Overpopulation
Census Bureau theorists are projecting the world population will hit exactly 6,666,666,666 on May 10 this year. That’s just a few days away.
Frank151 recommends you do everything you’ve always wanted (but never had the cojones) to do… by May 9.
Just in case of apocalypse. You understand.
Actually, that figure is pretty serious. The biggest problem facing the planet is overpopulation; we’re essentially parasites.
In this classic article from our friends over at Vice, environmental statistician Michael Roan points out that the problem behind the environmental crisis isn’t the way humans are living (although driving Hummers sure don’t help); the problem is that we keep having kids.
“The thing about giving birth is, that’s one person who will then have two children, who will then have two or more children,” Roan explains. ”Within three generations you may have multiplied your strain on the environment five times over. That means you are five times more taxing on the planet than you would be if you didn’t have kids. Now, you can recycle and drive a fuel-efficient car and only eat tofu, but the point is, someone who has multiplied themselves five times over can never be as easy on the environment as someone who hasn’t, no matter how many token recycling gestures they come up with.”
Let that be a lesson to all the (supposedly conscientious) hippies and hipsters who’ve been makin’ babies lately like its going out of style. Bedford Avenue needs more strollers like our ozone layer needs a hole in the head. Oh, wait.
Guess the real lesson of that May 10 population estimate is this: THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CONDOMS.
(Of course, if you did just have a baby — congratulations! Don’t feel too bad. You have the next twenty years for regrets; enjoy it as long as you can.)
Click here to see the Census Bureau’s estimated population right now.
And click here to download “Overpopulation”, a lost classic by underappreciated L.E.S. racketeers American Anymen … crazy shit! (Shout out to Brett & co)
