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No, there's already one of those.

You really expect me to read all that?

On one hand, I actually agree with primitivism. It's how people should live. I tried living off the land once myself, and realized that for entire modern societies, it would be impossible. There is simply no way you're ever going to feed 7 billion people with primitive methods. I can barely find food when I go on a survival trek. It's almost always fish or rabbit and that's only if I can even manage that. Even primitive agriculture wouldn't be nearly enough for the modern population. Technology would actually be the only thing to save us. Take a look at this: http://www.futuretimeline.net/ Now I'm not going to say this thing is accurate by any means, or even that their methodology makes sense, but I will give them an A for effort and say that it's at least some interesting speculation. It basically predicts that humans will become so infused with technology, that in the distant future, biology entirely, will be phased out. The type of future presented in this timeline, although extremely optimistic, may be the only way humanity truly does live on forever.

But we actually don't We are pretty well out of land. What many people don't understand is that although human habitation only accounts for less than 1% of the earths surface, human use of land is considerably larger, maybe even mind blowing. Would it surprise you to know that more land is being used by humans for something than there is untouched land on the planet? And that the vast majority of that untouched land is uninhabitable desert, which is why it's untouched? NASA has proven that nearly the entire planet is indeed running out of water. More specifically, that humans are consuming fresh ground water sources from aquifers faster than they replenish. https://web.archive.org/web/20070630131304/http://www.globio.info/impacts/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation#Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation#Fresh_water http://web.archive.org/web/20090314104500/http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1661 https://books.google.com/books?id=C0_q-90H1aAC Nobody knows how much water these things contain, but what we do know is the one supporting Syria is drying up, and that Syria is in a drought. We also know the one in California is drying up and California is in a drought. It spreads to my neck of the woods next, which experts predict, will in fact spread. The rest of what you've said in that piece seems to be covered in this response^ I think you should know that studying climate change is what eventually brought me to the conclusion of overpopulation. The factor you mention in this thread, mass extinction, is the one major thing that completely solidified this belief for me. Although I came to this conclusion before the results of the study this post is mentioning were released, before I had a chance to even read the data they found, I had already concluded that we were overpopulated. So now we have not just resources being consumed at unreplenishable rates, not only do we have climate change that correlates with overpopulation and die offs (a natural cycle of earth), but we actually have proof of a mass extinction happening as we speak. I'm not really sure what more evidence could possibly be needed for people to accept the horrible truth. Does it suck? Obviously. Should we ignore it because it sucks so bad? IDC. Do what you do. But I for one am not fond of the idea that we are destroying the only thing we know of that can support life. I would have children right now if I were not so convinced of this seemingly obvious fact. Knowing this has kept me from pursuing personal interests because I have a very real concern for the future of humanity, which overpowers my personal desires.

You're damn awesome Kurdanak. This has the whole series? EDIT: The video is very laggy. Even at the lowest setting.

What do you all think of the following anime? I'll give my take: Deathnote: Some say it's over rated, but I think it was glorious. I love psychological twists and anime that portrays very human like characters, rather than the usual hero with perfect attributes. Watching Light slowly go from a teenager with positive moral intentions to a egotistical psychopath always keeps you wanting more. The overall plot/story is A+ with a tragic ending that left me mixed with emotion. The one major thing I dislike about Deathnote was the character "N". N comes in after Light kills "L" and is basically an even more childish copy of L. The build up and final climax in the conflict between Light and L is great. It's quite a twist and sad moment when L is killed, but I feel like they could have chosen a much better character to replace him than what is literally just a rip off of one of the shows best characters. Overall, I give Deathnote a 10/10, even though N is a loser, it's still a great show. Blood: The Last Vampire/Blood + These are two different shows. Blood: The Last Vampire is the prequel movie to the series Blood +. Blood: TLV is fairly confusing, but makes a whole lot more sense after watching Blood+. I've watched it twice, in both instances, it seemed extremely short and very vaguely described. The first time I watched it, I really didn't get what was going on, other than some girl with a sword was killing some monsters. The combat scenes were epic, the gore is not held back and the character design is great. Unfortunately, it's pretty hard to understand what's going on throughout the movie. Blood + is an anime I was quite excited to watch, as I'd already seen Blood: TLV. What I found myself watching however was entirely different than Blood: TLV. Not only was the artist different, but the whole main character, Saya, was a whole different person. Instead of being a cold hearted, emotionless killer, she is now a soft and loving person. It takes some time before this is explained and it takes the entire first season for Saya to come back to her old self and for the story to really kick off after a slow, emotional build build up which eventually ends with some epic battles and an emotional ending. Overall, I give the Blood series a 8/10. It would be better if the series and movie shared a common artist and if they did a better job of relating the two. Although some events pertaining to the movie are briefly described in the series, there is never any real connection and it still feels like the Saya from the just isn't the one from the series.

I really have to finish this show then. Anyone know of any way to watch it dubbed for free? I know a lot of people prefer subbed, but I can't stand watching an entire series in language I don't know. Not only can relate to characters better in dub, but I'm also not distracted from the art (the whole reason I like anime) by constantly reading.

Actually it was your war that helped us throw away the raiding and rum. Now we are pot smoking hippies who just want world peace.

You're saying this the wrong person. I probably care less about my pixels than anyone here and my nation is bottom tier anyway so....

Of course they give more. They have the capacity to do so. But how many of them would actually sacrifice? By that I mean, how many of them would give away enough wealth to those who need it, that it would harm them? I don't think very many would. I don't hate the rich. Some of my family is fairly rich. I do however dislike people who inherit something and think they earned anything. There are literally people out there who are raised rich and have no concept of responsibility because of it. Because they go through their whole life never having any. That's sad to me. What's equally sad is that I get to work every day just to live in an apartment while someone else has never worked a day in their life and drives a Bugatti and inherits a huge fortune and business just because he came out of a certain persons vagina. I mean society really doesn't need this kind of person, but they are actually treated as more valuable to society than say, the guy who harvested the food you just ate, or even the person who educated your child.

You remind me of pretty every person who talks about this issue. For one, climate change is only a small factor in the bigger issue. Second, we don't have absolute control over our environment. We can't control the forces of nature. The earth is currently heating up at an ever increasing rate. As the permafrost in the arctic melts, as people continue reproducing, as we destroy forests, and as we pollute the air, the effects of climate change are constantly speeding up. You put too much faith on mere existence. The issue we're facing now isn't an adaptable situation. Nor is it anything that any living creature on this planet has ever faced. When any species overpopulates it's habitat, it suffers and dies. However in our case, it's on a global scale. In case you didn't read the OP, the sixth mass extinction is happening right now. Not tomorrow or yesterday, but right now, as you're reading this. Everything is dying and humans, like everything else, rely on biodiversity to survive. Which is exactly what we're talking about, sir....

This is an issue I'm quite passionate about. I think if you look at the much bigger picture and connect all the dots, you'll see that everything you've mentioned here all comes down to one particular issue. Human overpopulation. There is absolutely no shortage of optimists out there who deny that this is an issue, or that human overpopulation has yet occurred, but the facts are very clear. We are destroying our own ecosystem on a global scale and using more natural resources in numerous areas considerably faster than the earth can replenish them. We are also destroying forests and even the oceans at a completely ridiculous rate. that nature cannot cope with. As a species, we have economically relied on constant, never ending growth. Unfortunately, the earth is finite and we have reached a tipping point where growth is no longer sustainable. What we have right now is not sustainable. The situation in Syria can be partially attributed to human effects on the earth. The people flooding into Europe aren't just fleeing a war. They're also fleeing a dried up nation. And that's just the beginning. Most of the world is running out of water. We'll see what people do when the tap no longer works and stores are being sold out on bottled water every day. When farmers can no longer water their crops. That happened in Syria just before the war broke out. I've put a lot of thought and research into this issue and I find it considerably hard to believe that human society will survive another 100 years. I like to put faith in technology, but people are vastly underestimating the speed at which things are changing. I think the biggest issue of this topic is that this disaster is a slow process. It's not an issue that people are experiencing in a direct or even linear manner, but a cyclical one on a scale that overshadows a human lifetime. Thus they will continue ignoring the issue until they experience a swift, direct personal connection to the issue, or unless they accept the hard facts for what they quite clearly point to. If the world would actually address this issue in a serious manner before the world continues to fall apart and we end up killing ourselves, I'll be amazed. However, even if we do, we've already reached the tipping point on earths climate. It's changing at an ever increasing rate and there is no way of stopping this reaction. Whether we can survive it or not is debatable, but most likely not. These fluctuations in earths climate over the last 2 billion years shows a pattern that seems to correlate with mass extinctions.

Pirates can survive pretty much anything. You're talking to an alliance that's basically at constant war, even if its mostly nations we can easily beat. You can destroy our infra, but we've lost it before.

Church got TMR rolled without even telling his own government he was doing it. Your right, that sounds pretty organized.

There isn't much preparations to be made for such a one sided curb stomp. I think most people were hoping to just avoid getting rolled by all 3 of you. IDK. I'm just here for the rum.

It's about !@#$ing time. I've been waiting for days. Speed it up next time will ya?

LMAO! That's exactly what I'm talking about. I was working when I was like 11, buddy. Being under 18 is possibly the shittiest excuse for not having a job. If your family is in the 1%, they don't sound very charitable. That kind of money is not obtained by being charitable and if they're the kind of "charitable" people who simply throw money at charity groups, then there is a high chance that most of that money is going into rich peoples pockets again, not people who need it. If the rich were actually charitable then why are there so many people living in poverty? To inflate the wallets of the rich.

You'd fit in with them nicely. They're completely disorganized and don't understand politics.

That's cool. I work for my money. Like everyone else should. My father grew up in a rich setting but had to earn his living. He has money but that doesn't mean any of it is mine. I don't get free college or even a free car. There is a difference between helping your child and handing them everything they need and more. If the 1% were actually charitable they wouldn't hoard the amounts of money needed to be at the top percentile. There is no need for an individual to have that kind of money.

Nobody wants to live in your dumb caliphate anyway. Persians have way more fun than you Salafist losers. Iran: Arabia:

Foxburo condemns this as an act of genocide on Persians and Shia and would like you to know that you suck.

You mean billions of dollars from people who inherited a built up fortune from previous people and continue adding to their hoard by simply owning things and making no contribution to society? A lot, and I mean a lot of people will work much harder for their entire life and never receive even a fraction of what a corporate CEO makes to sit in a cozy office and own things. Hardly seems fair.

If it's unequally rationed problems also exist. The fact is, neither capitalism or communism works. We just just pretend they do. Wealth does not come out of thin air. It is as you said a rationing system for resources and services. However, do you realize that it's essentially slavery that keeps this train moving all across the world? Do you realize that slavery is driven by capitalism? Who do you think grows the food on your dinner plate or makes your shoes? If workers had to be treated fairly, it cuts into the profits of business owners. We can replace jobs with machines, but then we just have even less jobs, specifically for low requirement positions, further harming the lower class and further helping the upper class. The problem with capitalism is that it's debt based system that consistently generates debt. That debt has to be someones burden, so it falls on the people at the bottom. It's literally a ponzi scheme. It inherently concentrates wealth into fewer hands until eventually it becomes unsustainable. And that is why capitalism doesn't work either.

He's basically fascist I believe.

Canada is not much covered in our schools, other than our wars with them.