Eccentric Flower:200909/Choose Your Own
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Choose Your Own
In honor of Labor Day, whose history in America involves trying to convince workers not to be slackers - yes, it's true, the American Labor Day is a holiday whose purpose was to encourage labor; I'd explain but the margin is not big enough to contain the proof - you may select your favorite options for the catastrophic end of the nation. I did not actually get more than three rows down because I got tired of trying to prioritize my top choices (only five? not nearly enough), but I think it will suffice to say that all my selections were squarely in the "Man's Fault/Everybody Dies" quadrant.
If that's not a game to your taste, then perhaps you would prefer this. However, you should be aware there's a non-zero chance that this site is, in fact, one of the signs of the impending doom of our nation.
Mel:
I don't see how it's arrogant to think that five billion of us can destroy the earth. We seem to be doing a damn good job, actually.
I did this yesterday and forgot to post it - here's a screenshot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellicious/3902393591/ Apparently I am actually less pessimistic than their average, which is sort of scary.
-- 06:42, 9 September 2009 (BST)
I base that observation upon the fact that one volcanic eruption spews more so-called pollution into the atmosphere we're supposedly destroying than all of mankind combined. And there have been untold hundreds of eruptions over the years, and... we're still here. I'm sure if we put our minds to it, we could destroy OURSELVES (with nuclear war or perhaps some antibiotic-resistant pestilence, or maybe we over-fish the oceans and all starve to death) but not the Earth. Mother Earth will go when she's damned good and ready. Unless she gets hit by a killer asteroid...
-- 11:49, 9 September 2009 (BST)
Bunny42:
On a subway grate??? Er...
There are way too many catastrophic options. I couldn't decide. I'm pretty sure it's arrogant to think that man could destroy the Earth, but the nation? Nations come and nations go, so yeah, I suppose we could do it.
Whoa, no, I don't agree that snuggiesutra is a sign of doom. On the contrary, I think people take themselves too damned seriously. A sense of humor is what is lacking. The PC camp and all those who look for ways to be offended could ultimately be our downfall.
-- 17:46, 8 September 2009 (BST)