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  • aka Calum Da Jazbo
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 9173

    Apocalypse Now ....

    emerging signs of the end of things ...

    super bugs

    serpents



    cave! cave!
    According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
  • Serial_Apologist
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 37707

    #2
    Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
    The irony being that, scientific hubris has allowed humankind roughly a century of preventative immunity to bacterial infection.

    Presumably alternatives to antibiotics will be developed, but they will be cleaning/decontaminating/pre-empting chemicals so powerful that we will all have to go around permanently wearing gloves, face masks and all-enveloping onesies. The problem of feeding an overpopulating world (relative to supportive systems and carrying capacities), as represented by the escaped snakes in Iraq/Iran, is a much more pressing one, I imagine.

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    • aka Calum Da Jazbo
      Late member
      • Nov 2010
      • 9173

      #3
      penury
      According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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      • Serial_Apologist
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 37707

        #4
        Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
        Well, in our day we had to scrub the central reservation before paying the boss to let us work. And yet, if you told the young people of today that their exploitation was caused by unwarranted trade union militancy, restrictive practices and general working class bloodymindedness, 30 years ago, they'd believe you.

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        • amateur51

          #5
          Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
          Well, in our day we had to scrub the central reservation before paying the boss to let us work. And yet, if you told the young people of today that their exploitation was caused by unwarranted trade union militancy, restrictive practices and general working class bloodymindedness, 30 years ago, they'd believe you.
          Iain Duncan-Smith in a right old tangle with LBC's James O'Brien trying to explain why expecting young unemployed people to work free for PoundLand etc is really a bit of a splendid opportunity for them ....

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