Cow and Boy Classics by Mark Leiknes for June 29, 2021
Transcript:
"You're morbid. Quit being morbid." "I can't help it. Sometimes I'm morbid." "After all, no other species that has walked the earth has had the ability to wipe itself out on a global scale." "We've only been around for a few hundred thousand years and mankind already has developed any number of ways to do it. From thermonuclear annihilation to global warming." "I can't help but think our intellect is a strike against us. Sure, tinkering with the atom and becoming industrialized has made our society great, but there's quite a downside." "The dinosaurs were as dumb as rocks yet they managed to stick around for millions of years. Sometimes I wish mankind could just, I dunno, get dumber. Maybe we'd be able to stick around a little longer." "Hey, it's 3:20." "Seriously?" "Yeah, we better get back. Today's show is about 300 lb. toddlers and their jailbird daddys' no-good grandmas." "All of the sudden I have this feeling of calm rushing over me and I feel like mankind is somehow going to be just fine." "Thank you, Mr. Springer."
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
I wonder if there is some else we could thank for helping to lower our collective intelligence, perhaps a more recent example