16 bucks a month to save the polar bears!

[AladainAF]

Again.. with the advertising money spent for a 2 minute advertisement (that is around many cable channels that I've seen it on), it would be better spent making NO ads and instead, just donating the money spent toward saving the polar bears.

The amount of advertising was probably in the 5+ million range. So assuming just $5,000,000.. 312,500 people would have to donate $16 to break even.

Wont happen.

[Masakari]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

WTF , how is my 16 bucks going to save shit? since when are the polar bear going extinct? i cant believe TV would air this stupidity. who gives a fuck about polar bears? they are carnivores and willingly attack people. if one of these fucking tree huggers actually got within 2 miles of one of these monsters they would end up as dinner. i would also like to add that 20 or so years ago the meme was save the baby seals, its ironic that polar bears like to eat, thats right the baby seals. fuck the polar bears!

You're either trying too hard or something, but either way, shut the fuck up. Your tough guy attitude is too superficial.

[Masakari]

Originally Posted by Kirun

I understand it just fine. I just could really give two shits about it. In the grand scheme of the universe, all things considered, we are fucking meaningless. And whether we die off, polar bears die off, or we cause everybody to die off, in the blink of an eye that we've been existing, what does it matter? Life will find a way if there is one. We're nothing but a spec. We're smaller than a grain of sand and it ultimately means dick. Call it cynicism or what have you, but honestly...take a step back and really try and fathom the size of the universe and our place in it. You can't, right? Yeah, that's because we're insignificant.

Listen you goth insignificant fuck, who gives a shit if, compared side by side with the size of the universe how much we may mean. WE --> US <--- human beings give ourselves meaning and the will to survive. We're not insignificant - we're unique organisms attempting to survive in something we don't know jack shit about (Reason for our existence, what the universe is etc.).

The way you make it sound is like we don't belong here. Go back into your closet and go jack off the furry shit, dumb shit.

[Masakari]

Originally Posted by Kirun

That's where we're going to have to agree to disagree then. You feel the human race is worth saving. After seeing what it's capable of, I don't. I'd rather evolution be reset. Maybe next time it'll churn out something worth a shit.

And that's your problem. You don't understand the full spectrum of things.

Human beings are capable of great things but however due to the constraints of the influences laid down upon us (i.e. money issues, superficial things like clothes, cars etc.) we're kept at such a low development level that we can't reach our full potential.

It's not US that has to be reset, your lazy ass fuck mind can only comprehend that because you're not looking at the grand picture of things.

It's the influences that shape our lives that need to be changed. Better schooling/education can be a good starter. Stressing independent thinking among other things.

Shit we're getting bombarded with advertisements 24/7 and E! or some retarded magazine telling us which celeb we need to pay attention to, or the genocide that plagues people around the world or hunger and many other things.

Human beings are by no means incapable of greater, positive things, it's just the foundation of our development hasn't been substantially rooted in anything that really allows for great growth but controlled power.

Give it a little while longer and some balance will be achieved. It's not like it can remain like this forever.

Hell, even if the dreaded "new world order" comes about, at least it's 1 step closer to unity.

[Masakari]

And to stay on topic.. Yes.

Polar Bears deserve as much protection as all endangered species. If you take a moment to back away from your video games, cans of mountain dew piling up on your desk and endless hot pocket wrappers, the biosphere of our world is a truly amazing thing.

Polar bears, just like all other species, evolved over a long and intense time period. All species are unique - hate em or love em. Bees, Bears, Bananas, Birds, Brontosaurus.. all of these creatures thrived and it's important to keep them around.

A "Fuck them if they can't evolve fast enough to survive" attitude is pretty lazy, incompetent and irresponsible. As the most intelligent beings on this planet, we have a certain degree of responsibility to make sure, to the best of our ability, the the ecosystems and habitats of the world are left undisturbed to preserve the balance of nature.

We are essential to it as it is essential to us. If we let everything on the Earth start dropping like flies (ecosystems, animal species..) then we'll lead to our own demise.

[makist]

Originally Posted by AladainAF

Again.. with the advertising money spent for a 2 minute advertisement (that is around many cable channels that I've seen it on), it would be better spent making NO ads and instead, just donating the money spent toward saving the polar bears.

The amount of advertising was probably in the 5+ million range. So assuming just $5,000,000.. 312,500 people would have to donate $16 to break even.

Wont happen.

But if they were able to make over a million people aware of the issue it gets people thinking. Plus, it would only take 50,000 people to donate for 6 months which is pretty reasonable to cover the cost assuming it is as high as you say.

[Astrocreep]

earthfell and the other hippie tree huggers are hilarious. first of all the polar bears arent going anywhere there may be less in some sections than before but globally there are just as many as ever. second even if the polar bears went extinct, so what? we got plenty of other bears and if we wanted to we can clone polar bears right back into existence.

thirdly, say a million dumbasses donated 16 bucks a month for the rest of their lives, how is that going to stop global warming and save even one polar bear? seriously we cant even seed clouds to make it rain or slow down hurricanes, we are at nature's mercy, its arrogant and elitist to think we can control the earth when we cant even run our own country or economy. fourth and final. polar bears may be white and big but they are nasty disgusting animals. they will eat a human if he can catch one and they easily can. Polar bears are the only species of bear that will do that. the other types of bears only attack if threatened. so in summary. fuck the polar bears , they arent worth saving and even if they were we couldnt do shit to help them anyway especially not with 16 bucks a month. fuck off hippie douschebags

[Aegdaien]

You must be the single most retarded person on these boards Astrocreep.

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I like polar bears and all, but I don't trust most charitable organizations to use my money wisely.

[Eomer]

Originally Posted by Aegdaien

You must be the single most retarded person on these boards Astrocreep.

For a few weeks after he started posting, I figured "nah this guy's a troll, no way anyone is that simple minded."

If only things were that simple.

[Dethfang]

Your $16 dollars buys each polar bear a mouthful of carrots!

[Malakriss]

Originally Posted by Dethfang

Your $16 dollars buys each polar bear a mouthful of carrots!

We regret to inform the world that not 2 minutes before, Bugs Bunny tragically died when he was mauled and eaten whole by a bear.

[Masakari]

Originally Posted by Malakriss

We regret to inform the world that not 2 minutes before, Bugs Bunny tragically died when he was mauled and eaten whole by a bear.

the whole thing? hahaha

[James]

This is an appropriate place for a repost, I think.

[Voyce]

Originally Posted by ...

I like polar bears and all, but I don't trust most charitable organizations to use my money wisely.

Agreed if I ever get rich I'm not donating to charities, I'll give the money directly to the polar bears.