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This is a link post 2030 The decline of the human race
Written by MIT researchers for an international think tank, the Club of Rome, the study used computers to model several possible future scenarios. The business-as-usual scenario estimated that if human beings continued to consume more than nature was capable of providing, global economic collapse and precipitous population decline could occur by 2030.
 (I helped save b3ta! jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 3:10, Reply)
This is a normal post I read club of Rome
then got worried... not tonight...I'll read that in the morning so that I'll get some sleep.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fartfurter in the facefurter, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 3:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Bottom line is
population and resources decline to the point where they level
out and then population begins to climb again as the resources become more managable. I believe I had that problem when playing Civilization on my Amiga.
 (sirhiss, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 3:35, Reply)
This is a normal post There's an overshoot effect too, which makes things much worse.
See plot here: physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/09/discovering-limits-to-growth/
 (Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 8:17, Reply)
This is a normal post What we need is nice global conflict to thin the out the numbers and bring a bit of natualal selection back in.
/Just over conscriptment age blog

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Yes I know I cant fucking type.
Just ignore it and we'll get past this without any trouble.
 (I helped save b3ta! Amadeus I care not for your thoughts on grammer, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 8:29, Reply)
This is a normal post A massive pandemic that wipes out 4/5 of the world's population would be epic.
As long as it didn't kill my mates, clever people or my local pub's landlord. Or the blokes who make the beer. Hmm, this might get compicated.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fray Brentos www.youparklikeacunt.com, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Well I live suitably far enough from any major population centres
We can block access to my town with just a few simple barricades.
And there's a nice rec ground where we can build a nice wicker man.

All in all I don't fear the apocalypse.
 (I helped save b3ta! Amadeus I care not for your thoughts on grammer, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:54, Reply)
This is a normal post
"the study used computers to model several possible future scenarios."
Yes, that's what the computers want you to think...
 (I helped save b3ta! Amadeus I care not for your thoughts on grammer, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 5:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Apologies to H. G. Wells...
Across the gulf of cyberspace, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheAlmightyBeev, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:29, Reply)
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(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier BRB...gotta penis..., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 10:19, Reply)
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 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger /links pedantic bellend, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 11:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I've been talking with people at work about starting a band of some kind
If we do it, we are so covering that shit
 (I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier BRB...gotta penis..., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 11:02, Reply)
This is a normal post I've been trying to convince my band for years
The bass players got Horsell common down to a t.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger /links pedantic bellend, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 13:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, a program like this:
10 a=rnd(1)
20 if a=1 then print "Humanity is doomed."
30 if a=2 then print "Everything will be ok."
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons Sokath, his eyes uncovered!, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 11:40, Reply)
This is a normal post All code should be written in Basic.
FUCK YOU PERL AND YOUR FUCKING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS!
*breathes*
 (I helped save b3ta! DrPrunesquallor veni, posteri, scarperi, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 12:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Good! Fucking wankers.

(pissflaps., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 7:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Every generation considers itself the most important
And that it alone is forced to struggle with the end of the world.

And they've been wrong every time. It's like all the current headlines saying 'Employment/Economy worse since 1970/1980/1960', as if we should ignore the fact that things obviously got better after those dates.

It's personal fear of death writ large. Get over yourselves, the world will carry on without MIT professors if it has to.
 (Zachariah Pardon, pardon. J'AI UNE POUSETTE, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:08, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't think they are predicting the end of the world
just things being shit for a few decades if we don't pull our fingers out and do something about it.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:38, Reply)
This is a normal post you don't think that folk in the 50s stressing about nuclear war for example
were being a bit more rational and better informed than dark age millenial cultists?

there are always people burying their heads in the sand. thankfully others try and address problems rather than putting their hands over their ears and singing lalalalalala i'm not listening to you!
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle i love hip hop, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 9:51, Reply)
This is a normal post yay you!

(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 10:51, Reply)