Would the world be better without mankind?

It's not morbid, it's an interesting discussion. If you're getting "dragged down" by text, there must be something else going on here.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
For real, TI.

This is my first 4th of July in a city.

It's going to be insane, I bet.

What city! Have fun!

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
What city! Have fun!

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Miami. Also I'm in a Haitian neighborhood and immigrants tend to ball out on the 4th of July. My only concern is that my apartment bloc might catch fire...it's so old lol.

I'm jealous man, sounds fun! Def hit the beach if you can.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Miami. Also I'm in a Haitian neighborhood and immigrants tend to ball out on the 4th of July. My only concern is that my apartment bloc might catch fire...it's so old lol.

This is why I live in Plantation. I love the suburbs where everyone is more or less civilized regardless of race. I hate Miami.

4th of July here isn't that fun, at least not in this neighborhood. You don't have people setting off interesting looking fireworks that much. No..it is just them blowing stuff up like M80's, to where it sounds more like a warzone then a celebration. My poor cat Bosley nearly had herself a little heart attack around midnight last night, she was sitting by a window and then BOOM, and she nearly jumped out of her own fur. Keep in mind I live near an airport so a few years ago the city installed windows for everyone to help muffle the sounds of the planes..and this sound was still loud as all hell despite the fact all the windows were closed.

I've also quite literally in the past been unable to even drive down my block because some people had set off so many fireworks and other crap and just tossed it right in the middle of the street and before long there is a huge pile of garbage. These are grown ass adults acting this way too..not children.

Originally posted by Ionceknewu
But wouldn't the world lose it's most complex creation, the human mind.

But this doesn't negate pollution or anything. Also I've read that the building blocks for life..or whatever lead to life..did not originate on this planet, but more then likely arrived on some meteor or something that hit the planet. If true that means we aren't even 100% a creation of this specific world.

Originally posted by psmith81992
This is why I live in Plantation. I love the suburbs where everyone is more or less civilized regardless of race. I hate Miami.

You sound a bit like a West Palmer right now g_serious

That's east plantation. I live in west plantation. No crime baby. And i love west palm.

Dave, you finally started posting in the GDF. What gives?

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Dave, you finally started posting in the GDF. What gives?

I didn't know this place existed.

Originally posted by psmith81992
It's not morbid, it's an interesting discussion. If you're getting "dragged down" by text, there must be something else going on here.

I suspect its all about hazing the new guy. At least I hope so.......

Originally posted by Ionceknewu
I suspect its all about hazing the new guy. At least I hope so.......

That would be a pretty lame attempt at hazing someone.

Originally posted by Ionceknewu
Six-and-half billion - and rising. That is how many humans crowd our Planet Earth. And there is no doubt that we are wreaking terrible damage on our world.

So much so that scientists talk about the "Anthropocene" - the destructive Era Of Man.

Our gases are polluting the atmosphere and warming the skies. Our chemicals taint the seas and the rivers; our farms and cities gobble up the landscape, pushing flora and fauna aside like sand before a bulldozer. Our green-and-blue world is still beautiful, but it is far from pristine.

Our mark is everywhere. (From the Daily Mail)

Would the world be better without us?

Define 'better'. The human body, and all living things, are pretty much a microcosm of Earth. They support other living things and will die eventually. The Earth is good for humanity. It's up to humanity to not kill ourselves. Earth will live on.

Originally posted by meep-meep
It's up to humanity to not kill ourselves. Earth will live on.

The universe will ultimately end with the heat death, nothing matters in the long run.

But don't worry, our Sun will destroy Earth long before that actually happens.

[i]Originally posted by Placidity/i]
The universe will ultimately end with the heat death, nothing matters in the long run.

But don't worry, our Sun will destroy Earth long before that actually happens.

True. I was speaking in terms confined by the OP. Everything will die. Maybe humanity could achieve a Star Trek like future and witness cosmic events like that. It'd be rad.

I would post the question differently: whether the Earth is good for us?

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
I would post the question differently: whether the Earth is good for [b]us? [/B]

It's really not. Go ask people who lived through Hurricane Katrina or through earthquakes or tsunami's.

Originally posted by Surtur
It's really not. Go ask people who lived through Hurricane Katrina or through earthquakes or tsunami's.

That's more about people not helping people, or people not helping themselves to be honest.

God said bring me your hipocrates so I think the world will do just fine with society.

Originally posted by Ionceknewu
Six-and-half billion - and rising. That is how many humans crowd our Planet Earth. And there is no doubt that we are wreaking terrible damage on our world.

So much so that scientists talk about the "Anthropocene" - the destructive Era Of Man.

Our gases are polluting the atmosphere and warming the skies. Our chemicals taint the seas and the rivers; our farms and cities gobble up the landscape, pushing flora and fauna aside like sand before a bulldozer. Our green-and-blue world is still beautiful, but it is far from pristine.

Our mark is everywhere. (From the Daily Mail)

Would the world be better without us?

Aren't you tired of being blamed for living?