We're all bastards

Post #300,834 by drook 12/8/08 4:31:59 PM Reply	We're all bastards What does NASA stand for? Need Another Seven Astronauts. (After the Discovery -- or was it Challenger?) It's always funny when it's someone else. Like the woman who climaxes every time she sneezes. Hilarious ... to us. Not so much to her. So yeah, this sucks for your son. That's not funny at all. And I wish nothing but the best for him. But yes, too, there's humor in it. That's just how we're wired. Check out 6:56 of http://www.adaringad...erable-the-video/ for more on this. (But watch the whole thing. It's worth 8:13 of your life.) -- Drew
Post #300,835 by jake123 12/8/08 4:43:58 PM Reply	The thing is if this trend continues, it'll be bye-bye to humanity, not with a bang but a whimper. You know, I like human beings, for the most part. It'd be a shame for us to disappear.
Post #300,836 by boxley 12/8/08 4:55:58 PM Reply	no worries, the nuke fallout will morph us back
Post #300,837 by drook 12/8/08 5:02:29 PM Reply	Lemme try again Ever heard the expression, "One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic"? We couldn't take the legitimate grief we feel for a single death and multiply it by a million. We wouldn't be able to function. With modern communication, there is more bad news available to us than we can possibly deal with. So how do we cope? We joke. We laugh at the misfortune of others. I can't cry every time someone contracts a disease. I can't grieve every time someone dies. What I can do is make a joke about the ones I don't know, focus on the trivial humorous details, rather than the huge glaring reality of their pain. Until it's someone I know. Then it's not funny. To me. That doesn't make everyone else suddenly bastards ... at least no more than they were when it was someone else affected. -- Drew
Post #300,839 by folkert 12/8/08 5:39:50 PM Reply	Its exactly like when I made a joke about the Earthquakes in Japan... It seriously offended Inthane-Chan.
Post #300,874 by jake123 12/9/08 9:44:49 AM Reply	Not the point I was making the point I was making is cracking wise becomes a reason for inaction. We can actually prevent this, but it will mean major disjoints in our lives.
Post #300,879 by drook 12/9/08 10:13:12 AM Reply	Why should we? First I should admit that I just finally read the article. (What? I commented without R-ing-TFA? Yar.) Bottom line is males are becoming less fertile. Isn't the planet overpopulated with Homo Sapiens Sapiens already? Looks like natural selection is working its hoodoo. -- Drew
Post #300,889 by crazy 12/9/08 12:30:52 PM Reply	Actually, it's even better than that More women per men, better chance of a guy getting laid, less warlike behaviour. Sure, it sucks for the individuals who aren't quite guys, but in the scheme of things, we could have 1 guy for every 100 women and still have no problem maintaining population. It's when there are less women then men (or when wealthy men have several wives, skewing the remaining proportions) when serious social problems (from the men's perspective) are created.
Post #300,890 by Andrew Grygus 12/9/08 12:40:58 PM Reply	And China knows it has a problem. So many families have aborted female fetuses they have a severe shortage of women. This means violence and rebellion - and they know it.
Post #300,891 by boxley 12/9/08 12:57:13 PM Reply	war and famine usually fixes that

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