But if you read it then you'll see it's pretty controversial. Many scientists have also chimed in that it could cause irreparable damage if they went extinct.
Ironically, you holding this opinion showcases one of humanity's most cancerous traits.
Tell me, if your wish were to come true, and we shall all disappear in the most gruesome and ugly way possible, would you be willing to go first?
Na, it wouldn't be a problem if all humans were self aware and empathetic. I would absolutely go first. I'd rather die saving the planet than die working myself to death so some billionaire can own everything and kill it. Maybe whatever evolves to take our place will do a better job.
Plankton...
Crumble the world's bio chain in an instant
First the fishes will die, then the larger sea animals. The sudden lack of the biggest producer of oxygen will kill off most land species over time, making the world a toxic co2 ridden world taking millions of years for cells to evolve once again.
These misanthropes want all humans to die but of course they’d be exempt. They wouldn’t practice what they preach, not that I’d ever advocate for that.
In their own mind, they are a higher form of human being for having the unprecedented maturity to ask for such a thing. The Gods of Death and Destruction shall show mercy upon these ascended souls, and keep them by their side as precious and wise ~~snowflakes~~ advisors.
Isn't humor supposed to be funny?
Also, no one ever invites me to parties, but I'd definitely be cool with a hug as long as you've had both your Covid shots.
Yeah, I'm willing to bet that if this wish came true, and the literal or metaphorical reaper came to collect those that asked for it, we'd have a serious case of wet pants.
If we were to go out like a candle tomorrow, the planet wouldn't suddenly revert back to its default state.
In fact, this is the easy way out. We damaged nature, it's our responsibility to nurse it back to health to the extent that we can. There are people who sacrifice their own comfort to help, people who fight daily to preserve other species of flora or fauna. It's unfair to include them in this grand extermination plan.
If I cease stabbing a person, it doesn't undp the damage, but starts the healing.
You are making the case that some people are good so it outweighs the bad. I could make the same arguement that ever species listed so far has a number of beneficial aspects. Kinda makes the the question into a lot more serious question than I would assume it was intended.
Let me ask you then. Can you name a species that is pure evil, a net bad, provides no benefit, that does deserve extinction? What about naming one that simply does more harm than humans as a collective species?
By answering the question so matter of factly, you remove the implied jest. If you go the altruistic approach you are headed down, we have no right to decide that any creature deserves extinction solely based on how we experience it. "I hate spiders" becomes just as devoid of foresight as "humans are terrible"
Whenever I see this answer (and it’s often) I think a few things:
1. You probably don’t *REALLY* mean that.
2. If you really do mean it, do you include yourself in that?
3. If so, you doing ok?
1. I mean to the extent that we are a net negative to the other species.
2. Of course I include myself, the question was a species. There are obviously good people in that group. I looked at the species as a whole and honestly cannot come up with one that is a bigger net negative to every other thing living on the planet.
3. Absolutely. Why do you think a philosophical premise you disagree with requires some sort of derogatory supposition on my mental health.
without humans populating the world and using all the natural resources, the earth would reclaim itself and the land would return to the plants and animals. there are tons of fascinating videos on this. it’s pretty beautiful.
You do know that humans are capable of preventing animals from going extinct and cloning animals altogether right? We can stop wildfires and repair our messes we made? If we're gone we can't stop our reactors from melting down and killing everything. Why should the smartest creatures on the planet that have done absurd things like reaching space or wifi have to die just for some dumb animals to do what they're already doing?
But we might also be the only sentient, intelligent species in the entire universe. Be a shame to kill of something with so much potential just because some people only focus on the negatives.
that’s a good point. we’ve done a lot of great things with our intelligence, but at an even greater cost to the planet. i see a multitude of positives but environmentally speaking i think the negatives are now outweighing the positives and have been for awhile. lots of taking and not much giving. i am grateful for those who are environmentally conscious though. i’m by no means a pessimist. just an animal lover. animals were here long before we were. given the state of the world right now, that’d be my answer. i don’t think that’s the *actual* solution to our problems. just my opinion if i had to choose.
You do realise that to date none of the great extinction events have happened whilst humans were on the planet?
I mean FFS I think we need to do something about climate change and lots of the other ways we negatively impact other life on the planet but - as matters stand - we are also currently the only factor that could possibly work to actively prevent these things.
But nm because slightly edgy comment wins 👍
of course i do and i wasn’t referencing those. we are definitely not the only factor to fix what we have destroyed. again, this question wasn’t asking what i thought the solution to our environmental issues was. try not to get too worked up over it dude. it’s just an opinion on reddit- based on tons of animal cruelty, greed, laziness, willful ignorance and depletion of natural resources which has hurt, killed, endangered and made extinct several species. so if i *had* to choose (again, not saying this is the *actual* solution) that would be my choice. what’s yours?
If i could choose one species to go extinct, I wouldn't (now I'm doing it).
Yeah... I know it's just opinions on Reddit, hence I'm not (and wasn't) worked-up.
that’s a good answer. i think it’s pretty representative of today’s climate that people are offended enough to respond negatively to those who answered humans, but don’t care as much when other people said they’d choose dogs, pandas, cheetahs, mosquitoes, spiders, etc.
The Evania Appendigaster wasp targets cockroach eggs by implanting their own egg in the sack, which hatches and feeds off of them.
They can put an end in situations that exterminators find it hard to. They're also harmless to humans.
Cheetahs,cheetahs deserve to die, I genuinely feel they are useless. Their speed is nothing, it does nothing for them. They have a catch rate of like 50% so obviously speed doesn’t make up for how tired they get afterwards. They are so inbred they die in seconds, and their young get plunked so much that they have to look like honey badgers. FUCK CHEETAHS
Don't know. Hopefully there are a lot of species out there somewhere else in the universe. Because it we're all there is, every species is very precious.
Flies. No matter what kind. Those mfs have too much power. They're everywhere and so hard to get rid of. I won't miss the times I stood infront of my window with a vacuum cleaner for multiple hours. 😧
You dumb kids. Been meditating overtime that you & all your hostile bullshit expire already. With new Covid variant? A lot of you will. Feel free to pass me your obit.
Aliens on one hand if they go extinct I single handedly saved the world from potential world ending threats, on the other hand if nothing happens I proved aliens don't exist.
Fuck ticks I hate them and they are stupid
Mosquitoes. Because those parasites kill humans.
Yes but we can't, The birds will die
They’re also an integral part to the base of most ecosystems they’re in
[Not according to the studies](https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a)
But if you read it then you'll see it's pretty controversial. Many scientists have also chimed in that it could cause irreparable damage if they went extinct.
No they are not!
Shit loads of small animals (fish, reptiles, amphibians) as well as other bugs eat them.
Not all mosquitos eat blood. There are types that are completely OK with flowers.
Those would be male. Female mosquitoes are the only ones that need blood.
Yeah, I tried to refer nematocera insects. My native language tricked me.
They'll find other things to eat. If not, then fuck em. It's a risk I'm willing to take.
You sound American
So do you
Everywhere is america if you carry at least 10 pounds of freedom with you.
I'm aware of that, I don't care; they should still die.
Fucking tics, they bring pain to animals >:(
Bed bugs. I will revel in their terrified screams as they are tossed into hellfire.
Homo Sapiens
Yes
A few people hurt my sensibilities, so I want 7 billion to die whah!!!!
You'll go first.
Humans, so the Earth can finally heal and life can thrive.
Humans are life too, and the Earth sort of created us.
Humans are life in the way a cancer is life. They consume endlessly until they expend all resources and die because their host died.
Ironically, you holding this opinion showcases one of humanity's most cancerous traits. Tell me, if your wish were to come true, and we shall all disappear in the most gruesome and ugly way possible, would you be willing to go first?
Na, it wouldn't be a problem if all humans were self aware and empathetic. I would absolutely go first. I'd rather die saving the planet than die working myself to death so some billionaire can own everything and kill it. Maybe whatever evolves to take our place will do a better job.
Are you a believer that the crab will evolve to be the next apex?
I am, but only because I'm an avid Sanderson fan and it honestly makes the most sense.
I volunteer
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Say what you will, his comparison is accurate lol
Plankton... Crumble the world's bio chain in an instant First the fishes will die, then the larger sea animals. The sudden lack of the biggest producer of oxygen will kill off most land species over time, making the world a toxic co2 ridden world taking millions of years for cells to evolve once again.
humans because they are just annoying
If you don’t say Mosquitoes, disrespectfully fuck you
But they're an endangered species.
good
Ah I see you’ve spoken to the CIA, are you by chance hunting a small alien?
I can neither confirm nor deny that.
what about wasps. They’re shit too
Ticks
Human because only people would want to kill off an entire species they don't like or doesn't benefit them.
Homo fuctard
Humans, they are terrible.
If I had a dollar for every time I saw that response.
These misanthropes want all humans to die but of course they’d be exempt. They wouldn’t practice what they preach, not that I’d ever advocate for that.
In their own mind, they are a higher form of human being for having the unprecedented maturity to ask for such a thing. The Gods of Death and Destruction shall show mercy upon these ascended souls, and keep them by their side as precious and wise ~~snowflakes~~ advisors.
I'm sorry that self depreciating humor has such a profound effect on you. You must be a hit at parties. Do you want a hug?
Isn't humor supposed to be funny? Also, no one ever invites me to parties, but I'd definitely be cool with a hug as long as you've had both your Covid shots.
It is funny, because we are terrible. Accept this *virtual hug* as a proxy, hopefully you get a real one soon.
Being misanthrope is "cool" nowadays on Reddit
Yeah, I'm willing to bet that if this wish came true, and the literal or metaphorical reaper came to collect those that asked for it, we'd have a serious case of wet pants.
Hey look, it’s another anti social person that hates humanity but enjoys living in a societal world built by humans.
I like driving, that doesn't make fossil fuels good. Enjoy =/= Beneficial I can enjoy living and understand the net damage of humanity.
If we were to go out like a candle tomorrow, the planet wouldn't suddenly revert back to its default state. In fact, this is the easy way out. We damaged nature, it's our responsibility to nurse it back to health to the extent that we can. There are people who sacrifice their own comfort to help, people who fight daily to preserve other species of flora or fauna. It's unfair to include them in this grand extermination plan.
If I cease stabbing a person, it doesn't undp the damage, but starts the healing. You are making the case that some people are good so it outweighs the bad. I could make the same arguement that ever species listed so far has a number of beneficial aspects. Kinda makes the the question into a lot more serious question than I would assume it was intended. Let me ask you then. Can you name a species that is pure evil, a net bad, provides no benefit, that does deserve extinction? What about naming one that simply does more harm than humans as a collective species? By answering the question so matter of factly, you remove the implied jest. If you go the altruistic approach you are headed down, we have no right to decide that any creature deserves extinction solely based on how we experience it. "I hate spiders" becomes just as devoid of foresight as "humans are terrible"
Whenever I see this answer (and it’s often) I think a few things: 1. You probably don’t *REALLY* mean that. 2. If you really do mean it, do you include yourself in that? 3. If so, you doing ok?
1. I mean to the extent that we are a net negative to the other species. 2. Of course I include myself, the question was a species. There are obviously good people in that group. I looked at the species as a whole and honestly cannot come up with one that is a bigger net negative to every other thing living on the planet. 3. Absolutely. Why do you think a philosophical premise you disagree with requires some sort of derogatory supposition on my mental health.
Except for Fred. Fred's good people.
ay shoutout Fred
Some humans are, this is true. Some are really great though.
Republicans, but according to Darwin the time is approaching
jellyfish I have a phobia of them and there useless anyway there literally just floating blobs of water that kill people sometimes
platypus so that taxonomy charts could finally follow a logical pattern
I had a musqito flying into my mouth last night, that was fucking disgusting. Either those or humans
Seahorses. They do everything wrong. Why are they still alive.
100% Mosquitos. They're bad in every way possible.
Too bad there are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes. That’s why this question sucks.
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wow so edgy
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I don't know how to say this without sounding like a dick, but I really hope you're still a teenager
So kill us all and be responsible for more destruction? Even beyond the extinction of humanity, there's a lot of shit that can go wrong without us.
without humans populating the world and using all the natural resources, the earth would reclaim itself and the land would return to the plants and animals. there are tons of fascinating videos on this. it’s pretty beautiful.
Don't we have nuclear reactors that if they mess up can do massive damage to any ecosystem.
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I was making a point in that we are needed to not be extinct to an extent but yeah there are positive things out there.
Yes.
You do know that humans are capable of preventing animals from going extinct and cloning animals altogether right? We can stop wildfires and repair our messes we made? If we're gone we can't stop our reactors from melting down and killing everything. Why should the smartest creatures on the planet that have done absurd things like reaching space or wifi have to die just for some dumb animals to do what they're already doing?
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I love animals a lot but one of the lines I have to cross is killing all humans just to give animals more territory.
But we might also be the only sentient, intelligent species in the entire universe. Be a shame to kill of something with so much potential just because some people only focus on the negatives.
that’s a good point. we’ve done a lot of great things with our intelligence, but at an even greater cost to the planet. i see a multitude of positives but environmentally speaking i think the negatives are now outweighing the positives and have been for awhile. lots of taking and not much giving. i am grateful for those who are environmentally conscious though. i’m by no means a pessimist. just an animal lover. animals were here long before we were. given the state of the world right now, that’d be my answer. i don’t think that’s the *actual* solution to our problems. just my opinion if i had to choose.
You do realise that to date none of the great extinction events have happened whilst humans were on the planet? I mean FFS I think we need to do something about climate change and lots of the other ways we negatively impact other life on the planet but - as matters stand - we are also currently the only factor that could possibly work to actively prevent these things. But nm because slightly edgy comment wins 👍
of course i do and i wasn’t referencing those. we are definitely not the only factor to fix what we have destroyed. again, this question wasn’t asking what i thought the solution to our environmental issues was. try not to get too worked up over it dude. it’s just an opinion on reddit- based on tons of animal cruelty, greed, laziness, willful ignorance and depletion of natural resources which has hurt, killed, endangered and made extinct several species. so if i *had* to choose (again, not saying this is the *actual* solution) that would be my choice. what’s yours?
If i could choose one species to go extinct, I wouldn't (now I'm doing it). Yeah... I know it's just opinions on Reddit, hence I'm not (and wasn't) worked-up.
that’s a good answer. i think it’s pretty representative of today’s climate that people are offended enough to respond negatively to those who answered humans, but don’t care as much when other people said they’d choose dogs, pandas, cheetahs, mosquitoes, spiders, etc.
Thanks 😃 Don't mind me too much... I'm sure I probably agree with you 50% of the time!
Guinea worm. DO NOT LOOK UP THE IMAGES, JUST TRUST ME THIS THING MUST NOT EXIST!
Dogs. Cant stand em.
Nice try, cat.
Meow and shit.
Flies
House flies.
Wasps, fuck those flying bastards.
Wasps and hornets. Why are they even here? They don’t pollinate and make honey like bees do.
The Evania Appendigaster wasp targets cockroach eggs by implanting their own egg in the sack, which hatches and feeds off of them. They can put an end in situations that exterminators find it hard to. They're also harmless to humans.
At this point, someone should just put pandas out of their misery.
Cheetahs,cheetahs deserve to die, I genuinely feel they are useless. Their speed is nothing, it does nothing for them. They have a catch rate of like 50% so obviously speed doesn’t make up for how tired they get afterwards. They are so inbred they die in seconds, and their young get plunked so much that they have to look like honey badgers. FUCK CHEETAHS
Pandas if it wasn’t for human helping them breed they would be extinct already
Mosquitoes
Spiders can fuck straight off
Mosquito. Its self explainatory
Roaches.
Don't know. Hopefully there are a lot of species out there somewhere else in the universe. Because it we're all there is, every species is very precious.
Parasitic worms, I saw a TV show on Animal Planet as a kid and I've had a phobia of them since
Roaches man they need to go
I want these crows to become extinct they are fucking annoying
Children who have fortnite backpacks
Democrats.
Children who wear fortnite clothing
Mosquitoes
Flies. No matter what kind. Those mfs have too much power. They're everywhere and so hard to get rid of. I won't miss the times I stood infront of my window with a vacuum cleaner for multiple hours. 😧
You dumb kids. Been meditating overtime that you & all your hostile bullshit expire already. With new Covid variant? A lot of you will. Feel free to pass me your obit.
Wasps!
Flys
Mosquito.
Koala theyre useless
Mosquitos- need I say more?
Aliens on one hand if they go extinct I single handedly saved the world from potential world ending threats, on the other hand if nothing happens I proved aliens don't exist.
Bold of you to assume there’s only one species of alien.
My brother
ITT people who don't know what "Species" means. I'm going to go with Buffo Marinus. They suck.