GasBandit
Staff member
You do. You just like to moan.I wish I lived in a country where that was the case.
You do. You just like to moan.I wish I lived in a country where that was the case.
Because Martians aren't people, eh? you racist human!The U.S. is such a racist-free paradise compared to every place I've ever been to abroad. Granted all of those places have been in Asia, but don't forget:
Pictured: Not a HumanBecause Martians aren't people, eh? you racist human!
That would be more "speciesist."Because Martians aren't people, eh? you racist human!
Surely you've heard about the Nazis settling on the moon. Lesser known, they've since colonized Mars.That would be more "speciesist."
As do the people that aren't allowed to be as openly racist as they'd like...You do. You just like to moan.
Hey now, ageism is still cool and OK.Damn millennials, amirite!
Oh, of course it is the norm. Every advancement we've ever made as a species has been made by going against the norm. Human nature at its most primal is tribalism, where we are all primates beating our chests and flinging poo at scary outsiders. Society exists because we gradually learned to go against this nature, and it is why it is so easy to backslide on it, and why that backslide must be continually fought against.Maybe society is not as good as we would like to believe it is. What if racism, xenophobia, etc, are actually the norm and we are the minority.
That's funny. That means that we, as humans, declared that our own nature is bad and we must fight against what we are.Oh, of course it is the norm. Every advancement we've ever made as a species has been made by going against the norm. Human nature at its most primal is tribalism, where we are all primates beating our chests and flinging poo at scary outsiders. Society exists because we gradually learned to go against this nature, and it is why it is so easy to backslide on it, and why that backslide must be continually fought against.
I agree. Either interpretation, of either Human Nature, and/or the benefits of fighting against it is too simple. A mix of both is moral IMO. Either extreme is bad.That's funny. That means that we, as humans, declared that our own nature is bad and we must fight against what we are.
Or, you know, leaving behind old habits for ones that are more advantageous is how evolution works...That's funny. That means that we, as humans, declared that our own nature is bad and we must fight against what we are.
Until we implement Carousel, it's just not going far enough imo.Hey now, ageism is still cool and OK.
You mean we aren't supposed to be flinging poo? What if it's someone else's?Oh, of course it is the norm. Every advancement we've ever made as a species has been made by going against the norm. Human nature at its most primal is tribalism, where we are all primates beating our chests and flinging poo at scary outsiders. Society exists because we gradually learned to go against this nature, and it is why it is so easy to backslide on it, and why that backslide must be continually fought against.
Society exists because we discovered living is easier if we Share The Load(tm). Society falls apart once the population density increases to the point that people start to feel they don't have their own personal space any more.Society exists because we gradually learned to go against this nature, and it is why it is so easy to backslide on it, and why that backslide must be continually fought against.
And thus did the sanitation engineers establish their dominion over all.You mean we aren't supposed to be flinging poo? What if it's someone else's?
Well, until a Strikebreaker came alongAnd thus did the sanitation engineers establish their dominion over all.
--Patrick
He's from the The Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party.
I suppose the real question is "will one of the major parties form a coalition government with the Babadook?"
I've tried to read everything Asimov. Well, everything where Asimov talks about himself, and that must've been in one of his story collections.Hah! Someone else who's heard the story.
--Patrick