Cow and Boy Classics by Mark Leiknes for May 18, 2014
May 17, 2014
May 19, 2014
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."
Hurtles of our own making… like pronouncing natural disasters that haven’t happened with only correlative data. Without figuring in the Sun’s output to the models. Without even considering the increase in heat generated by concrete and asphalt over the dirt or plants it was before. Yep, Hurtles of our own making… in a way.