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Cleita

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14. I see us going the way of the dinosaur.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 09:41 AM

Apr 2013

I'm feeling very pessimistic right now. With us reaching critical population mass and not making any attempts to fix this and to take care of the damage we are doing to our planet, I believe the planet will scratch us off of her like so many fleas. Earth will go on without us.

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How do you see the world in 100 years? [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2013 OP

American teenagers will have lost the power of speech. Chipper Chat Apr 2013 #1

Reminds of the short story "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury davidn3600 Apr 2013 #7

From the inside of a pine box most likely. MrSlayer Apr 2013 #2

Some southern states will breakaway from the US and form their own country. Chipper Chat Apr 2013 #3

Hot and barren. Oceans too acidic to support life. truebluegreen Apr 2013 #4

Four billion surviving humans will be hating us... hunter Apr 2013 #5

Everyone looking at computer screens 24/7. reformist2 Apr 2013 #6

I expect another Axial Age. rrneck Apr 2013 #8

I join your semi-cynicism. defacto7 Apr 2013 #9

By living an extraordinarily long time jberryhill Apr 2013 #10

I've been doing an RPG on this Prophet 451 Apr 2013 #11

Without global cooperation, the human race is toast. canoeist52 Apr 2013 #12

Like any other honest person, I don't have the ability to foresee the future Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #13

I see us going the way of the dinosaur. Cleita Apr 2013 #14

I won't see it at all. My ashes will have reached MineralMan Apr 2013 #15

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Hatchling Apr 2013 #16

The year 1900 predicts the year 2000: Joseph Ledger Apr 2013 #17