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In keeping with a theme that has recently become popular in this forum I propose that the human race is doomed. The level of stupidity found among you humans is staggering. It amazes me that you have survived this long. An example of this stupidity will follow.

In the parking lot at my place of work there is a light that has been hit by a car. It's cast iron base is shattered, and it is being held up by only two of the four bolts that are supposed to anchor it. Though it is leaning at a precarious angle and swaying slightly in the light breeze people have actually parked their cars under it.

You are all doomed to kill yourselves through stupidity.

Thank you for your opinion, but I'm much more hopeful for humanity's future. Though the fact that you say "you humans" makes me suspect you are a sentient life form from another world; what do you call your species, pray tell?
In case you couldn't tell, I was saying that in jest.

No, only the stupid people kill themselves and as a result, they better the human race as a whole. It's called natural selection, evolution if you will.

:D

And if those people are under 5' its micro-evolution.

But we will survive! All we have to do is get back from Iscandar within a year!! :D

Thank you for your opinion, but I'm much more hopeful for humanity's future. Though the fact that you say "you humans" makes me suspect you are a sentient life form from another world; what do you call your species, pray tell?
In case you couldn't tell, I was saying that in jest.
I am a biorobot. The race that created me (their language is a combination of bodylanguage and chemical signals, smells if you will, can't be translated into human languages) uploaded me into a human brain using quantum tunneling technology to get around the light speed barrier. I am essentially a thought virus that was uploaded into an ordinary human brain computer.

[QUOTE]Thank you for your opinion, but I'm much more hopeful for humanity's future. Though the fact that you say "you humans" makes me suspect you are a sentient life form from another world; what do you call your species, pray tell?

Why, hes a drunk commie I believe. Found mostly in New Jersey . They eat cocoa puffs and pop rocks mostly.

Yes we are all doomed their is no getting around it, the same fate that awaits all species. The question will we be the ones who doom ourselves or will that never happen because of some unforseen disaster?

We're not doomed at all. You say we're doomed because you THINK we are doomed without ANY scientific proof

We're not doomed at all. You say we're doomed because you THINK we are doomed without ANY scientific proof
You are all doomed because a percentage of your population is dumb enough to park under the light. These idiots sometimes luck their way into positions of power. Then they kill off the smart people around them.

You are all doomed because a percentage of your population is dumb enough to park under the light. These idiots sometimes luck their way into positions of power. Then they kill off the smart people around them.
Like Stalin? He never parked his car under a loose light.

Like Stalin? He never parked his car under a loose light.
I was thinking more along the lines of Pol Pot. That's the name of that crazy Cambodian freak, right.

I am a biorobot. The race that created me (their language is a combination of bodylanguage and chemical signals, smells if you will, can't be translated into human languages) uploaded me into a human brain using quantum tunneling technology to get around the light speed barrier. I am essentially a thought virus that was uploaded into an ordinary human brain computer.
Seriously? Is this technology capable of preserving human minds beyond the life span of their bodies?

Seriously? Is this technology capable of preserving human minds beyond the life span of their bodies?
Yes it could, but it won't be. It works by taking the programs that make up your consciousness and uploading them into a new brain. The brain must be suitable, of course. For more information read "the shadow out of time" by H.P. Lovecraft. It's a description of a similar process.

I was thinking more along the lines of Pol Pot. That's the name of that crazy Cambodian freak, right.
His car got wrecked by a falling streetlight? :eek:

His car got wrecked by a falling streetlight? :eek:
Why do you think he was so angry?

Why do you think he was so angry?
I always thought he was just insane, but this explains everything.

I wonder is Bush' car was parked in the WTC? :eek:

How close is the light pole to the entrance? It's probably sheer laziness rather than stupidity. LOL

How close is the light pole to the entrance? It's probably sheer laziness rather than stupidity. LOL
That's a good cost benefit analysis. Hmm let's see, walk ten more yards or risk getting my car crushed?

That's a good cost benefit analysis. Hmm let's see, walk ten more yards or risk getting my car crushed?
Most people simply don't stop to think, because they're always concentrating on one thing or another.

We're not doomed at all. You say we're doomed because you THINK we are doomed without ANY scientific proof

The scientific facts are that the dinosaurs died out, the mammoths died out, the sabre toothed tigers due to climate change, etc, different species are at present going extinct all over the place. When a comet hits earth (as it has done before, many times, as no doubt will happen again), we're all going to die and there's nothing anyone can do.

I don't think our own stupidity will kill us off, but it's only a matter of time before something else does :D

The scientific facts are that the dinosaurs died out, the mammoths died out, the sabre toothed tigers due to climate change, etc, different species are at present going extinct all over the place. When a comet hits earth (as it has done before, many times, as no doubt will happen again), we're all going to die and there's nothing anyone can do.

I don't think our own stupidity will kill us off, but it's only a matter of time before something else does :D
But we CAN live in several environments because of...

...DUM DUM DUM...


... Technology!

When a comet hits earth (as it has done before, many times, as no doubt will happen again),
A comet has never hit Earth. Asteroids and meteorites, yes, but no comets.

A comet has never hit Earth. Asteroids and meteorites, yes, but no comets.
Don't some people theorize that that's where most of our water came from?

Don't some people theorize that that's where most of our water came from?
And those some people are wrong. Our water came form volcanic eruptions.

yes, suposedly over 50% of the water came from comets when the earth was being formed.

And those some people are wrong. Our water came form volcanic eruptions.
What about the current moon creation theory? Do you believe that's also wrong?

No, only the stupid people kill themselves and as a result, they better the human race as a whole. It's called natural selection, evolution if you will.

:D

And they will amuse the rest of us as they die. And we will give them Darwin Awards on their way out.

moon creation?
were a rock slamed into us ejected a bunch of stuff and formed from a "disk" of space trach of many years?

What about the current moon creation theory? Do you believe that's also wrong?
And which might that be? The moon being torn off the molten earth by an asteroid impact? Oh. Wait. Can't be that one, because there's no comet.

i don't suppose it occurred to you to tape a sign to the pole that says 'danger, look up' ?

or to tell the owner of the damn thing that they have a broken lightpost?

i don't suppose it occurred to you to tape a sign to the pole that says 'danger, look up' ?

or to tell the owner of the damn thing that they have a broken lightpost?
And risk knocking it down by tampering with it? Seriously, it's that unstable. It's tilted like twenty five degrees or so and swaying. Besides, I wasn't sent here to help humans, just study them. Altering their behavior will give me false results.

A comet has never hit Earth. Asteroids and meteorites, yes, but no comets.

That's because our Star Force reunited to fight the White Comet Empire!

Besides, I wasn't sent here to help humans, just study them. Altering their behavior will give me false results.

okay, fair enough.

how about this? (depending on your insurance, of course, but) if your car gets totalled in an accident, it goes under your collision. you have to pay a deductible and your insurance rates go up. a lightpost falls on your car and totals it, it goes under your comprehensive -- no deductible, no adverse impact on your rates, and you get full replacement value for your car, which you aren't likely to get if you tried to sell it or trade it in.

seriously, if you have to get rid of a car, having a large object fall on it is probably the most economic method of doing it, provided you aren't in it at the time.

okay, fair enough.

how about this? (depending on your insurance, of course, but) if your car gets totalled in an accident, it goes under your collision. you have to pay a deductible and your insurance rates go up. a lightpost falls on your car and totals it, it goes under your comprehensive -- no deductible, no adverse impact on your rates, and you get full replacement value for your car, which you aren't likely to get if you tried to sell it or trade it in.

seriously, if you have to get rid of a car, having a large object fall on it is probably the most economic method of doing it, provided you aren't in it at the time.


No, the most economical way of getting rid of a car is by blowing it up with dynamite.

And risk knocking it down by tampering with it? Seriously, it's that unstable. It's tilted like twenty five degrees or so and swaying. Besides, I wasn't sent here to help humans, just study them. Altering their behavior will give me false results.

As part of an experiment you could make a sign that says "Danger: Look Up" place it under the light. then later place the sign somewhere else and record the reaction of people.

its also fun to simply look up at something on the ceiling in a large crowded public place (like a shopping mall) and then 5-10 mins later checking to see how many people are trying to see what you're looking at.

As part of an experiment you could make a sign that says "Danger: Look Up" place it under the light. then later place the sign somewhere else and record the reaction of people.

its also fun to simply look up at something on the ceiling in a large crowded public place (like a shopping mall) and then 5-10 mins later checking to see how many people are trying to see what you're looking at.
How about a sign that says "press here" on the opposite side of the pole and a similar sign on a stable pole and see who is willing to follow orders when they know those orders will harm someone else's property.

Dear drunk commies, I hardly think the entirety of human kind is doomed because of a small, insignificant accident in a parking lot.

Dear drunk commies, I hardly think the entirety of human kind is doomed because of a small, insignificant accident in a parking lot.
It's representative of your whole puny species.

okay, fair enough.

how about this? (depending on your insurance, of course, but) if your car gets totalled in an accident, it goes under your collision. you have to pay a deductible and your insurance rates go up. a lightpost falls on your car and totals it, it goes under your comprehensive -- no deductible, no adverse impact on your rates, and you get full replacement value for your car, which you aren't likely to get if you tried to sell it or trade it in.

seriously, if you have to get rid of a car, having a large object fall on it is probably the most economic method of doing it, provided you aren't in it at the time.

You don't get replacement value for your car! You get LKQ, or like kind and quality value only. Good luck replacing it with that.

It's representative of your whole puny species.

How many drinks have you had, anyway?

How many drinks have you had, anyway?
Just today or in my whole lifetime?

Just today or in my whole lifetime?

Just in the past few hours.

Just in the past few hours.
5 cups of diet pepsi

You don't get replacement value for your car! You get LKQ, or like kind and quality value only. Good luck replacing it with that.

You are right Dorksonia -- I misspoke. thanks for pointing that out.

By 'replacement' value, I meant the amount of money you would need to purchase (replace) the equivalent of your car. same year, mileage, condition...not a new car, *not* replacement value as a homeowners policy refers to replacement value.

However, when they totalled my car after a tree fell on it (storm damage -- noone to fault), the amount of money I received from my insurance company was significantly more than I would ever have received had I sold the car on my own, or tried to use it as a trade in.

(as an aside, i was kind of kidding, too...given the content of the thread...)

You are right Dorksonia -- I misspoke. thanks for pointing that out.

By 'replacement' value, I meant the amount of money you would need to purchase (replace) the equivalent of your car. same year, mileage, condition...not a new car, *not* replacement value as a homeowners policy refers to replacement value.

However, when they totalled my car after a tree fell on it (storm damage -- noone to fault), the amount of money I received from my insurance company was significantly more than I would ever have received had I sold the car on my own, or tried to use it as a trade in.

(as an aside, i was kind of kidding, too...given the content of the thread...)

Understood! Good to chat with you!

And risk knocking it down by tampering with it? Seriously, it's that unstable. It's tilted like twenty five degrees or so and swaying. Besides, I wasn't sent here to help humans, just study them. Altering their behavior will give me false results.
Hmmm. Where is this pole again? I've got this old car I would love to get the insurance money on so I can buy a new one. :D

Hmmm. Where is this pole again? I've got this old car I would love to get the insurance money on so I can buy a new one. :D
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