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24. It all reminds me of a study

Mon May 6, 2019, 01:25 PM

May 2019

I saw a study from back in the 70's where they took rats and put them in an enclosed space. The rats bred uncontrolled and became overpopulated. They became depressed and overly aggressive toward each other. Then they just died off. The study's end result was that humans would end up doing the same thing to the planet.

We've seen more and more depression. More wars and more aggression and tribalism. All that is left is for us to begin dying off.

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THIS should be the top story for every news outlet on the planet [View all] G_j May 2019 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise May 2019 #1

8 billion humans burning, cutting, building, consuming, killing, overfishing riverine May 2019 #2

I disagree. AZ8theist May 2019 #6

It all reminds me of a study Curtis May 2019 #24

+1. John Calhoun's Mouse Utopia Experiment dalton99a May 2019 #43

Ooh, Delphinus May 2019 #45

We are really screwing up donkeypoofed May 2019 #3

BIGLY! ...Also, SkyDaddy7 May 2019 #48

And the main topic every political rally. nt jalan48 May 2019 #4

K&R!!! 2naSalit May 2019 #5

K&R Kurt V. May 2019 #7

Get thee to the Greatest Threads page. This is a critical issue NOW. nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #8

Most of our mass media needs to be pushed to extinction. nt hay rick May 2019 #9

Sent that out to my email list early this morning. Duppers May 2019 #10

And So Many Don't Want a Woman in Charge Because They Might Mess Things Up... dlk May 2019 #11

Well, you're not cheering me up, that's for sure. PatrickforO May 2019 #12

The mass extinction event in progress is associated with global climate change PufPuf23 May 2019 #13

If Planet Earth is lucky... llmart May 2019 #14

Earth deosn't care about any living thing. It's the Honey Badger. Kaleva May 2019 #27

The reality is there is no "moral arc" to the universe misanthrope May 2019 #30

In the grand scheme of things, nothing matters in the long run. Kaleva May 2019 #35

I think Dems need to run on this in 2020. If you want young people to vote, this will do it. KPN May 2019 #15

Yep. What we are doing to our precious planet - so frightening. calimary May 2019 #16

Agreed! G_j May 2019 #18

That's not the way humans operate misanthrope May 2019 #31

Climate is also a social justice issue. klook May 2019 #17

Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life saidsimplesimon May 2019 #19

Reminds of all those futuristic PatSeg May 2019 #20

Yeah, but they're eggheads misanthrope May 2019 #33

AND besides, PatSeg May 2019 #41

The royal baby will make it all better Bob Loblaw May 2019 #21

I laughed at the absurdity of that quip True Dough May 2019 #38

Shame on us all. debsy May 2019 #22

The article doesn't focus on why Moral Compass May 2019 #23

It includes population as part problem G_j May 2019 #25

i don't think this is accurate. It's over consumption mostly. Kurt V. May 2019 #32

It's more of a distribution problem Kaleva May 2019 #36

thnx for the tip. a quick google search shows food waste is a huge problem Kurt V. May 2019 #40

There wouldn't be starvation or undernourishment anywhere in the world.. Kaleva May 2019 #44

Was covered on M$NBComcast malaise May 2019 #26

Thank you! mtnsnake May 2019 #28

Nothing in the report is revelatory misanthrope May 2019 #29

Earth remakes itself Martin Eden May 2019 #47

Kick and recommend. The collapse of bronxiteforever May 2019 #34

K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone May 2019 #37

this is heartbreaking johannsyah May 2019 #39

"Immigration?" This is nothing misanthrope May 2019 #42

The Rapture and End of Days is coming soon Martin Eden May 2019 #46

Now G_j May 2019 #49

Biodiversity was just fine a mere 12,000 years ago. What happened since then? The_jackalope May 2019 #50

American Goobers... Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #51

The solution is simple. The_jackalope May 2019 #52