do you think humanity is worth saving?

[amick]

asking a group of humans if humanity is worth saving is redundant.

but for arguments sake of course we are, if you disagree then take yourself out of the equation.

[soulshynchyld]

all i want in life is a lil commune in the bush. somewhere to raise my family. fully self sustainable, but with the technology of today.
acid veges & bass that all we need!!hhahhahhahahahhahh. SAVE ME!

[uncle bill]

i dont see much being lost from the extinction of humans. except a shitload of suffering.

we're the only species that extinction would be beneficial for the planet

innit tho. we are cancer

humanity is not worth saving in its current state.

You're a right bundle of laughs, you lot. Christ.

Humans are fucking great. Stonehenge, symphonies, smallpox vaccine, cider, reggae, the Sistine Chapel...CURRY!

Brilliant.

I care far more for humanity than I do for the planet and I believe we'll still be going strong when its been burned to a crisp.

BRING ON OUTER SPACE.

[alien pimp]

Humans are fucking great. Stonehenge, symphonies, smallpox vaccine, cider, reggae, the Sistine Chapel...CURRY!

Brilliant.

out of the arguments you made 3 are forms of art, no debate about that, the only good thing from humans, the others are a bunch of stones, a fix of one of their own defects, and a drink. i'm convinced, that's enough to make up for all the pain and destruction!

[uncle bill]

Humans are fucking great. Stonehenge, symphonies, smallpox vaccine, cider, reggae, the Sistine Chapel...CURRY!

Brilliant.

out of the arguments you made 3 are forms of art, no debate about that, the only good thing from humans, the others are a bunch of stones, a fix of one of their own defects, and a drink. i'm convinced, that's enough to make up for all the pain and destruction!

Well, what are we supposed to have achieved by now beyond fights in the playground and channelling our angst into art? It's early days. We haven't left home yet.

[-dubson-]

World may be mucked up now but its not the end and humanity has FAR too much going for it not to be worth saving. As said we could be around long after earth dies, that says something.

We will sort ourselves out someday... As a species we are still so young, yet so damn clever. Humanity will grow up and then we can all live in relitive harmony.

[alien pimp]

Humans are fucking great. Stonehenge, symphonies, smallpox vaccine, cider, reggae, the Sistine Chapel...CURRY!

Brilliant.

out of the arguments you made 3 are forms of art, no debate about that, the only good thing from humans, the others are a bunch of stones, a fix of one of their own defects, and a drink. i'm convinced, that's enough to make up for all the pain and destruction!

Well, what are we supposed to have achieved by now beyond fights in the playground and channelling our angst into art? It's early days. We haven't left home yet.

yeah, "fucking great"
can't wait for the cancer to spread in the space too, maybe it meets some peaceful civilizations to destroy those too

[ahier]

you know what, i get what all the negative points were saying cos i used to think like that but now i think about it, whats the point? whats the point in being so negative when there is so much other stuff to enjoy, negativity is a massive waste of energy and time and i wish i could avoid ever being consumed by it ever again. obviously this is impossible, but being positive is probably one of the most fundamentally awesome things possible.

[amick]

errrrrr

there's no room for positivity on snh.

bans

[DRTY]

errrrrr

there's no room for positivity on snh.

bans

Lol.

But you're bang on.

[alien pimp]

you know what, i get what all the negative points were saying cos i used to think like that but now i think about it, whats the point? whats the point in being so negative when there is so much other stuff to enjoy, negativity is a massive waste of energy and time and i wish i could avoid ever being consumed by it ever again. obviously this is impossible, but being positive is probably one of the most fundamentally awesome things possible.

sickening

you're mistaking being true with being positive
go be positive! but don't put your hood up if in london, you might get company from some overprotective policemen overconcerned with fashion as a sign of social deviation and danger. all good

[ahier]

you know what, i get what all the negative points were saying cos i used to think like that but now i think about it, whats the point? whats the point in being so negative when there is so much other stuff to enjoy, negativity is a massive waste of energy and time and i wish i could avoid ever being consumed by it ever again. obviously this is impossible, but being positive is probably one of the most fundamentally awesome things possible.

sickening

you're mistaking being true with being positive
go be positive! but don't put your hood up if in london, you might get company from some overprotective policemen overconcerned with fashion as a sign of social deviation and danger. all good

do you mean true in the satre-ean way?
yeah dont get me wrong obviously there is a lot of shit wrong with the world, and what humans do about things, but whereas previously i would lock myself in my room with a spliff and the curtains drawn, muttering about how much i hate everything and regretting who i am and the situation i was born into and why everything about the complicated economics of every day life are far too much to have to deal with, i have now realised that actually, thats not getting me anywhere.
i think its probably coincided with the sun coming out in england for the first time i can remember since last september, but thats the way of life. i mean, if humanity wasnt worth saving then that would mean that there are no possible redeeming features for the future of our race, whereas id like to think that in the future ill be able to show my kids some of the pretty cool shit that there is in life, some of the beautiful things both man made and natural, some of the amazing music in the world, and watch them carve their own tiny little notch in the bedpost of the universe. so despite man having a hugely overblown ego which has changed the world dramatically for all life, if it wasnt for that ego we wouldnt be able to understand, appreciate and acknowledge the changes, and try and work out the best course for a future where we can still gleam enjoyment from as much as possible. so i guess there is a upside and a downside to that ego, and im bored of focussing on the down all the time.

crikey, i came over all hippy just then

[ResetTheAtari]

Curry alone is worth saving humanity for.

[firky]

If we judge humanity by the comments on youtube and what is said on forums; then no.

[xarcane]

You cannot comment on this thread (nor create it) if you have no grasp on the history of the planet and the role people play on Earth.

Yes, we're making the planet 'different'. We're the dominant clade of animals on this planet which obviously means that we're having some sort of impact on the flora and fauna and obviously, some animals thrive in that. Makes perfect sense. And obviously, some don't, also makes perfect sense. But if history has taught us anything is that lifeforms will find ways to co-exist with this new environment and they already are. Some more successfully than others. To quote, out of all movies, Jurassic Park; "Life will find a way".

What? Get over yourself man, you might have been an amateur study of paleontology/zoology or whatever, but you're looking at this in the wrong way. What we do is either beneficial or detrimental to the planet, from a human perspective, i.e it affects the planets potential to support human life-forms. Of course if you look at something from the perspective of a lump of rock (I don't think the metaphor needs to be made here), what we do is neither beneficial or detrimental.

[magma]

You cannot comment on this thread (nor create it) if you have no grasp on the history of the planet and the role people play on Earth.

Yes, we're making the planet 'different'. We're the dominant clade of animals on this planet which obviously means that we're having some sort of impact on the flora and fauna and obviously, some animals thrive in that. Makes perfect sense. And obviously, some don't, also makes perfect sense. But if history has taught us anything is that lifeforms will find ways to co-exist with this new environment and they already are. Some more successfully than others. To quote, out of all movies, Jurassic Park; "Life will find a way".

What? Get over yourself man, you might have been an amateur study of paleontology/zoology or whatever, but you're looking at this in the wrong way. What we do is either beneficial or detrimental to the planet, from a human perspective, i.e it affects the planets potential to support human life-forms. Of course if you look at something from the perspective of a lump of rock (I don't think the metaphor needs to be made here), what we do is neither beneficial or detrimental.

Then if you're speaking from human terms, wiping ourselves out is surely the absolute worst thing we could do? So the answer is still no!

If an animal survives, it survives and deserves to live. Currently, we survive. We deserve to be on this planet for as long as we've got children being born.

[alien pimp]

you know what, i get what all the negative points were saying cos i used to think like that but now i think about it, whats the point? whats the point in being so negative when there is so much other stuff to enjoy, negativity is a massive waste of energy and time and i wish i could avoid ever being consumed by it ever again. obviously this is impossible, but being positive is probably one of the most fundamentally awesome things possible.

sickening

you're mistaking being true with being positive
go be positive! but don't put your hood up if in london, you might get company from some overprotective policemen overconcerned with fashion as a sign of social deviation and danger. all good

do you mean true in the satre-ean way?
yeah dont get me wrong obviously there is a lot of shit wrong with the world, and what humans do about things, but whereas previously i would lock myself in my room with a spliff and the curtains drawn, muttering about how much i hate everything and regretting who i am and the situation i was born into and why everything about the complicated economics of every day life are far too much to have to deal with, i have now realised that actually, thats not getting me anywhere.
i think its probably coincided with the sun coming out in england for the first time i can remember since last september, but thats the way of life. i mean, if humanity wasnt worth saving then that would mean that there are no possible redeeming features for the future of our race, whereas id like to think that in the future ill be able to show my kids some of the pretty cool shit that there is in life, some of the beautiful things both man made and natural, some of the amazing music in the world, and watch them carve their own tiny little notch in the bedpost of the universe. so despite man having a hugely overblown ego which has changed the world dramatically for all life, if it wasnt for that ego we wouldnt be able to understand, appreciate and acknowledge the changes, and try and work out the best course for a future where we can still gleam enjoyment from as much as possible. so i guess there is a upside and a downside to that ego, and im bored of focussing on the down all the time.

crikey, i came over all hippy just then

true, like in not being positive when the world is in pain and it doesn't head anywhere, wasting a tremendous potential we have to achieve enlightenment and peace

the world is theirs:
"Previous position: 2006-08 Senior Economic Policy Advisor, and Managing Director, Lehman Brothers.
Current activities: Member, President of the European Commission’s Group of Economic Policy" Analysis."

[uncle bill]

you know what, i get what all the negative points were saying cos i used to think like that but now i think about it, whats the point? whats the point in being so negative when there is so much other stuff to enjoy, negativity is a massive waste of energy and time and i wish i could avoid ever being consumed by it ever again. obviously this is impossible, but being positive is probably one of the most fundamentally awesome things possible.

sickening

you're mistaking being true with being positive
go be positive! but don't put your hood up if in london, you might get company from some overprotective policemen overconcerned with fashion as a sign of social deviation and danger. all good

do you mean true in the satre-ean way?
yeah dont get me wrong obviously there is a lot of shit wrong with the world, and what humans do about things, but whereas previously i would lock myself in my room with a spliff and the curtains drawn, muttering about how much i hate everything and regretting who i am and the situation i was born into and why everything about the complicated economics of every day life are far too much to have to deal with, i have now realised that actually, thats not getting me anywhere.
i think its probably coincided with the sun coming out in england for the first time i can remember since last september, but thats the way of life. i mean, if humanity wasnt worth saving then that would mean that there are no possible redeeming features for the future of our race, whereas id like to think that in the future ill be able to show my kids some of the pretty cool shit that there is in life, some of the beautiful things both man made and natural, some of the amazing music in the world, and watch them carve their own tiny little notch in the bedpost of the universe. so despite man having a hugely overblown ego which has changed the world dramatically for all life, if it wasnt for that ego we wouldnt be able to understand, appreciate and acknowledge the changes, and try and work out the best course for a future where we can still gleam enjoyment from as much as possible. so i guess there is a upside and a downside to that ego, and im bored of focussing on the down all the time.

crikey, i came over all hippy just then

There’s nothing hippy about being positive about what people can achieve.

I showed my son a Youtube clip of a Louis Armstrong solo the other day and he had this GOBSMACKED look on his face like he’d just seen Mount Etna erupt in our backyard.

It's easy to become cynical and jaded as you become aware of the odds stacked against everything you want to achieve but someone like Armstrong proves barriers can be broken. If a man can rise up from slums and whorehouses through a racist, segregated society and use his talent to re-shape the world there’s got to be a bit more to human beings than “a virus”.

[alien pimp]

It's easy to become cynical and jaded as you become aware of the odds stacked against everything you want to achieve but someone like Armstrong proves barriers can be broken. If a man can rise up from slums and whorehouses through a racist, segregated society and use his talent to re-shape the world there’s got to be a bit more to human beings than “a virus”.

are you kissing your mum with this mouth?
you sound like a shit documentary on tv, do you talk like that in real life too?
i've seen a lot of americans lately act all the time like they're on big brother or some soap opera, for sure there's gotta be plenty of documentary-guys too in this world

[neon-dubz]

It's easy to become cynical and jaded as you become aware of the odds stacked against everything you want to achieve but someone like Armstrong proves barriers can be broken. If a man can rise up from slums and whorehouses through a racist, segregated society and use his talent to re-shape the world there’s got to be a bit more to human beings than “a virus”.

are you kissing your mum with this mouth?
you sound like a shit documentary on tv, do you talk like that in real life too?
i've seen a lot of americans lately act all the time like they're on big brother or some soap opera, for sure there's gotta be plenty of documentary-guys too in this world

Why are you so angry?
It was only his opinion.