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Originally Posted by pizzaguy
I hate people like you.
YOU'RE FUCKING FLYING THOUSANDS OF FEET IN THE AIR!
You shouldn't ever complain about human flight. Ever. It's a miracle that we got the fuck up there in the first place. Don't take it for granted.
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Uh, I hope you're just trying to be cute. Just because something is miraculous doesn't mean it doesn't have some costly effects and it doesn't mean there isn't something better out there.
Chemotherapy is a miracle but it still makes you feel like crap and puke and waste away, and if you can avoid it by surgically removing the whole tumor, any doctor will tell you to avoid it.
Nuclear energy is a miracle but that doesn't mean people are going to be stoked to live nextdoor to a nuclear power plant or a missile silo. Ask the (former) residents of Pripayat how they feel about it.
Antibiotics are a miracle but they still give you diarrhea and stop working if you use them too much, and help create antibiotic-resistant superbugs when too many antibiotics get out into the environment. And they don't work on all pathogens.
Genetic engineering is a miracle but there is still risk in building superplants that they could outcompete native species and disrupt ecosystems.
Same for flight; it's a miracle, but sending millions of passengers thousands of feet in the air each year to take routine trips releases tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It takes a LOT of energy to lift a 100-ton aircraft 25,000 feet into the sky and keep it there for several hours. And airports are rarely close to downtown.