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freshwest

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9. Doomsday threads always remind me of that scene in the movie Independence Day...

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 03:19 PM

May 2013

Where the young man tries to talk his friend's sister into bed, saying it's the end of the world so it's their last chance at love. But her brother walks in, laughs and shoos him away. I suspect that line has worked for centuries.

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Reuters: 100 million to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate [View all] Triana May 2013 OP

"Fabulous." - Republicans (R - 1%) Berlum May 2013 #1

Then they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

The wealthy will survive Hugabear May 2013 #3

For a while. Then the Titanic sinks. The rich will commandeer the lifeboats. BUT... Junkdrawer May 2013 #6

Yep. Killing two birds with one stone. Lucky Luciano May 2013 #13

They. Don't. Care. Nt PCIntern May 2013 #4

Our species has usually failed to act until after the fact, so... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #5

The Imp Valley is mostly dry nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #10

100 million is very small. That is less than 2 years worth of our present population growth. Gregorian May 2013 #7

OP report is optimistic? RobertEarl May 2013 #8

Doomsday threads always remind me of that scene in the movie Independence Day... freshwest May 2013 #9

"Less than one-and-a-half percent of the world population" doesn't attract readers. nt Pragdem May 2013 #11

Maybe a 10% increase in the death rate FarCenter May 2013 #12

"If current patterns ... continue." eggplant May 2013 #14