Funny, I remember 2020 clearly. But then I also did the SoP every single day that year without fail -- there's something to be said for autistic obsessiveness.
"Why were humans allowed to break into the combustible cookie jar of the deep earth in the first place though? Why, to get out all that lovely locked-up carbon, of course! The earth was slowly cooling and Gaia needed to warm it up again, but meteors are terribly messy and cause a lot of collateral damage. Much better to create a versatile, intelligent, curious and above all, lazy species with sneaky little fingers, then wait a few thousand years for them to make a nice insulation blanket round the planet, and provide plant food into the bargain. We've served our purpose, and can go back to being just another species on this earth in a few millenia, when the climate is too unstable for agriculture. However, it's vitally important we don't trash the place on our way out, hence the whole "averting nuclear war"..."
You have to wonder what the dinosaurs did to piss her off!
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Re: The least worst outcome
Date: 2023-01-21 05:25 am (UTC)"Why were humans allowed to break into the combustible cookie jar of the deep earth in the first place though? Why, to get out all that lovely locked-up carbon, of course! The earth was slowly cooling and Gaia needed to warm it up again, but meteors are terribly messy and cause a lot of collateral damage. Much better to create a versatile, intelligent, curious and above all, lazy species with sneaky little fingers, then wait a few thousand years for them to make a nice insulation blanket round the planet, and provide plant food into the bargain. We've served our purpose, and can go back to being just another species on this earth in a few millenia, when the climate is too unstable for agriculture. However, it's vitally important we don't trash the place on our way out, hence the whole "averting nuclear war"..."
You have to wonder what the dinosaurs did to piss her off!