—) Hey, don’t bring frogs into this mess. They have been innocently hopping around on Earth for 200 million years — until here comes “Super-ape” to mess things up for everyone!
Long having served as helpless victims of biology dissections, as psychology analogies, and menu items — frogs don’t get no respect (know what I mean?) They wouldn’t selfishly destroy the world to provide more insects to gobble.
It makes you wonder if some lab operating dispassionately from another plane of existence has decided to intellectually pith the entire human race for experimental purposes. (—
Having evolved to have a larger brain [and higher IQ] is futile with irrational, traditional, emotional, loyalties to self-destructive societies that favor division, and obstruction tactics over cooperation and compromise.
Okey dokey, so we’ll have to throw out science because too many science/climate deniers out there. And we’ll have to through out climate and earth science history ‘cause too many idjits will just clain its all made up. So where’ s that leave us, right?
Here’s the deal – would you build a house next to something that pollutes the air like a bunch of old cars running 24/7? Or a bunch of neighbors all using huge charcoal files all day, every day? Or next to a desert where the only water available comes from lead pipes and stinks and tastes of all the run off from cattle and chicken farms? How about moving to the Pacific NW (Oops, it just his 115+°F there)? OK so how about the Pacific coast, but there’s a bunch of dead fish and the dead whale or two that couldn’t deal with all the plastic in the ocean (mmm! Smells just like mom used ta make. And its 95° and 89% humidity most days so the air & that smell is kinda… close).
Yeah. So just why should we clean up the environment no matter what the underlying causes are? “Oh but that’ll just hurt all of the… Uh… those… Umm… Hey… Wait a minute… Who would that hurt?”
Businesses! Corporations! Industries! They’ll have to change! Yup, no more buggy whips. Not so many kerosene lamps. Fewer whale bone corsets. No more ice wagons. No more horse drawn carts full of coal. Ugh! So much change! Right?
PraiseofFolly over 2 years ago
—) Hey, don’t bring frogs into this mess. They have been innocently hopping around on Earth for 200 million years — until here comes “Super-ape” to mess things up for everyone!
Long having served as helpless victims of biology dissections, as psychology analogies, and menu items — frogs don’t get no respect (know what I mean?) They wouldn’t selfishly destroy the world to provide more insects to gobble.
It makes you wonder if some lab operating dispassionately from another plane of existence has decided to intellectually pith the entire human race for experimental purposes. (—
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 2 years ago
We’re “knee-deep” in climate change. I tell members of the QOP I toad you so.
superposition over 2 years ago
Having evolved to have a larger brain [and higher IQ] is futile with irrational, traditional, emotional, loyalties to self-destructive societies that favor division, and obstruction tactics over cooperation and compromise.
The Nodding Head over 2 years ago
The birth rate is dropping because many intelligent young people are so pessimistic about the future. I understand their concerns.
Michael G. over 2 years ago
The heat is not being turned up so slowly these days. In Mandarin, Flemish, and German, it’s the same thing.
Display over 2 years ago
Okey dokey, so we’ll have to throw out science because too many science/climate deniers out there. And we’ll have to through out climate and earth science history ‘cause too many idjits will just clain its all made up. So where’ s that leave us, right?
Here’s the deal – would you build a house next to something that pollutes the air like a bunch of old cars running 24/7? Or a bunch of neighbors all using huge charcoal files all day, every day? Or next to a desert where the only water available comes from lead pipes and stinks and tastes of all the run off from cattle and chicken farms? How about moving to the Pacific NW (Oops, it just his 115+°F there)? OK so how about the Pacific coast, but there’s a bunch of dead fish and the dead whale or two that couldn’t deal with all the plastic in the ocean (mmm! Smells just like mom used ta make. And its 95° and 89% humidity most days so the air & that smell is kinda… close).
Yeah. So just why should we clean up the environment no matter what the underlying causes are? “Oh but that’ll just hurt all of the… Uh… those… Umm… Hey… Wait a minute… Who would that hurt?”
Businesses! Corporations! Industries! They’ll have to change! Yup, no more buggy whips. Not so many kerosene lamps. Fewer whale bone corsets. No more ice wagons. No more horse drawn carts full of coal. Ugh! So much change! Right?
Kip Williams over 2 years ago
I would just like to point out that experimenters have determined that a frog will get out of the water long before it boils.
And yes, you are correct if you surmise that this therefore makes us dumber than the frog.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 2 years ago
Ribbeting notions.
willie_mctell over 2 years ago
The amphibian community objects to the boiling water gag. We suggest using a human instead.
stevek Premium Member over 2 years ago
Not a problem, humanity might die out, but the Earth will survive and some form of life will reemerge. Its been going on for almost 4 billion years.
Frankfreak over 2 years ago
Gym Jordon, Rafael Cruz, Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham, Republican base.