tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post4995545788060921108..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Missing the Dead ThingsBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-66294293314005270142014-04-09T13:48:50.262-04:002014-04-09T13:48:50.262-04:00We missed you on Sunday night! And wow, thanks for...We missed you on Sunday night! And wow, thanks for the kind words. Poor thylacine. Wah! Not sure if Chris kept up with the texting... there's a little, well actually an extensive, slide show on the Village Voice website: http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/the-carnivorous-nights-taxidermy-contest-was-very-strange-indeed-41094284/ <br />See you on April 22. Or else!Secret Science Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865590228324616266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-53176022864604287042014-04-07T23:42:02.912-04:002014-04-07T23:42:02.912-04:00we may reach a point where the maximum global huma...<i>we may reach a point where the maximum global human population is only a couple billion</i><br /><br />I suspect that the *sustainable* population has never been more than hundreds of millions, and will be less than that when we've finished devouring the soil, the sea, the oil and the underground aquifers.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-42607390603141102422014-04-07T15:48:40.229-04:002014-04-07T15:48:40.229-04:00Thanks, guy. I like you, too.
Gee, you're swe...<i>Thanks, guy. I like you, too.</i><br /><br />Gee, you're swell... must be that gas buildup...<br /><br /><i>You may need a more accurate trebuchet.</i><br /><br />It's just a matter of adjusting the counterweight...<br /><br /><i>We'll probably get ourselves, too, in the end.</i><br /><br />The rats and roaches won't miss us.<br /><br /><i>Otherwise what we're really doing is reducing the sustainable human population on the planet. Given wars, disease, pollution, sea level rise and atmospheric warming we may reach a point where the maximum global human population is only a couple billion, and the society may well become unconnected, tribal, authoritarian, even feudal. But it's hard to see a truly human-created human extinction...</i><br /><br />Environmentalism has always been about the health of the human species. We'll never be able to kill off the archaea or bacteria.<br /><br /><i>Given wars, disease, pollution, sea level rise and atmospheric warming we may reach a point where the maximum global human population is only a couple billion, and the society may well become unconnected, tribal, authoritarian, even feudal.</i><br /><br />Some conspiracy theorists see that as the endgame, but I think they are wrong about the players and the means by which such an end will be accomplished.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-72260090527369676532014-04-07T15:11:44.389-04:002014-04-07T15:11:44.389-04:00I think about the only thing that could conceivabl...I think about the only thing that could conceivably cause human extinction is some kind of genetically altered virus that has just the right set of characteristics.<br /><br />Otherwise what we're really doing is reducing the sustainable human population on the planet. Given wars, disease, pollution, sea level rise and atmospheric warming we may reach a point where the maximum global human population is only a couple billion, and the society may well become unconnected, tribal, authoritarian, even feudal. But it's hard to see a truly human-created human extinction...mikeyhttp://considerthesource.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-40098236224084866352014-04-07T10:57:53.946-04:002014-04-07T10:57:53.946-04:00I thought I left a comment...
~I thought I left a comment...<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-47948651858906350612014-04-07T10:56:34.481-04:002014-04-07T10:56:34.481-04:00I'm afraid we've only begun with the great...I'm afraid we've only begun with the great human extinction. <br /><br />We'll probably get ourselves, too, in the end.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-85452832520780532122014-04-07T07:49:26.663-04:002014-04-07T07:49:26.663-04:00Missing the Dead Things
You may need a more accur...<i>Missing the Dead Things </i><br />You may need a more accurate trebuchet.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-57953017768581758582014-04-06T21:56:06.111-04:002014-04-06T21:56:06.111-04:00Missing the Dead Things
Thanks, guy. I like you,...<i>Missing the Dead Things </i><br /><br />Thanks, guy. I like you, too.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com