to pre-conceived? WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #3

Good gawd MomInTheCrowd May 2021 #4

Ummm... rownesheck May 2021 #5

FFS nt. uriel1972 May 2021 #6

I never wanted to have kids. I got snipped to keep it that way..... brooklynite May 2021 #7

And they will never know who Donald Trump is or was. Yavin4 May 2021 #8

Or the abject horror... uriel1972 May 2021 #10

Or Game of Thrones seasons 5 through 8. n/t Yavin4 May 2021 #12

A day doesn't go by when I don't not think about them. nt Buns_of_Fire May 2021 #11

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If anything is ever worthy of the response below, it certainly is this steaming pile... Salviati Jun 2021 #14

That cracked me up! smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #24

❤ Duppers Jun 2021 #29

ROFL malaise Jun 2021 #40

With 7 Billion people on the planet & a good number of them starving or otherwise dying early... Hekate Jun 2021 #15

The world would be so much better off without us. I hope we die out. Coventina Jun 2021 #16

A sudden die-off of humanity would be HORRENDOUS for the ecosystem Silent3 Jun 2021 #20

I don't believe that the universe has an opinion Thunderbeast Jun 2021 #21

I said nothing about any opinion of the universe Silent3 Jun 2021 #22

There's a series called "Life After People" and it talks about how earth would heal itself after us. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #31

I've watched that series, and it's pretty good... Silent3 Jun 2021 #56

My goodness. Disaffected Jun 2021 #41

Nothing to do with egocentrism Silent3 Jun 2021 #54

Fine, sudden die-off bad, gradual better (maybe - hard to predict the end result of either scernio). Disaffected Jun 2021 #58

What's particularly egocentric about wanting to expand beyond the Earth? Silent3 Jun 2021 #59

One presumes you think that doesn't apply to yourself, of course. Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #33

Of course I include myself. I fully intend to die. n/t Coventina Jun 2021 #39

As will we all regardless of our opinion on this matter. But you said you wanted to humanity itself Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #48

I did not say "by any means necessary" Coventina Jun 2021 #49

I apologize for misquoting you. You said "whatever it takes". Rather sloppy of me to get it wrong, Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #60

Wow! peggysue2 Jun 2021 #17

I remember reading somewhere that for everyone to have a European standard of living... roamer65 Jun 2021 #18

Exactly! Duppers Jun 2021 #30

Must be a joke 😹 Meowmee Jun 2021 #23

What? smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #25

How lucky can you get? PlanetBev Jun 2021 #26

That article was as philosophically deep as Pinto in *Animal House*. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #27

That is so going to be my next exercise in woolgathering. Solly Mack Jun 2021 #28

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Black Mambo's, French Ticklers... uriel1972 Jun 2021 #34

Monty Python--Every sperm is precious: panader0 Jun 2021 #45

What a pile of 💩 nt Raine Jun 2021 #35

Okay. BlueStater Jun 2021 #36

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No shit. Dude where is my Sartre? nt JanMichael Jun 2021 #53

I thought this would be from the Onion Wednesdays Jun 2021 #38

it's business week - they really mean 'consumers' that will never exist KG Jun 2021 #42

This is some weapons-grade stupid . . . . hatrack Jun 2021 #43

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This article... uriel1972 Jun 2021 #46

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While we're at it, should we spare a thought for the billions lost at Alderaan? JHB Jun 2021 #52

This almost seems "Thanosian" Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #55

This story reminded me of an old Peanuts comic Tom Kitten Jun 2021 #57