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Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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The truth is gonna end up somewhere in the middle of the end times fears expressed by TW and some others here and the deniers who don't think we are having all that big an impact on the environment, like ijay, chance, BG etc. Much like the stupidity happening with Brexit right now, we could avert a catastrophe if we took radical action now, but we won't,because politicians are craven and as a species we are short-sighted and dumb. But this won't lead to an end of our species; not even close.
I cringe when I hear people get that dramatic with it, because it allows people on the right to dismiss real climate change fears as hysteria. But what will happen is massive damage to delicate ecosystems like our reefs, which are already seeing the negative effects of our behavior. Massive damage to coastal cities will follow. Droughts, floods, famine. New deserts where once farmable land was. People moving out of borderline places that are now already almost too hot to live. Massive displacements globally from near deserts and coasts. Life in general is gonna suck more for most people in most places, and many will die. Then and only then will we end up caring about this enough to make changes that will be too late to help lots of people, but will stem the tide enough for us to soldier on. Life will continue, maybe a few thousand species that don't adapt fast enough less than we have now, but eventually new species will emerge adapted to the new environment. But we won't be one of the ones that go extinct. We are far too resilient. It is still gonna suck, though. I wish we weren't so dumb as a species, but we often have to learn things the hard way.
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Humans are a virus - Agent Smith "The Matrix"It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years and we must stop it.
Bill Clinton 1995, State of the Union Address
"When they go low - we go High" great motto - too bad it was a sack of bullshit. DNC election mantra
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Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostBut we won't be one of the ones that go extinct. We are far too resilient.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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