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So, will we see Global Warming reducing now?

Cabra West
10-12-2008, 13:18
To all you Pastafarians out there....

Given the recent increase in pirate activity, albeit off the coast of Africa rather than in the Caribean, do you think this will have reducing effect on Global Warming?

After all, it has been shown that the decline in piracy was directly linked to the increase in Global Warming :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/FSM_Pirates.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#Pirates_and_global_warming

I think it might be interesting to observe how the climate will evolve now.
Ifreann
10-12-2008, 13:20
With any luck we might get back to early 90s levels. It's not much, but it's a start.
Holy Cheese and Shoes
10-12-2008, 13:21
There may be increased snowfall off the horn of Africa, as it's really a localized phenomenon.
Cabra West
10-12-2008, 13:21
With any luck we might get back to early 90s levels. It's not much, but it's a start.

Should piracy be a pardonable offence, you think, given the possibly beneficial effects it may have on the climate?
Should pirates get tax credits the way churches do, for example? ;)
Vault 10
10-12-2008, 13:22
To all you Pastafarians out there....

Given the recent increase in pirate activity, albeit off the coast of Africa rather than in the Caribean, do you think this will have reducing effect on Global Warming?

I think it will, but really the Global Warming will only be stopped when the barrier between the Interweb and reality finally dissolves, and all the network piracy floods the mundane realm.
Cabra West
10-12-2008, 13:23
I think it will, but really the Global Warming will only be stopped when the barrier between the Interweb and reality finally dissolves, and all the network piracy floods the mundane realm.

Would you say internet piracy has made the web a pretty cool place, then?
Cabra West
10-12-2008, 13:24
There may be increased snowfall off the horn of Africa, as it's really a localized phenomenon.

Hmm... how could we globalise piracy? We might need to ask Bush and his cronies, I'm sure they'd have some helpful ideas.
Ifreann
10-12-2008, 13:41
Should piracy be a pardonable offence, you think, given the possibly beneficial effects it may have on the climate?
Should pirates get tax credits the way churches do, for example? ;)
At the very least we should have pirate outfits and equipment VAT free. Maybe even provide government grants for those planning to build/buy a pirate vessel.
Would you say internet piracy has made the web a pretty cool place, then?

Which explains why so many people on the internet doubt the existence of global warming, the internet is so full of pirates that it isn't feeling the effects.
Pure Metal
10-12-2008, 13:49
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9092/morepiratescopyll9.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2226/smileis1.gif
Bootiliciousness
10-12-2008, 13:53
better hope not... it's preventing the next ice age
Ordo Drakul
10-12-2008, 14:00
The Lesser Ice Age ended the same year Washington and his troops were at Valley Forge-given the rate at which Ice Ages come and go, I'd think a bit of global warming is still due before the next cooldown.
I think it's more likely the warming affects piracy than vice versa-piracy is largely a waiting game, and who wants to lay out in hot weather?
Dorksonian
10-12-2008, 14:57
The world has been cooling for the past decade. Regardless, the planet heats and cools in cycles, and has since it was first formed. Man really has no say in it, just hold on and enjoy the ride.
Ifreann
10-12-2008, 15:03
The world has been cooling for the past decade. Regardless, the planet heats and cools in cycles, and has since it was first formed. Man really has no say in it, just hold on and enjoy the ride.

Look at that graph, man! How can you deny that kind of science?
Barringtonia
10-12-2008, 15:15
Look at that graph, man! How can you deny that kind of science?

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, it's a good hiding place for pirates too.
Cabra West
10-12-2008, 15:28
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, it's a good hiding place for pirates too.

Apparently, so's the Sasketchewan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJCWyNvY7U)...
Barringtonia
10-12-2008, 15:44
Apparently, so's the Sasketchewan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJCWyNvY7U)...

I doubt a proper pirate could pronounce it.

Sasketchahhhfuckit - that's the pirate pronunciation.
Lord Tothe
10-12-2008, 15:56
Look at that graph, man! How can you deny that kind of science?

*Looks at graph*

Can't deny it. Anyone with a graph HAS to be speaking the truth, 'cuz graphs are always proof that the bearer of the graph is right!
Ashmoria
10-12-2008, 15:58
wow

obviously the next kyoto accords should include privateer quotas.
greed and death
10-12-2008, 16:07
Hmm... how could we globalise piracy? We might need to ask Bush and his cronies, I'm sure they'd have some helpful ideas.

declare war on piracy and invade a random country with oil. I say Venezuela.
Free Soviets
10-12-2008, 17:07
The world has been cooling for the past decade. Regardless, the planet heats and cools in cycles, and has since it was first formed. Man really has no say in it, just hold on and enjoy the ride.

wow, both embarrassingly wrong and totally not getting it. impressive!
Nanatsu no Tsuki
10-12-2008, 17:09
Cabra, honey... I am sooooo lost... :tongue:
Call to power
10-12-2008, 17:14
so its bloody pirates that are making it so damn cold?! :mad:

also the rise and fall of pirates has been going on for billions of years I doubt humanity can have much of an effect on it :wink:
No Names Left Damn It
10-12-2008, 18:09
I say we genetically engineer some sort of anti-pirate monster to eat all these pirates. That should warm things back up.
Call to power
10-12-2008, 18:20
I say we genetically engineer some sort of anti-pirate monster to eat all these pirates. That should warm things back up.

drink all the rum!
Braaainsss
10-12-2008, 18:29
To all you Pastafarians out there....

Given the recent increase in pirate activity, albeit off the coast of Africa rather than in the Caribean, do you think this will have reducing effect on Global Warming?

After all, it has been shown that the decline in piracy was directly linked to the increase in Global Warming :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/FSM_Pirates.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#Pirates_and_global_warming

I think it might be interesting to observe how the climate will evolve now.

Unfortunately, the approximation of 17 pirates in the year 2000 suggests much narrower criteria than simply crimes on the high seas. Piracy has consistently been a problem in many shipping lanes, such as the Straits of Malacca. So the destabilization of Somalia and the subsequent increase in "pirate" activity off the east coast of Africa will likely fail to slow or reverse global warming. What we require is a Pirate Corps equipped with eye patches, swords, and buried treasure.
Tmutarakhan
10-12-2008, 18:32
Why are pirates called "pirates"?



Because they arrrrrr!
No Names Left Damn It
10-12-2008, 18:35
Why was that necessary?
The One Eyed Weasel
10-12-2008, 18:46
Only 17 pirates existed in the year 2000...?



What?
The Alma Mater
10-12-2008, 19:14
Only 17 pirates existed in the year 2000...?



What?

Pirates have eyepatches, a parrot, a wooden leg and say "Arrrrrr" alot.
That the pirate brand has been diluted by the nefarious and insidious tendency of the media to use the word for e.g. people stealing oiltankers or children downloading songs from the internet is sad.
HC Eredivisie
10-12-2008, 19:20
To all you Pastafarians out there....

Given the recent increase in pirate activity, albeit off the coast of Africa rather than in the Caribean, do you think this will have reducing effect on Global Warming?

After all, it has been shown that the decline in piracy was directly linked to the increase in Global Warming :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/FSM_Pirates.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#Pirates_and_global_warming

I think it might be interesting to observe how the climate will evolve now.No.

Because they are not real pirates, with parrots and wooden legs, sailships, eye patches, cannons, and cool names like Black Beard.


And I'm in love with your avatar, will you marry me?
Weddingnight only is good too.
HC Eredivisie
10-12-2008, 19:21
Pirates have eyepatches, a parrot, a wooden leg and say "Arrrrrr" alot.
That the pirate brand has been diluted by the nefarious and insidious tendency of the media to use the word for e.g. people stealing oiltankers or children downloading songs from the internet is sad.This is what I get for not reading the second page, curse you!.

and for irony this goes to the third page....
Hayteria
10-12-2008, 19:23
To all you Pastafarians out there....

Given the recent increase in pirate activity, albeit off the coast of Africa rather than in the Caribean, do you think this will have reducing effect on Global Warming?

After all, it has been shown that the decline in piracy was directly linked to the increase in Global Warming :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/FSM_Pirates.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#Pirates_and_global_warming

I think it might be interesting to observe how the climate will evolve now.
The pirate chart is a pretty weak analogy for comparison to greenhouse gases. The pirate chart's inconsistent scale in the x-axis aside, the latter is based on science and the former isn't.
The One Eyed Weasel
10-12-2008, 19:25
Pirates have eyepatches, a parrot, a wooden leg and say "Arrrrrr" alot.
That the pirate brand has been diluted by the nefarious and insidious tendency of the media to use the word for e.g. people stealing oiltankers or children downloading songs from the internet is sad.

I lol'd.


Still, this is some sheisty science.
HC Eredivisie
10-12-2008, 19:26
I lol'd.


Still, this is some sheisty science.

It's on the Internet therefor it is true.
Cabra West
11-12-2008, 10:13
No.

Because they are not real pirates, with parrots and wooden legs, sailships, eye patches, cannons, and cool names like Black Beard.


And I'm in love with your avatar, will you marry me?
Weddingnight only is good too.

Well, they've got no sail ships, that's true... but how do you know they don't have parrotts, eye patches, wooden legs and cool names?

Sorry, no, I can't marry you, I've promised someone else. And bigamy is just too much work.
But we can talk about the wedding night ;)
Anti-Social Darwinism
11-12-2008, 10:20
Should piracy be a pardonable offence, you think, given the possibly beneficial effects it may have on the climate?
Should pirates get tax credits the way churches do, for example? ;)

Queen Elizabeth should give them Letters of Marque. Then they could turn over a portion of the loot to her in return for titles and land.
Cabra West
11-12-2008, 10:32
Queen Elizabeth should give them Letters of Marque. Then they could turn over a portion of the loot to her in return for titles and land.

They might be the solution to the credit crunch!!!! :eek:

;)
HC Eredivisie
11-12-2008, 15:34
Well, they've got no sail ships, that's true... but how do you know they don't have parrotts, eye patches, wooden legs and cool names?Because they're not real pirates.:tongue:

Sorry, no, I can't marry you, I've promised someone else. And bigamy is just too much work.
But we can talk about the wedding night ;)
Drats.:(
Dorksonian
11-12-2008, 17:29
Look at that graph, man! How can you deny that kind of science?

Nothing more than POLITICAL science.
Dorksonian
11-12-2008, 17:30
Proof that indoctrination is alive and well.