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History Channel (yes, I am watching a lot of HC lately...I got in the habit of turning it on for The Universe and then got hooked on a bunch of other stuff), had a big special last night called Life After People. I'd been watching the promos for this over the last few weeks practically drooling. An exploration of what life on Earth would be like if people finally did themselves in? Awesome! The triumph of nature over man made creations, the glimpses of high rise buildings covered in plant growth and home to birds and whatnot...oh, yes please. I love that humanity is kind of irrelavent to the big picture, and I have a sort of fascination with our eventual extinction. So you can see how I was all excited about this?
Yeah, I haven't yet made it past the first half hour. Why? 'Cause the first thing they showed was how domesticated dogs would mostly be screwed. The special assumes a rather sudden die off, which includes doggies being trapped in houses (OMG that was the most disturbing and upsetting thing I've seen on my television in forever)...but even the ones who get out, there are so many breeds that are dependent on people that it's likely a vast number of them would die off. The hardier mutts have the best odds, but even their lives get a bit hard scrabble. And...and...DOGGIES. This was deeply upsetting to me. I find myself changing my whole world view on this human extinction thing. I now believe that we have a duty not to screw up and to survive, and it really would be tragic if we didn't make it. Because I finally understand our true purpose on this earth. The meaning of life, if you will. We're here to take care of the dogs.
I'll try to watch the rest of it later. Fast forward through the dog part. Because, dude, that's just not on.
Yeah, I haven't yet made it past the first half hour. Why? 'Cause the first thing they showed was how domesticated dogs would mostly be screwed. The special assumes a rather sudden die off, which includes doggies being trapped in houses (OMG that was the most disturbing and upsetting thing I've seen on my television in forever)...but even the ones who get out, there are so many breeds that are dependent on people that it's likely a vast number of them would die off. The hardier mutts have the best odds, but even their lives get a bit hard scrabble. And...and...DOGGIES. This was deeply upsetting to me. I find myself changing my whole world view on this human extinction thing. I now believe that we have a duty not to screw up and to survive, and it really would be tragic if we didn't make it. Because I finally understand our true purpose on this earth. The meaning of life, if you will. We're here to take care of the dogs.
I'll try to watch the rest of it later. Fast forward through the dog part. Because, dude, that's just not on.