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jimfields33

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23. We shut the entire world down for a year and it barely moved the needle.

Reply to RandomNumbers (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 7, 2021, 06:34 PM

Dec 2021

It didn’t even add a day on to the climate change disaster date of 14 years or so. That to me is depressing.

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Elon Musk thinks we need to start cranking out more babies, ASAP [View all] NickB79 Dec 2021 OP

Why Grimes fled? Voltaire2 Dec 2021 #1

Maybe she should have done so... regnaD kciN Dec 2021 #17

So is that an advertisement? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2

The Celebrity CEO JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #3

Maybe more low wage workers for his brother's Captain Zero Dec 2021 #32

once again proving the need for a high wealth tax DBoon Dec 2021 #4

Every time he opens his mouth..removing any doubt about his intelligence PortTack Dec 2021 #5

This is the problem with (I will say it again) celebrity culture. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #6

The planet is a credit card, and we're on the verge of maxing it out NickB79 Dec 2021 #7

verge? WarGamer Dec 2021 #27

Yes and no. RandomNumbers Dec 2021 #16

We shut the entire world down for a year and it barely moved the needle. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #23

I am starting to believe that our plummeting birth rate is due to the filthy rich Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #8

No the amount of growth has declined IbogaProject Dec 2021 #13

Yeah, I misread that. Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #18

I think you read that incorrectly - no effin way has population declined. RandomNumbers Dec 2021 #14

Oh,, you're right Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #15

Yes how much is he willing to pay for it? IbogaProject Dec 2021 #9

Oh go sit on a rock and launch yourself to Mars Stinky The Clown Dec 2021 #10

+10000000 Pachamama Dec 2021 #19

or we could let more people immigrate eShirl Dec 2021 #11

As long as he promises to not help name ANY OF THEM....maybe dutch777 Dec 2021 #12

Fewer Customers? Fewer souls to save? Less Profiteering? msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #20

He's worried he will have to pay people more. roamer65 Dec 2021 #21

Being rich doesn't make his opinion count, enabling these assholes is our species' true failure (Nt) FreepFryer Dec 2021 #22

The cost of children does not keep up with what people like Musk want to pay employees Johonny Dec 2021 #24

Elon needs future moon miners. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #25

I'm beginning to think that Elon Musk is just a lucky moron. Goodheart Dec 2021 #26

Christ, ya think? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #29

His Mind Has Taken A Walk Off The Map ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #28

Fuck that guy. 634-5789 Dec 2021 #30

the declining birth rate is in the Global North iemanja Dec 2021 #31

+1, great minds uponit7771 Dec 2021 #34

Who's the "... we..." he's talking about ?! uponit7771 Dec 2021 #33

Right? My people are making tons of babies! Iggo Dec 2021 #38

I think Elon needs to get to Mars ASAP or sooner nilram Dec 2021 #35

He is becoming the modern day Howard Hughes. texasfiddler Dec 2021 #36

You first, Elon. Iggo Dec 2021 #37

Then you better grow yourself a uterus and assume the position, Elon. Maru Kitteh Dec 2021 #39