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BlancheSplanchnik

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8. Earth didn't suck until people came along.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:42 PM

Feb 2015

Which opens the door to research on the question, What caused an intelligent creator who designed an original pristine Earth, and all of its myriad flora and fauna in a miraculous triumph of self-sustaining, interdependent beauty to suddenly become an apparent imbecile and decide to create humans?

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Astronomers Discover New Planet That Really Makes Earth Look Like Shit [View all] KamaAina Feb 2015 OP

Awesome! Galileo126 Feb 2015 #1

Hey, it's our festering pile of garbage - some respect here packman Feb 2015 #2

Is this a form of Venus envy? Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #3

not Venus dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #4

:) pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #6

I guess that makes Earth the new... pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #5

. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #7

No. One big Arkansaw. Hoppy Feb 2015 #9

That's an odd way to spell Mississippi. hifiguy Feb 2015 #11

Earth didn't suck until people came along. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #8

It is an experiment. God's science fair project. HubertHeaver Feb 2015 #19

When can the sane folks on earth leave for there? hifiguy Feb 2015 #10

I don't think the gravity on that planet would be too much fun for us. Hoppy Feb 2015 #12

My thought is the density is lower dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #13

I've heard good things about Kepler-186f, though. KamaAina Feb 2015 #15

I call dibs on ALL of Kepler 186f's beachfront property. 47of74 Mar 2015 #20

Nope. KamaAina Mar 2015 #21

If I'll weigh less there, then I'm packing now LiberalElite Mar 2015 #23

I'd like to hear scientists talk like that at a press conference. lovemydog Feb 2015 #14

Language please retired rooster Feb 2015 #16

Ummm, it's The Onion. crim son Feb 2015 #17

No Crim son... retired rooster Feb 2015 #18

No tectonic activity? NNadir Mar 2015 #22