The Way of the Dodos.
Okay, to explain to everyone far to lazy to type in “dodo” on Google…seriously:
The dodo is a bird that has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity, hence the phrase “going the way of the Dodos.”
More importantly, when I am saying it…it means that in order to survive…mankind has forced X to cease existing. This methodology by us (i.e. – humans, here…on earth) could hardly be attributed to natural selection as much as our collective inability to retain knowledge and exhibit wisdom en mass.
You see, we’re pretty self destructive. We’ve got peeps that are going out and killing others for virtually any reason you can come up with. Little children think its fun to scorch ants with magnifying glasses. Bigger children light firecrackers to their pets…and even adults seem to think it’s somehow okay to shoot wild animals for nothing more than the accomplishment (to be clear, I don’t have a problem with peeps that eat what they kill, but the rest are killing for pleasure…again see the title of this little note if you’re wondering where I think those people should end up.)
You see, even I am in that mass selection. I may not see fun in game hunting, but I would find immense satisfaction (and humor) in seeing a lion or bear whip out a glock and cap some game(trophy) hunters.
So here we have it…things go the way of the Dodo all the time. Mainly because we’re a bunch of ignorant gits, but every once in a while because Mother Nature in a fit of self-awareness says “WTF?!” In the end, we’re pretty likely to make it out alive now…as a matter of fact we’re finally becoming keenly aware of our own mortality as a species. Doesn’t stop us from trying pretty hard though.
Example: We figure out that our current methodology of energy production is not only finite, but dangerous to our health. What do we do? We hoard it and act like nothings wrong. We find out that this awesome product (plastics) is useful on like 1000000000 ways and jump on the production bandwagon and don’t spend any time whatsoever one the technology to cleanly dispose of the product.
I think I want to start my own town (yeah TonyTown!) and make laws that make sense…like all retail products in town must be sold in recyclable containers/packages. Grocery stores aren’t allowed to use plastic OR paper bags (reusable cotton ones). Public transportation is 100% emission-free and in use everywhere inside the city limits. Criminals are put into forced labor and no fines would accrue, you get busted, you work for the city…period. Paper products would only be allowed if made from hemp1. People that like to shoot animals for fun are to be ridiculed by law. People that think skin color seriously makes a person different have to deliver babies of a different color for a year without screwing it up. 😉 People that think SyFy is a good replacement for SciFi are to teach science classes for 4 years to advanced students.2 People that don’t like the Transformers movies have to wear a Decepticon tattoo on their forehead for a year. Everyone that ever said something ugly to Natalie Tran (CommunityChannel) has to wear a tee shirt that says “I got owned by Natalie Tran” right near their bum.3 Everyone in the city would be required to have an iPhone handy and would be required to take lessons on usage from Alyssa Milano in hopes that some of her ethics would rub off on them.4 ISP’s would be held accountable for spam…
Wow…I kinda went on a tangent here didn’t I?
Bottom line. Don’t go the way of the Dodo…and don’t make others think you should.
-T 😉
