• Are you proud to be human?
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Something you don't usually think of, right? Think about how lucky you are to be a human and not a fish or any other being of lower intelligence. We had this question in philosophy class a while ago and it just stuck in my head. I want to hear your opinions, Facepunch. How proud are you to be human and how proud are you of our race in whole?
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I'm pretty happy about being a human.
Not a whole lot. I mean fuck yeah we're intelligent and we're just at the beginning of space-travel but come on we've mucked up quite alot of stuff so far.
I am war.
i'm an octopus
I'm a horse
I don't know
i'm a necromancer
In before (well yeah, after) "edgy" teenagers vote no. Personally, yes. I'm very proud of being human. Even when we eventually fuck everything up, we will still have accomplished way more than any other species in terms of scientific development. This is of course coming from the man who would, if given the choice, choose setting foot on the moon above living a happy and full life with a family.
Fuck yeah I'm proud, miles above anything else. Closest thing to us is far behind, still sits on trees and throws it's own shit around.
[QUOTE=acds;31864054]Fuck yeah I'm proud, miles above anything else. Closest thing to us is far behind, still sits on trees and throws it's own shit around.[/QUOTE] Not to mention how much more civilzed we are compared to other species on the planet. Let's say you take all the technology and knowledge humans have and give it to a lion. That lion will go apeshit, conquer every single corner of the globe and gather all the ladies for his personal harem and eat meat all day erry day without a single regret. We, however, manage to somehow keep ourselves from blowing the planet apart with bombs even though that gets alarmingly close at times. Sure, we fuck up sometimes like WW1&2 and the economic crisis now, but we still live in a massive count of almost 7 billion and have a relatively good quality of life. And that's just the beginning. Our technology keeps advancing every year, going for higher specs and greater goals. We can shoot lazers, render shit invisible and we're getting better at space travel each year. And yet people say mankind is stupid because we're in such a bad condition. Bad condition my ass. We're doing FINE compared to what we could be in.
[QUOTE='[Green];31864210']Not to mention how much more civilzed we are compared to other species on the planet. Let's say you take all the technology and knowledge humans have and give it to a lion. That lion will go apeshit, conquer every single corner of the globe and gather all the ladies for his personal harem and eat meat all day erry day without a single regret. We, however, manage to somehow keep ourselves from blowing the planet apart with bombs even though that gets alarmingly close at times. Sure, we fuck up sometimes like WW1&2 and the economic crisis now, but we still live in a massive count of almost 7 billion and have a relatively good quality of life. And that's just the beginning. Our technology keeps advancing every year, going for higher specs and greater goals. We can shoot lazers, render shit invisible and we're getting better at space travel each year. And yet people say mankind is stupid because we're in such a bad condition. Bad condition my ass. We're doing FINE compared to what we could be in.[/QUOTE] I like how you compare progress and civilized.
I'm nothing.
Sometimes one can honestly be ashamed of being human but generally I wouldn't like be some kind of wild animal.
Not too much. Being an intelligent being (humans, I'm not saying I'm smart.) comes with responsibility.
[QUOTE=commander204;31864238]I like how you compare progress and civilized.[/QUOTE] I was trying to make a point here. We keep getting bigger screens and guns and bombs and ships and planes etc. Still, we keep it somewhat under control and keep the society alive. The progress we make doesn't hinder our society as much as one could expect even though it has that bad chance of spoiling the newer generations.
I wish i was a duck
Considering we went from bashing each other in the face with clubs to landing people in the moon, fuck yeah I'm proud
Some people are fucking dumb.
Not really proud at all. Historically, we've done more bad than good. It almost seems like brutality is in man's nature. There's the Holocaust, the Inquisition, the Crusades, and various wars in every corner of the world since Cro-Magnon figured out how to swing a club. Peacetime never lasts long. Countries have always and still do quarrel over the most ridiculous shit. People are killed in the name of God all the time. Everybody's susceptible to bribery and greed. Humans can't leave anything sacred. Yeah, we have the technology to make it to the moon. America only got there first because they were so caught up in their dick-measuring contest with Russia. That's not really something to be proud of. "HAHA WE FINISHED FIRST. COMMIES SUCK BALLS LOL. CAPITALISM FTW"
Fuck humans, I wanna be a big ass dinosaur... [QUOTE]Yeah, we have the technology to make it to the moon. America only got there first because they were so caught up in their dick-measuring contest with Russia. That's not really something to be proud of. "HAHA WE FINISHED FIRST. COMMIES SUCK BALLS LOL. CAPITALISM FTW"[/QUOTE] Ahahaha, I laughed pretty hard since you just told an entire decade in 3 sentences. Great man, some Americans that see stuff in another perspective. Americans would probably steal the Russians [B]Tsar Bomba[/B] and nuke their asses.
Being proud of something you've done nothing to earn is stupid.
I am Shepard. Who needs Humans when you got space, and alien whores?
I'm happy to be smart enough to consider my own existence but if I was a race much more intelligent than humans I might be happy I'm not stuck with the rudimentary consciousness of a human.
After reading this thread, I got "Human" by The Killers stuck in my head.
I don't know. I really can't answer that.
I want to be a dragon dragons are fucking awesome
[QUOTE=Shoupie;31864951]After reading this thread, I got "Human" by The Killers stuck in my head.[/QUOTE] After reading your post, I got "Human" by The Killers stuck in my head. [sp]i hate this song with all of my internal organs[/sp]
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