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defacto7

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18. Somewhere between 3 minutes and 30000 years

Reply to Sirveri (Reply #17)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 03:44 PM

Sep 2012

A step closer is how I put it. I'm talking about survival of our species or the end of it. It would be nice to think we could live long enough as a species to actually evolve to something better instead of dyeing out. Being outlived by cockroaches is not my best hope for humankind.

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Russia Announces Enormous Finds Of Radioactive Waste And Nuclear Reactors In Arctic Seas [View all] DeSwiss Sep 2012 OP

guess they thought they could hide it iemitsu Sep 2012 #1

And you'll notice the date of this story. DeSwiss Sep 2012 #9

that's what happens iemitsu Sep 2012 #14

Aw, crap! On second thought, how come we're not all glowing in the dark already?! freshwest Sep 2012 #2

Soon Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #3

Just think of the electricity we'll save! Uh... freshwest Sep 2012 #4

That's not what's gonna happen.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #6

Thank goodness! Help at last. freshwest Sep 2012 #7

By the time we start to glow...... DeSwiss Sep 2012 #10

You know, that plankton and fish that live on the ocean depths have glowed for centuries. freshwest Sep 2012 #13

This is bad. Really, really bad. defacto7 Sep 2012 #5

Humanity can chalk another one up...... DeSwiss Sep 2012 #11

Most of this has been there since the 1980's. So how long is extinction going to take? Sirveri Sep 2012 #17

Somewhere between 3 minutes and 30000 years defacto7 Sep 2012 #18

The future is history. Gregorian Sep 2012 #8

Indeed. n/t DeSwiss Sep 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #15

That we are, where we are is surely of our own making..... DeSwiss Sep 2012 #16

Holy shit FogerRox Apr 2013 #19

Yes, I'd say that'd be the typical response. DeSwiss Apr 2013 #20

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