Earth's biggest mistakes

Irish Guitarist · 24-10-2017 04:53AM

You mean mans biggest mistakes then?

Off the top of my head; arsenic, Thalidomide and giving Michael Jackson, Gary Glitter and Lostprophets recording contracts.

fxotoole · 24-10-2017 08:09AM

Simon Cowell

DeanAustin · 24-10-2017 08:22AM

Some serious self loathing on this thread. To anyone who said “us” or “humans”, cop yourselves on. What humankind has achieved in its short time is incredible. If you disagree, cut the self loathing cliches and tell me a race/species that has achieved/evolved more.

I’d say you’re some craic at parties.

Clowns.

Hector Savage · 24-10-2017 08:35AM

Bigus wrote: »

Too many people. Less disease and fewer wars , but no compensation to reduce population.

This ^^.
Finally people are accepting climate change (not that enough is being done), but overpopulation people just don't wanna know.
It's very difficult for humans to see past their own lifetime and their own desires - we are so selfish.
Ironically the people having the most kids have the most investment yet care the least.

gerrybbadd · 24-10-2017 08:39AM

Banks, and the power they have been allowed to accumulate

razorblunt · 24-10-2017 10:18AM

Ballot Act 1872. Never let the fúckers know which way you're voting keep them guessing until the end.
OJ jumping in the Bronco, directly led to the Kardashians.

It also led to the Wimmin Voting. I joke, I joke.

LordSutch · 24-10-2017 10:21AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Earth's biggest mistakes.

Not sure mother Earth has ever made mistakes.

Just the people that live on it.

Widdershins · 24-10-2017 10:42AM

I'll agree with David and say plastic. Or over consumption and the culture of planned obsolescence and disposability. Plastic has a place, a limited place. And it can be made from truly biodegradable materials now, but not in enough forms to keep up with the unnecessary demand for all things dsposable. Waste of time telling people, though. Most people can't see beyond their latest IPhone.

LoughNeagh2017 · 24-10-2017 03:14PM

Plantations of Ulster

Dravokivich · 24-10-2017 03:24PM

The fibonacci sequence.

BrokenArrows · 24-10-2017 03:25PM

We are but a blip on the history of the earth.
Dinosaurs of different types lived and evolved on earth for a couple of hundred million years.

Humans have only been around for a few hundred thousand (counting other humanoid types) and only technologically evolved for a few thousand (counting iron age onwards)

We could easily be wiped out in the next 50 years as antibiotics are running out and some worldwide epidemic is long overdue.
Human population is becoming an issue.
Environmental issues causing rising sea water which reduces the available farmland for the rising population.
Environmental issues causing death of bees and flying insects.
Environmental issues causing a massive decline in the number of wold species in existence.

we are basically just stockpiling stuff thats going to kill us.

Over population is almost entirely caused by the poorest countries in the world. Almost all of 1st world countries are increasing at barely above replacement rate and in the next 50 years we are likely to see a population decline in the 1st world. While there will be a massive population boom in many of the poorest nations.

pummice · 24-10-2017 03:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The big mistake was coming down from the trees in the first place, and some say that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans.

Well I'm not going back to the ocean, I cant stand jellyfish

yourdeadwright · 24-10-2017 03:31PM

Religion and borders nothing but trouble,
Religion was made for power and to control of people and have caused more wars than anything on the planet

PMBC · 24-10-2017 03:32PM

The excesses in the wrong things (which seemed great for people then such as cars, oil and even asbestos (sheeting and roofing for buildings, insulation, car-brake linings) and the deficits in charity, community and empathy.
For Ireland, adopting the same system after getting rid of the 'foreigner'. As the TD and Pete Townshend said the 'new boss, same as the old boss'
Now don't I feel good for saying that

PMBC · 24-10-2017 03:34PM

Bigus wrote: »

Too many people. Less disease and fewer wars , but no compensation to reduce population.

So, therefore, birth control is a good idea.

fxotoole · 24-10-2017 03:36PM

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

Plantations of Ulster

I'll see your Plantations of Ulster and raise you a European Colonisation of the New World. Millions displaced, wiped out by disease or brutality, or enslaved. Makes the Plantations look like a walk in the park.

LoughNeagh2017 · 24-10-2017 03:38PM

fxotoole wrote: »

I'll see your Plantations of Ulster and raise you a European Colonisation of the New World. Millions displaced, wiped out by disease or brutality, or enslaved. Makes the Plantations look like a walk in the park.

I was going to say the same but then I realised that the Americans/Australians have made some good TV over the years so would have been hypocritical for me to say that.

mark_jmc · 24-10-2017 03:38PM

Spiders/Clowns.....Spiderclowns

fixXxer · 24-10-2017 03:38PM

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Those Nespresso capsules (And their clones/tasimo/whatever). All individually wrapped. All non-recyclable. In this day and age it's disgusting.

Nespresso shops will take them off you for free to recycle.

Putting lead in petrol must be considered a big mistake.

yourdeadwright · 24-10-2017 03:39PM

DeanAustin wrote: »

Some serious self loathing on this thread. To anyone who said “us” or “humans”, cop yourselves on. What humankind has achieved in its short time is incredible. If you disagree, cut the self loathing cliches and tell me a race/species that has achieved/evolved more.

I’d say you’re some craic at parties.

Clowns.

That is true we have evolved more than anything else,
We have done some amazing stuff we really have medicine being one of them , but that doesn't mean there isn't things we could not have done better which is exactly what the OP is asking ?
The fact we are so evolved we should be able to look at our mistakes to not just say we done great ladfs keep going the way we are, .

flaneur · 24-10-2017 03:41PM

The Earth doesn't make mistakes... We would want to be a little careful as it has a tendency to restore equilibrium.

Our CO2 output could lead to a few decades of civilisation destroying mega storms that would take it back to medieval levels if we don't cop on!

It's one of those systems you can likely only push so far before it swings back on top of you.

BLUEYK · 24-10-2017 03:49PM

Water

joe stodge · 24-10-2017 04:02PM

Chesney hawks

24-10-2017 08:18PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

We are but a blip on the history of the earth.
Dinosaurs of different types lived and evolved on earth for a couple of hundred million years.

Humans have only been around for a few hundred thousand (counting other humanoid types) and only technologically evolved for a few thousand (counting iron age onwards)

We could easily be wiped out in the next 50 years as antibiotics are running out and some worldwide epidemic is long overdue.
Human population is becoming an issue.
Environmental issues causing rising sea water which reduces the available farmland for the rising population.
Environmental issues causing death of bees and flying insects.
Environmental issues causing a massive decline in the number of wold species in existence.

we are basically just stockpiling stuff thats going to kill us.

Over population is almost entirely caused by the poorest countries in the world. Almost all of 1st world countries are increasing at barely above replacement rate and in the next 50 years we are likely to see a population decline in the 1st world. While there will be a massive population boom in many of the poorest nations.

Is over population caused by poor countries or are poor countries caused by over population?

mad m · 24-10-2017 08:33PM

FB and Whale/Dolphin hunting.

RobbingBandit · 24-10-2017 08:39PM

Indoor plumbing, stinks the place out, do it in the woods.

server down · 24-10-2017 08:53PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Religion and borders nothing but trouble,
Religion was made for power and to control of people and have caused more wars than anything on the planet

Yeh? Looking at the last century I see lots of wars and very few religious causes.

maudgonner · 24-10-2017 09:04PM

When Microsoft got rid of the Start Menu in Windows 8.

...And Justice · 24-10-2017 09:11PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

This ^^.
Finally people are accepting climate change (not that enough is being done), but overpopulation people just don't wanna know.
It's very difficult for humans to see past their own lifetime and their own desires - we are so selfish.
Ironically the people having the most kids have the most investment yet care the least.

The problem is as more jobs become autonomous there's nowhere for people to work, I've witnessed this in my own industry over the last 20 years. There's 25% of the workforce left, machine's have taken over. I was talking to a trader friend of mine that told me his company have developed software to trade the stock market and his job won't be around for much longer.

Old_-_School · 24-10-2017 09:32PM

Eukaryotes
Things were all fine when the earth's only living beings were bacteria but they got notions and evolved into eukaryotes which triggered a chain of evolutions that led us to our current mess.

Earth's biggest mistakes

Comments