Gromnir 7,707 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 april 22, 2017 am not a dyed-in-wool evironmentalist, but with the proposed march on washington o' american scientists objecting to trump's alternative facts, policies (stalinist policies?) regarding the release o' scientific findings, and his often comical (but potential dangerous) beliefs regarding a wide range o' issues such as climate change and vaccinations, am expecting this will be the first earth day we look forward to. previous earth days has been met with Gromnir indifference or perhaps a fleeting desire to punch a hippie in the face. HA! Good Fun! 6 Quote "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to post Share on other sites
Meshugger 2,272 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The earth is fine and will be fine, it's humanity that is ****ed with overpopulation in Asia and the looming demographic explosion in Africa. If mother gaia has enough of humans, she will just sneeze us out with a virus that affects our immune system, turning it to ourselves.....oh. Quote "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to post Share on other sites
Hiro Protagonist 396 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Probably see more memes populate the internet from this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 9,125 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I forgot Earth Day was a thing. I'll probably forget all about it again in a few days. Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlsnot 8,218 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The earth is fine and will be fine, it's humanity that is ****ed with overpopulation in Asia and the looming demographic explosion in Africa. I have never understood this whole "lets belittle a movement by completely mistating what that movement is." People do that with BLM too. You can state a reasonable objection about a movement without coming across as daft. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barothmuk 585 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The earth is fine and will be fine, it's humanity that is ****ed.That's the point. That's why environmentalism is a thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,540 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Hopefully that march will have a fun turnout. Hopefully will come across some sneering about how one doesn't protest as they have jobs (though, I guess those people aren't lucky enough to have vacation days ? ) so salaries can be compared Edited February 5, 2017 by Malcador Quote Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 9,611 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Maybe this year's symbol should be a canary... in the arctic. Quote "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
Leferd 3,046 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 That was probably the last time I really cared about Earth Day. 3 Quote "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to post Share on other sites
Enoch 1,990 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hopefully that march will have a fun turnout. Hopefully will come across some sneering about how one doesn't protest as they have jobs (though, I guess those people aren't lucky enough to have vacation days ? ) so salaries can be compared The 22nd is a Saturday. Amusingly, the Saturday immediately before that is also a target date for some significant anti-Trump activity. The 15th is traditionally the day that income tax filings are due (the actual date this year will slide to the 18th because of the weekend and a DC-only holiday, but the 15th is generally still thought of as "Tax Day"), and, of course, he still refuses to release any of his tax information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,540 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Well, that's one thing foiled. Ah well, is always a set bashing protestors, should have fun with them. Quote Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,481 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hopefully that march will have a fun turnout. Hopefully will come across some sneering about how one doesn't protest as they have jobs (though, I guess those people aren't lucky enough to have vacation days ? ) so salaries can be compared The 22nd is a Saturday. Amusingly, the Saturday immediately before that is also a target date for some significant anti-Trump activity. The 15th is traditionally the day that income tax filings are due (the actual date this year will slide to the 18th because of the weekend and a DC-only holiday, but the 15th is generally still thought of as "Tax Day"), and, of course, he still refuses to release any of his tax information. Nice to see you back around Enoch. We haven't heard much from you lately. Quote "The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, makes slaves of men, and of the human frame a mechanized automaton." P.B. Shelley Link to post Share on other sites
pmp10 236 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The earth is fine and will be fine, it's humanity that is ****ed with overpopulation in Asia and the looming demographic explosion in Africa. You can easily turn that around and say that the problem is really us. First world humans refusing to give up their standards of life. Shining examples of responsibility that Asians and Africans aspire to become. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barothmuk 585 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 You can easily turn that around and say that the problem is really us. First world humans refusing to give up their standards of life.This kind of slave mentality seems to plague the environmentalist left. i.e. they'll pin the issue of unsustainable resource exploitation onto all of us, condemning us all and encouraging us each to all do our part. Pretty words but hardly gets to the crux of the issue. I already live a fairly "green life": I limit my water consumption, I carpool with coworkers and I limit the amount of electricity I use - not because I'm some green lifestylist but because I'm a normal person and using gas, electricity and water frivolously would be expensive. In reality the guilty party are those who actually control vast swathes of land and resources and use these things unsustainably for short term profit. Truly whose the bigger offender: every lazy bastard like me who can't always be bothered to separate my recyclables from my non-recyclables or the guys bulldozing the amazon for more farm land. Of course I'm guessing you're not one of these liberals but instead a death-cult minded right-winger who seems to throw up their hands when it comes to issues pertaining to the environment. "sure we're destroying the only place we can live but **** it." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BruceVC 2,825 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 At least most of mankind is aware of what harms the earth and we are generally committed to a sustainable lifestyle as far as the ecosystem is concerned So no need for guilt or thoughts of mass genocide of all humans...that seems very excessive and unhelpful 1 Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to post Share on other sites
Meshugger 2,272 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The earth is fine and will be fine, it's humanity that is ****ed.That's the point. That's why environmentalism is a thing. They really need to work on their PR department. Quote "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to post Share on other sites
ShadySands 7,762 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 You need Captain Planet Quote Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to post Share on other sites
Enoch 1,990 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hopefully that march will have a fun turnout. Hopefully will come across some sneering about how one doesn't protest as they have jobs (though, I guess those people aren't lucky enough to have vacation days ? ) so salaries can be compared The 22nd is a Saturday. Amusingly, the Saturday immediately before that is also a target date for some significant anti-Trump activity. The 15th is traditionally the day that income tax filings are due (the actual date this year will slide to the 18th because of the weekend and a DC-only holiday, but the 15th is generally still thought of as "Tax Day"), and, of course, he still refuses to release any of his tax information. Nice to see you back around Enoch. We haven't heard much from you lately. I've been around the Pillars-related forums from time to time. But, well, here's a visual representation of me in political discussions lately: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wrath of Dagon 553 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just in time for earth day, top NOAA scientist claims global warming data was faked: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4192182/World-leaders-duped-manipulated-global-warming-data.html Quote "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to post Share on other sites
Malcador 7,540 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) Well that guy exists, the Mail is getting better. Also, that's quite early for just in time. Seems like there is push back http://m.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/5/1630229/-Retired-NOAA-scientist-feels-slighted-sets-world-afire-in-revenge Edited February 6, 2017 by Malcador Quote Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to post Share on other sites
Wrath of Dagon 553 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just in time for this thread then. Quote "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to post Share on other sites
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