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Old 02-03-2009, 12:23 PM   #1
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Will there be sugary stuff in it? lol
There will a dungeon, with all kinds of toys. If you're good, I'm sure there will be fun stuff to eat and drink.
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Old 02-03-2009, 01:11 PM   #2
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Don't you all want clean air to breathe? And fresh water to drink, and nutritious food to eat?
And spotted owls... (J/K - I owed ya one )
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Old 02-03-2009, 07:28 PM   #3
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Old 02-02-2009, 09:49 PM   #4
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or flood, or icestorm, or heatwave...

As you said, humans adapt. If they don't they die.
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Old 02-02-2009, 09:54 PM   #5
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I'd like a ticket merc - please
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Old 02-03-2009, 09:47 AM   #6
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As with every global change there will be bad things AND good things that come of it. We never hear about the good things.

Bad: sections of the planet become unlivable.
Good: other sections of the planet become livable!

Bad: sea level rise.
Good: Manhattan streets finally clean!

Bad: no ice platforms for polar bears to fish from.
Good: overfishing is a problem anyway!

Bad: change in ocean currents put Britain into permafrost.
Good: George Galloway finally shuts up!

Bad: Alaskan caribou lose homeland.
Good: We can finally drill for oil there!
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Old 02-03-2009, 12:01 PM   #7
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As with every global change there will be bad things AND good things that come of it. We never hear about the good things.

Bad: sections of the planet become unlivable.
Good: other sections of the planet become livable!

Bad: sea level rise.
Good: Manhattan streets finally clean!

Bad: no ice platforms for polar bears to fish from.
Good: overfishing is a problem anyway!

Bad: change in ocean currents put Britain into permafrost.
Good: George Galloway finally shuts up!

Bad: Alaskan caribou lose homeland.
Good: We can finally drill for oil there!
Hahahahaha
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Old 02-03-2009, 12:33 PM   #8
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Bad: sections of the planet become unlivable.
Good: other sections of the planet become livable!
The rest of your points were clearly jokes, so I'm only going to address this one, which some people might consider to be true.

Let's take Baffin Island for an example. It's cold and desolate now. If it gets warmer, you might think that people would be able to live there more than they do now.

But if you look at pictures, even after it warms up, it will be gravel. Warm gravel instead of cold gravel. It takes hundreds of thousands of years for gravel to turn into soil with organic material in it.

This was the lushest picture of Baffin Island I could find.
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Old 02-03-2009, 02:00 PM   #9
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Good lord Glatt what do you have against gravel? Think of the advantages:

- no lawn to mow!
- awesome drainage everywhere!
- don't have to build roads, just drive over the land!
- lots of things available to throw at someone's window when you want to get their attention!
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Old 02-03-2009, 02:37 PM   #10
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I like your attitude, UT.
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Old 02-03-2009, 03:03 PM   #11
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Someone got me a global warming coffee mug. It has a map of the world painted on it. When you fill it with a hot beverage, all the low-lying areas begin to disappear, including the entire state of Florida. So, if we do have increasing sea levels due to climate change, where will we keep all the old people?
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Old 02-03-2009, 03:06 PM   #12
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Old 02-04-2009, 07:38 AM   #13
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Someone got me a global warming coffee mug. It has a map of the world painted on it. When you fill it with a hot beverage, all the low-lying areas begin to disappear, including the entire state of Florida. So, if we do have increasing sea levels due to climate change, where will we keep all the old people?
I want one. Just to see if my house will be underwater. And as for the old people, who says we were going to move them. Just Katrina them.
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