General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Chris]

I think we're past the point of no return but in my very uneducated opinion I think it would still take spectacular fuckups for us to get it within 100 years but rn we're certainly on the path

 

[Comrade Khan]

And extreme weather events are more and more common already

 

[Barry Poppins]

Yeah like even if an AI became self aware (which some already are), they're nowhere near close to seeking human extinction. I don't think that'll ever happen either.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Fallout franchise becoming prophetical

 

[Comrade Khan]

Eventually a meteor won't miss too

 

[Chris]

I could even see periods of prolonged progress for a few decades sprouting up but again, point of no return has been crossed IMO so that's just what would prolong things

 

[Comrade Khan]

I think we're past the point of no return but in my very uneducated opinion I think it would still take spectacular fuckups for us to get it within 100 years but rn we're certainly on the path

tbh I'd bet on another virus. Look how shit we did with COVID

 

[Chris]

Eventually a meteor won't miss too

that's the best case scenario, it wouldnt be our fault

 

[Samoa Looch]

that's the best case scenario, it wouldnt be our fault

You know damn well people gonna blame it on the commie lefties

 

[Comrade Khan]

And as far as fuck ups. I think MAD is still pretty relevant today

 

[Comrade Khan]

But I'm a bleak guy

 

[Chris]

Maybe the sun just blows up

 

[Samoa Looch]

Hey that's my job

 

[Samoa Looch]

Being bleak, not blowing us up

 

[Chris]

Early supernova by a few billion years