http://www.well.com/~davidu/extinction.html
(A bunch of links, not a news article...sorta.)
The Current Mass Extinction:
Human beings are currently causing the greatest mass extinction of species since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. If present trends continue one half of all species of life on earth will be extinct in less than 100 years, as a result of habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and climate change.
:<
Whet we need to do is build massive pillars and make a giant wildlife reserve up there. Solves all problems!
We just need someone to kill all humans.
Also, we need more misanthropes.
Yup, we're slowly encroaching on formerly wild habitat, bringing in pets and livestock that's never been seen in the area before, and polluting water sources. The good news is that we're (at least outwardly) more eco-conscious than in the past. We just have to hope the building-block "jenga" ecosystem model doesn't prove correct and things don't start falling apart when one more species goes bye-bye. Oh, and that we can get off our lazy bums and give up a few more things to give the other aminals a better chance.
Quote from: Joe3210 on March 31, 2008, 06:34:12 AM
We just need someone to kill all humans.
*Charles merely grins... just grins...* >:3
Adapt or lose. Rats are doing just fine.
Humans must adapt or die as my hyper-mutated kind eliminate them to make room room for ourselves!
All else must be exterminated! My Charleks will become TEH SUPREME BEIIIIIIIINGSSS!!! :mwaha
that doesn't look like a rly reputable web site tbh
also keep in mind that the vast majority of these 'species' are things like the western wimbleton wailing walrus or other such subspecies that are identical to normal specimens of the same species but have a different skin pattern or something pointless.
seriously, the amount of subspecies you can find of bugs alone lets you fill an entire room floor to ceiling with identical insects that some nutjob entomologist decided were all so vastly different they deserved their own species.
i feel very sad for entomologists, for they are sad sad little people
Quote from: Joe3210 on March 31, 2008, 06:34:12 AM
We just need someone to kill all humans.
Because clearly, there has never been a mass extinction without human intervention \sarcasm
hmm... Wikipedia's page on extinction events corroborates the statement made by OP.
Rather, it states that 70% of biologists consider the present day to be an extinction event. The article implies, but does not actually state, that that 70% of biologists all believe that half of species could become extinct in the next 100 years. I rather suspect that this number is one of the more extreme estiamtes rather than the common view of those 70% that agree that there is an extinction event taking palce.
I read it on the internet, it must be true. :B
(aside from petty vandalism, the page appears to have been pretty stable for the last couple of weeks... hot button topic that it is.)
The talk page suggests that the current count for extinctions may be an overestimate compared to historical events, as it includes undocumented extinctions where historical extinction events base thier numbers on fossil counting.
While there's no doubt that humans are causing species to go extinct, I'm going to echo the guy on that wikipedia talk page, and say that evidence for both sides of the issue need to be expressed.
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ah-HA... that 70% figure is from a survey commisioned by the American Museum of Natural History.
The statistic is misleading, as the number if of polled scientists who believed that as many as 1/5 of species might go extinct in the next 30 years and one third think as many as the quoted figure in teh same time frame.
What we should do is shoot all the animals out into space.
Problem solved.
Quote from: Zina on April 01, 2008, 04:00:47 AM
What we should do is shoot all the animals out into space.
Problem solved.
:mooncat
Quote from: Brunhidden on April 01, 2008, 02:47:15 AM
also keep in mind that the vast majority of these 'species' are things like the western wimbleton wailing walrus or other such subspecies that are identical to normal specimens of the same species but have a different skin pattern or something pointless.
seriously, the amount of subspecies you can find of bugs alone lets you fill an entire room floor to ceiling with identical insects that some nutjob entomologist decided were all so vastly different they deserved their own species.
i feel very sad for entomologists, for they are sad sad little people
I completely agree - and I mean, who cares if we end up killing off 2,000 species of disease-infested mosquitoes? Sure, you might not want to kill off *every* type of mosquitoes, but that would be pretty much impossible.
Sure, intentionally destroying animals which aren't a threat to humans and which doesn't give any benefit is bad... but I say there's a limit on how eco-friendly you should be.
And, rabid_fox has a point - Humans have obviously adapted to be top of the food chain, and mice/rats have also... Quite a few species have adapted, so its not that unlikely for a good number of other species to adapt.
-RobbieThe1st
I wanna weed out the stupid humans!
I mean, there's the whole bottom half of the IQ curve!
They're not useful for anything, are they?
Then we get rid of the Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and all those pagan religions, cuz religions are for idiots and anyone who believes religion must be an idiot too! And then we get rid of those atheists because they're gonna die and be forgotten and have no future anyway so they they shouldn't care.
Then on the superior race will remain. :mwaha
That'd be the dolphins. :B
*Tanks fer all de fish, mon!*
Quote from: Alondro on April 01, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
I wanna weed out the stupid humans!
Quote from: Alondro on April 01, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
Then we get rid of the Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and all those pagan religions, cuz religions are for idiots and anyone who believes religion must be an idiot too! And then we get rid of those atheists because they're gonna die and be forgotten and have no future anyway so they they shouldn't care.
... you've listed them twice, Alondro. Not that I object to killing them twice, but wouldn't there be more effective ways of doing things?
i say we get rid of all those incompetent people they find for commercials to make their product seem so easy a half brain dead monkey could use it.
Meh, never did like humanity, but i can't blame us exclusively. It's way of things to die, one way or another, and planets are no different. Even if humans had never set the planet ablaze, earth would still die on it's own. Maybe not as quick, but die off it would. This rock has been around and being lucky for how long now? Billions of years? Hundreds of billions? In the life expectancy of planets it hasn't been around long at all, but it's been around way longer than a planet that harbors life should have lasted.
mother nature hates us and she's PMSing...RUUUNN!!! :O
Quote from: BillBuckner on March 31, 2008, 08:59:15 PM
that doesn't look like a rly reputable web site tbh
It's got links to CNN, National Geographic, etc. Shut your face, nascar breath. D:<
Quote from: Zina on April 01, 2008, 04:00:47 AM
What we should do is shoot all the animals out into space.
Problem solved.
But humans are animals too, and I don't think shooting them into space too would really help.
Abortions for everyone! >:3
Quote from: Dak on April 01, 2008, 07:05:26 PM
Quote from: Zina on April 01, 2008, 04:00:47 AM
What we should do is shoot all the animals out into space.
Problem solved.
But humans are animals too, and I don't think shooting them into space too would really help.
Sure it would. Space for everyone!
I call Mars.
You can have your Mars, I'm going to Europa.
I'm staying here, so when all the cool ppl leave, I can rule with an iron fist
Not after I drive Europa into Earth.
Vroooooom.
no that is cheating you cant do that
Try and stop me. Just try it.
You can't.
it's your fault, you're the one killing everything
I am the cancer that is killing life on Earth. :C
Ah, yes. Quite so.
Only one thing left to do.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fdcDvEg4mSw
let's talk about webcomics we hate instead :U
i hate dresden codak it is terrible
If we're not going to party hard, then I'm leaving. >:[
Goodbye.
:ipod :kirby
that's as hard as i get, i'm not very good at partying :<
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Zinacat/119516870868.gif)
the correct way to party hard.
we trashed this thread like george w. bush trashed the concept of dignity in the white house
cutting edge political humor :mwaha
I am proud of us. We are good people. :>
get on AIM thanks in advance
Since no one has claimed it yes, can I have Uranus? :B (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/Dragonne/wrong.gif)
You broke the mod-thread!
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 01, 2008, 11:38:59 PM
let's talk about webcomics we hate instead :U
i hate dresden codak it is terrible
yeah and there's this one really bishi furry comic that flat out bites. all the characters look so girly, and the technology tree is so screwed up. i mean magic AND mecha griffons? you gotta be kidding. :P
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 01, 2008, 11:45:01 PM
we trashed this thread like george w. bush trashed the concept of dignity in the white house
cutting edge political humor :mwaha
I kinda thought Bill Clinto beat him to that... you know, the cigars and interns in the Oval Office. Or is that what is considered dignified these days? I'm rather behind the times with my tweed jacket and croquet hobby. :<
Quote from: lucas marcone on April 02, 2008, 02:50:44 AM
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 01, 2008, 11:38:59 PM
let's talk about webcomics we hate instead :U
i hate dresden codak it is terrible
yeah and there's this one really bishi furry comic that flat out bites. all the characters look so girly, and the technology tree is so screwed up. i mean magic AND mecha griffons? you gotta be kidding. :P
I agree with this post
Quote from: Alondro on April 01, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
I wanna weed out the stupid humans!
I mean, there's the whole bottom half of the IQ curve!
They're not useful for anything, are they?
Then we get rid of the Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and all those pagan religions, cuz religions are for idiots and anyone who believes religion must be an idiot too! And then we get rid of those atheists because they're gonna die and be forgotten and have no future anyway so they they shouldn't care.
Then on the superior race will remain. :mwaha
That'd be the dolphins. :B
*Tanks fer all de fish, mon!*
o.o Alondro is Hitler reincarnated.
(Please don't take this seriously. It's just a joke)
Quote from: Rakala on April 02, 2008, 10:14:48 AM
Quote from: Alondro on April 01, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
I wanna weed out the stupid humans!
I mean, there's the whole bottom half of the IQ curve!
They're not useful for anything, are they?
Then we get rid of the Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and all those pagan religions, cuz religions are for idiots and anyone who believes religion must be an idiot too! And then we get rid of those atheists because they're gonna die and be forgotten and have no future anyway so they they shouldn't care.
Then on the superior race will remain. :mwaha
That'd be the dolphins. :B
*Tanks fer all de fish, mon!*
o.o Alondro is Hitler reincarnated.
(Please don't take this seriously. It's just a joke)
*Charles :U * All my hard work is finally being recognized! :mwaha
Quote from: Alondro on March 31, 2008, 08:38:54 AM
Quote from: Joe3210 on March 31, 2008, 06:34:12 AM
We just need someone to kill all humans.
*Charles merely grins... just grins...* >:3
I found someone for the job.
Quote from: Kasarn on April 01, 2008, 04:47:23 AM
Quote from: Zina on April 01, 2008, 04:00:47 AM
What we should do is shoot all the animals out into space.
Problem solved.
:mooncat
Ground Control to Major Cat
Ground Control to Major Cat
Take your protein nip
and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Cat
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may Bast's love be with yooou
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control
to Major Cat
You've really made the graaade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the cap-sule
if you daaare
This is Major Cat to Ground Control
I'm padding through the door
And I'm floating
in a most pec-u-li-ar way
And the stars look very different todaaay
For heeere
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go-ooo
Tell my wife I love her very much
she knooows
Ground Control to Major Cat
Your circuit's dead,
there's something bad
Can you hear me, Major Cat?
Can you hear me, Major Cat?
Can you hear me, Major Cat?
Can you....
Heeere am I floating
round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.
...
...
But yeah, don't worry about the killing all Humans thing, we don't have enough food to feed us all anyway, and since shitloads of bees are dying, there going to be even less.
Sooo, yeah. I'm thinking the most resolute of humans will be finding out if their fellows really do taste like chicken in a few years.
*also*
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 01, 2008, 11:38:59 PM
let's talk about webcomics we hate instead :U
i hate dresden codak it is terrible
GASP!
Dresden Codak is pretentious as hell and makes no sense whatsoever
the art is rly good tho
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 05, 2008, 11:24:37 AM
Dresden Codak is pretentious as hell and makes no sense whatsoever
Don't forget he never updates!
Schlock Mercenary, Sluggy Freelance, and General Protection Fault, on the other hand, are awesome. :> They are The Three, those which have been and are and ever shall be on the Net.
But Amber is beginning to be better known! The Three may sense this and attempt to eliminate her to stop the competition! D:
We muct protect Amber with a religious cult dedicated to the worship of Mab! We can charge new member outrageous fees for forgiveness of their sins and feed them low-protein gruel to destroy their will. :veryevil
everyone in this thread should read Rice Boy because Rice Boy is the best
Quote from: BillBuckner on April 05, 2008, 10:13:15 PM
everyone in this thread should read Rice Boy because Rice Boy is the best
That sounds like some sort of Flash animation series on Adult Swim, or something like that. I mean, they already have Squidbillies, Super Milk Chan, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Rice Boy would fit right in. *It's part of a complete breakfast! Fortified with 924 essential nutients, and caffeine!* :3