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OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Report my ding dong, gramps.

Every time you say ding dong it’s like 100 times funnier than when anyone else uses it. How the **** do you do it?

Lucem Ferre · 08-08-2020, 06:29 PM

I just know when and where to insert it.

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

will people accept forced sterilization before they'll install some solar panels?

how "academic" is that

Possibly the worst rebuttal in MB history.

The Batlord · 08-08-2020, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

will people accept forced sterilization before they'll install some solar panels?

how "academic" is that

So if there's no great solution then everything I said doesn't exist? I mean if there's no way to stop every serial killer on Earth should we just hand them all a knife and put on a blindfold?

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So if there's no great solution then everything I said doesn't exist? I mean if there's no way to stop every serial killer on Earth should we just hand them all a knife and put on a blindfold?

His argument is it’s not problematic at all. It just goes away like the coronavirus. Brown people are caring for elderly white people therefore

“ humans and their livestock now comprise about 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth. All other mammals – whales, sea lions, bears, elephants, badgers, shrews, deer, bear, cougars, rats, wolves, and all the rest – are about 4.2%.”

doesn’t matter. There’s empty space in Texas build some more New Yorks for god’s sake.

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

the term overpopulation is loaded

it's only a problem if we don't adjust our consumption and the way we produce

the problem is fossil fuels, the problem is the commodity form, the problem is a lack of environmental regulations, the problem is capitalism

“ humans and their livestock now comprise about 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth. All other mammals – whales, sea lions, bears, elephants, badgers, shrews, deer, bear, cougars, rats, wolves, and all the rest – are about 4.2%.”

There’s no way to adjust consumption and economics to make that a reasonable balance for the planet. It’s an insane human-centric sick belief that it’s ok that other mammals have nowhere to live. It’s morally repugnant.

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

are you a vegetarian?

I’m part of the ****ing problem. Are you giving up on the argument that overpopulation is a non-issue?

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

sorta besides the point

but any supposed solution to overpopulation is going to cause more problems than it solves

For people or other species?

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't care about other mammals as compared to humans, and I suspect you don't really either

when it comes down to it, you wouldn't even stop physically eating other mammals

I’m part of the problem. Is it a problem or isn’t it?

OccultHawk · 08-08-2020, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

that's a bit more philosophical

I don't really think so, I'm not a stinky hippie

I don't care about the environment independent of humans, I care about it because we need it to survive

Future generations will view that with the same repugnance currently reserved for Nazism.