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I'm not very knowledgeable about wwii but "aryan" doesn't necessarily mean a racist person. (excluding those who identify as aryan today, those people most definitely are) I think "aryan" was just used to describe the white European appearance that Hitler viewed as the most superior race. (the "ideal aryan" had blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin and ironically enough, Hitler didn't even fit that bill as he was a brunette with brown eyes) If I'm not mistaken, people with aryan appearances who had "impurities" were also killed in the holocaust (ex: those who had physical disabilities, mental illness, and/or were gay) but their numbers were a lot smaller compared to other groups the Nazis went after. (I did double check a lot of what I said but please correct me if I'm wrong!) Completely switching gears here but yeah the mass extinction didn't start recently. We've lost at least 77 species of mammals, 140 types of bird, and 34 amphibians since 1500 so scientists have been keeping an eye on this for a while. I'm assuming humans play the biggest part in the mass extinction since a lot of industrialization, pollution, and population increase came about in the past 500 years but the Earth just doing what it does probably had some part in it too but it's a minor part in comparison. I'm sure a bunch of species went extinct at least partially because of humans. Especially if the species had the climate and humans working against it its survival. (ex: wooly mammoths) The reason it didn't cause a mass extinction is probably because it's a lot harder to hunt hundreds of species into extinction compared to now where humans are unintentionally harming animals. (ex: habitat loss, we know the deforestation of rainforests is bad yet it still happens. Not to mention tribes who still reside in those forests are also harmed by this) Despite the industrial revolution happening so long ago it didn't come and go without any consequences* though. And coal leaves behind coal ash which if not stored properly can cause horrific spills. And that's the thing, organizations can certainly help a ton! They can only do so much though. Some species might get to the point where they only exist in captivity. It's better than them completely being gone but it's not much better.. Take Lonesome George the last known Pinta Island tortoise for example. When he died in 2012 , the subspecies he belonged to just stopped existing because there were no females he could mate with to continue the subspecies. Lonesome George was even referred to as the rarest animal in the world during his last years. it doesn't It might not be as brutal but animals are still dying :c And I vote we send all the harmful human waste to space and make the aliens deal with it, it's a completely foolproof plan amiright??? ----- *I wanted to link a Lonesome George video I came across because I thought it gave a lot of perspective and realized one of my links stopped working, like the entire site's just down but I was able to access a cached copy and screenshot it so if anyone cares, here

yes, because playing on our smart phones and complaining about the conclusion of How I Met Your Mother is adapting to our environment see where I'm getting at here? was NYC the way is was thousands of years ago? was Berlin the way it was thousands of years ago? skyscrapers, buildings, factories we changed our environment so that we wouldn't have to "adapt" to what the environment was originally the most I've ever "adapted" to was moving to another state you know why? because it only takes a few seconds on google to locate the nearest grocery store, library, school, etc. this is not adaptation please feel free to elaborate on how we "adapted" to our environment compared to other species please feel free to explain how hard our lives are compared to the species that have to scavenge on a daily basis hell, we barely utilize our fight/flight response anymore because of how much we changed our environment you know how our body efficiently stores fat as an energy source? the majority of us are well-nourished if not over-nourished our bodies have not yet "adapted" to the changes we made to our environment in other words, we did not "adapt" to our environment; we changed it "ever changing" lol you've gotta be kidding me we're the ones who caused the changing, if my previous point didn't sink in enough yes, yes, because us getting used to the changes that we made is such a big accomplishment you're putting far too much faith in the human species are you not aware of how massive the meteor or volcano must have been if it had the power to cause a mass extinction? ahahaahahaha....haha.............................ha...... that's far more powerful than any nuclear bomb we've detonated, if that puts anything into perspective "The release amounted to about 10^23 joules, or 10^8 megatons of TNT. This energy is 10,000 times greater than the world's total arsenal of nuclear weapons at the height of the Cold War" feel free to try and stop that with our "technology" technological capabilities and the ability to communicate clearly, huh......... well let me know how that goes once another super volcano erupts or another meteor the size of Chicxulub hits us and yeah, "plan B" isn't gonna work here if another meteor the size of Chicxulub were to hit us, it'd rip through any underground bunkers we build like wet paper let me paste that quote again: "The release amounted to about 10^23 joules, or 10^8 megatons of TNT. This energy is 10,000 times greater than the world's total arsenal of nuclear weapons at the height of the Cold War" I don't know why you're treating it so casually because we're the ones who caused it. humans ---> global warming ---> mass extinction humans caused the mass extinction what is there not to get, haha

We kinda are the cause of this mass extinction. Even if it’s not through direct means like outright pouching and slaughter, it’s through other means like deforestation, territory encroachment, pollution, and accidentally introducing invasive species among other things. And this leads into your question. I might as well have just said Nazi instead of Aryan, but I figured you at least knew what the Holocaust was. Nazis considered Aryans the master race and enacted mass genocide on Jews, Gypsies, the mentally and physically disabled, and anyone who got in their way. Total death count was about 11 million, give or take. The Nazi and Aryans wouldn’t have been affected by this manslaughter for the sole reason that they’re the ones causing it, in the same way humans aren't also a part of this extinction because we're causing it. The impact theory is wildly regarded by most, laymen and scientists alike, to be true. Years ago there was a huge debate and “How did the dinos die?” was a common discussion/learning topic amongst even elementary schoolers. However, recently there have been more discoveries and data collected and scientists can say fairly certainly an asteroid did indeed kill the dinosaurs. It was kind of big news; I remember seeing articles and television reports and documentaries celebrating the end to an age long question. No one knows anything for absolute certain, that’s impossible of course without a time machine, so some may still try to argue against the impact theory, but those people are in the minority. It was widely debated years ago, but definitely not today. Potentially using nukes or spaceships to deflect/destroy incoming asteroids is pretty common knowledge nowadays, I would think, so yeah I’ve heard of it. The problem is, you put way too much faith in theory and numbers than you do in reality. Can we shoot asteroids out of the sky? Oh sure, simple. If a big one is coming, we have sensors that can detect it 10-20 years in advance, which is just enough time to pull together funds and a program to construct the nuke/spaceship, launch it, and successfully knock that sucker out of here. But see, that’s not how life fundamentally works. Everything is peachy on paper, when you’re sitting comfortably at your desk crunching numbers. If everyone in the world was given $1,000 to donate to either feeding the world’s hungry children or funding research of asteroid destroying nukes, where’s most of the money going to go? You don’t even need to take a survey, it’s obvious what the answer is. An asteroid strike is not a threat right now. Large impacts the size of the one that killed the dinosaurs happen once every 100 million years. Ones that can destroy entire civilizations happen every 100,000 years, and ones the size of Tunguska occur every 300. A Tunguska sized asteroid hitting a populated area occurs every 3,000 years, and that area being an urban one would be at around 100,000 years. Small stones fall from the sky and may occasionally hit an unlucky soul here or there, but that amounts to about 100 dead a year. That’s nearly nothing in comparison to the millions that are dying of cancer, heart attack, suicide, and other medical conditions annually. Heck, you’d make more of a difference investing money in preventing aviation related deaths than asteroid related ones. The thing is, very few people in this world care about a potential asteroid strike. And a lot of those that do care aren’t going to go out of their way to donate to NASA or anything. Humans, as complex as you sometimes make them out to be, still follow the basic instincts of animals. We respond more readily and eagerly to problems we can relate to. Every human that lives and has ever lived knows what it’s like to go hungry. You’re always wondering what’s for dinner and wanting food on DCW, so don’t pretend you don’t. The thought of impoverished third world country residents starving every day garners sympathy and so we donate, have food drives and events, spread the word, and make some noise in an attempt to make a difference. Similarly, enough people personally know others afflicted by cancer or alcohol/drug abuse or depression or disabilities or have at least heard sob stories to feel that it’s worth the time and effort to fight these problems. These are all threats that have significantly more impact on a person’s everyday life than a rock in space. Furthermore, we procrastinate. Everyone procrastinates, and the collective conscience of humans isn’t any different. Setting up a defense line to prevent large asteroids from ever hitting Earth is so simple, so easy, so within reach. Yet the reaped rewards come hundreds of thousands of years later and with a deadline so far back no one feels pressured to start preparing now. It’s an easier problem than world hunger to fix no doubt, but our “superior” minds just don’t see that. Why invest in something as abstract as an asteroid hit? Scientists are all saying we shouldn’t worry, sooo… I guess I’ll give my money to impoverished Nigerian children then? My money is becoming medicine for those too poor to afford it, and when that medicine is given to the sickly it makes an active difference. If I wanted to, I could fly over and actually see the new life I have given. Now that’s rewarding is it not? If my money goes to building a nuke, to blow up asteroids, then it will just get lost in the millions and billions needed for research and testing. And I won’t be alive to see the smiles and thanks of the people thousands of years from now, if humans as a species even survive that long. Similarly to global warming, or rather climate change, the threat of an asteroid strike is so distant and so abstract and foreign that we aren’t hardwired to perceive it as anything more than a fleeting thought. Heck, you yourself are even starting to question the validity of climate change because it’s been preached for many years and yet there appears to be very little change in the world through your eyes. Even once we’re faced with imminent threat, do you honestly think humans will be able to come to an agreement on how to deal with an asteroid strike in the 10-20 years it takes to locate, prepare, and take down the danger? Countries argue every day how much should be invested in military spending, helping other countries who are going through tough financial times, dealing with international wars and terrorists, the list goes on. There is so much red tape in the political world, very little ever truly gets done. It’s always a balancing act of addressing issues and making promises (but not too many) and saving face and geez let’s not even get started with political rivalries. Politicians aren’t even the entire problem. Your everyday folk are an issue as well. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if it were ever revealed publically that an asteroid with the potential to wipe out humans was hurling our way? People would be demanding answers from politicians and scientists alike and I bet you my video game collection that they’ll say something along the lines of, “We cannot disclose anything at this time, but we assure you there is no need to worry.” With an unsatisfactory answer like that, rumors will start to spread, hearsay will be taken as fact, conspiracy theories will run wild, and the distrust level will be neck high, even if politicians announce that they will be building a nuke to blast the asteroid away. Some may YOLO their remaining time away, others may resort to suicide. People will point fingers and start to blame those that don’t deserve any blame and hate groups will form faster than ever before. Humans, for the first time in their entire existence, will be faced with a dilemma that literally nothing in the hundreds of thousands of years of their time on Earth will have prepared them for, and that’s actually knowing they could be the very last people ever to live. Even just hypothetically contemplating it right now cannot compare to actually experiencing it. And as for underground bunkers, seriously? You know there’s no way we’re going to fit seven billion people underground, and in the future that number's going to be even higher. With limited space and resources, what determines which people survive and which ones are left on the surface to face the hellhole that will be the aftereffects of the impact? Money? Status? Genetic and intellectual value? Roland Emmerich’s “2012” was pretty much just an unrealistic action flick, but it brought up some good points. The social uproar that would ensue from underground bunkers would be even greater than just knowing an asteroid is coming. I can’t believe I wrote that much just on knocking a rock out of the sky. I’ll try to keep this next bit as short as possible. Humans are probably one of the most, if not the most, intelligent animals ever to walk this Earth, sure that’s true. I’m not going to go and argue against that. However intelligence alone does not deem a species superior to every other. Physically, we’re fragile as porcelain. We can barely get over colds without the aid of medicine, otherwise we’d be reduced to a sniffling pile of blankets and snotty tissues. Even with medicine we’re many times walking around miserable. We don’t have any outer layer of protection save for skin. And seriously, paper can cut that. Turtles have shells while lobsters and insects have exoskeletons. Sharks have an amazing sense of smell and have been on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Chameleons, octopi, and cuttlefish can change their color and in the cuttlefish’s case their skin texture to more readily hide from predators and/or to ambush prey. Others like the milk snake use Batesian mimicry to fool potential predators into thinking they are poisonous by resembling the venomous coral snake. Humans can only put on a costume and/or makeup and I guess hope for the best? Bats can practically see in the dark with echolocation, using sound waves to determine your surrounding area. Humans sometimes even have trouble just figuring out if someone is calling their name from their left or their right. The basilisk lizard can run on water, which only Jesus and magicians have accomplished. In terms of sheer number and reproduction, insects like ants have us beat. Cockroaches can survive nuclear blasts and tardigrades are so hardy they can be sent into the vacuum of space, brought back, and still live to tell the tale. Humans are inferior to other animals (and even plants) in nearly all aspects save for intellect. And a word of advice. Never ever claim to be too smart or too knowledgeable in some kind of false modesty. You come off as arrogant, and I know you’re a good person and all, but seriously that last part was uncalled for. There will always be someone better than you. I have typed enough for multiple debates. I’m done here. Feel free to counter if you’d like, but I won’t be replying back because this just takes way too much work.

I used to despise her strongly, to the point I dedicate my life bashing her and chasing away her fans on the net (I get it, shame on me). But for some reason, it died off. Anyway, for me it was because of her signifigance to the plot, yet the amount of screentime she have and did not deserve. I would've loved DC if Shinichi went out with Kazuha and Heiji (in this imaginary universe, they took Ran's place), and things go on from there. It would've been much more entertaining, in my opinion. She gets in almost all of the episodes, yet she didn't change much. She did change one thing, from the comic relief violence to the distress-mode damsel. It's annoying. Face it, Shinichi isn't even her boyfriend. Just a childhood friend. Ran didn't own him. So my lifelong friend who happens to be my crush is going to a long case to do his job. All I'll get is a few occasional meetings and phone calls. That's good enough for me. He isn't even my boyfreind after all. My love is (supposedly) one-sided. But no. She just have to go around like she owns him. He doesn't pick up his phone? Get angry. He's being irritating? Act cranky. Sure, she has her understanding moments too (Like that valentine chapter, for one), but her annoying moments shadows everything else. Especially if you had been hating her for that long. But honestly, Shinichi have no obligation to call her, right? I don't even know why he bothers. They're childhood friends. There are a lot of people with more than one childhood friends on the globe, and should they call each of them and go meet them everytime their job took them away? Is having friends such a hassle? Anyway, she doesn't have a huge impact to the plot after like, 600 episodes, at least? None of them brought great impact to the plot. A few of the character twist the plot an episode of their appearance, but Ran... And one more thing, does every movie require her being saved? Can't she help herself just once? She knows karate, right? She can bend a pole, break a table. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but how could one has such unearthly power but hasn't saved herself once? And one more, she should stop crying that much and actually do something about the situation if she hate it that much.

Alright, first of all, saying that they've had no chemistry so far, is completely false. Chemistry is not a term for solely love relationships; chemistry is especially important in the first meetings of two person, it describes if people simply "click" and if they understand each other without much need for words, if people simply feel the same. It's very complex. Shinichi and Ran share an enourmous chemistry. Why would his work be disturbed by Ran? She is quite used to him solving cases; he really started to work with the police after their New York Trip, which was also the time she realized how much she loved him. Never did we see Ran having problems or getting angry with Shinichi for solving cases. Even as Shinichi made his trip alone to East Ohuko Village, we don't have any evidence that got overly worried or even angry at all. The reason, why Ran is so worried is, because Shinichi simply vanishes. The circumstances are not normal. If he could/would tell her where he is and what the case is about, than I doubt Ran would worry even close to as much as she's currently doing - which is not much by the way. Ever since London, Ran isn't really actively angry or worrying or crying for Shinichi anymore. Because she trusts him. Also, don't forget that Ran has grown up with her family being at risk due to law enforcement/detective work. She grew up as a policemens daughter; I doubt she would go into a frenzy evertime Shinichi had case, especially since Conan and Kogoro regularly have severe cases and she doesn't into overdrive everytime. Additionally, Ran likes it when Shinichi solves cases. Just aside from sharing the sense for justice and morality, she simply loves to him solve the case and to see the expression on his face when he figures something out. That is a thing that makes her happy. So, why would go so completely nuts when he does it? These are all things that fit Ran as well. Ran understands the danger, she grew up with it and lives with it. Ran is more than capable of getting Shinichi out of danger, as she demonstrated several times already. This state that you only say for Ai: worried, but not fussing is exactly the state I would imagine being in, if their relationship got serious. Also, Ran is completely capable of being his Watson. How do I know this? Because she has been his Watson several times over the course of the series already. Hell, even as Conan she regularly serves him as Watson. When was the last time she's done that? In our time? Roughly ten years ago I'd guess.

I'm sorry man, I usually don't like to start with stuff like this because it can be time consuming and a hassle, but I couldn't resist. Humans are going to survive this 6th mass extinction? Well, no duh, it's because we're causing it. Wow, isn't it crazy how the Aryans weren't killed in the Holocaust? Gee, just goes to show how collectively intelligent and capable they are! They definitely one-upped dem gypsies and Jews, didn't they? Us "surviving" has nothing to do with our innate skill or prowess. Also, this is nothing at all like how the dinosaurs went out. They were hit by an asteroid that caused worldwide megatsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires. The emitted dust particles caused a dramatic drop in temperatures and disrupted photosynthesis. If that asteroid were to hit Earth today, humans would be royally screwed. All forms of electronic communication would end, never to be repaired. Forget trying to communicate with anyone more than a few miles away from you, because don't expect the gas in your car to last very long. There would cease to be order. Politicians? Policemen? Who cares? No one is there to enforce the laws. Money would be worthless. Food and shelter go a lot farther than just coins and paper. Mass produced animals and crops that have been acclimated to rely to humans would eventually perish and we'd start struggling to find food. With our over reliance on technology, no one has any street smarts. Wikipedia won't be there to tell you which berries are poisonous and how to start a fire in subzero temperatures. You're injured and need a doctor? Your stomach is giving you cramps and you don't know why? Well, it's a shame all the doctors are dead and the CVS down the street was raided well in advance. And I'm sure you'll have all the supplies you'll need to purify your own water, right? Cause last I checked water was pretty damn important. It will be every man for himself, and there would be no shortage of troubles. All those third world countries that rely on superpowers to supply aid after a single earthquake strikes today would be wiped away if an asteroid the size of the Chicxulub one were to hit. When thousands of those earthquakes happening simultaneously, no one's going to send the Red Cross anywhere. Even if humans do manage to miraculously make it through an impact of that scale, the genetic pool would have been drastically diminished and they wouldn't have managed by just holding hands and singing Kumbaya. You'd be gravely mistaken in thinking humans are any less fragile than any of the species that have come and gone before us, especially the dinosaurs. They lived for 165 million years, and we've only been here for 200 thousand.

never again will i watch or read anything that is DC long only if its finished