We’ve known for some time that the eco-minded tend to think that humans are a bad thing. For example, there’s the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement:
That’s no joke, it is a real organization. What follows is something I thought was just a clever April Fools Joke, but sadly turns out to be only too real. So real in fact, it may be powerful enough to buzzkill all the effects of a Barry White album.
No, it isn’t an April fools joke. The website and the product is real, which you can see here.
They even have a distributor network, and unsurprisingly, the land of fruits and nuts is ground zero.
The caption for the polar bear wrapper reads:
POLAR BEAR
An international icon of global warming, the polar bear is going extinct as the Arctic sea ice melts beneath its feet because of the greenhouse gas emissions of 7 billion people — especially those in high-consumption nations like the United States. The bear was put on the U.S. endangered species list in 2008.
Some of the other wrappers are hilarious here’s another:
DWARF SEAHORSE
This inch-tall, curly-tailed fish occurs only in shallow seagrass areas in the Gulf of Mexico, along the Atlantic Coast of Florida and in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, as the Gulf gets more crowded and industrialized, this seahorse faces more threats to its existence. Widespread loss of seagrass habitat due to pollution, boat damage and global war.
Maybe we could get Josh to come up with some condom wrapper art for the climate skeptic movement.
I’m thinking of some slogans like:
- Party like its 1999 (before GISS adjustments).
- Hot times ahead – NOT!
- My head just exploded! Romm bam, thank you ma’am!
- The heat is missing, and it’s a travesty!
- Use before hiding the decline
Discretion, please, in comments – Anthony
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Vince Causey says:
March 30, 2012 at 11:04 am
“Given that, as far as we know, humans are the only intelligent technological life in the universe – then pushing for extinction becomes a whole lot bigger issue than saving the planet.”
A universe that contains no sentient observer effectively ceases to exist. Humans are the only known sentient observers in the universe. So yeah, it’s a fairly big issue.
See! Natural selection at work!
So it has come down to a battle between the forces of Light and Dark:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/30/let-there-be-light-human-achievement-hour-to-coincide-with-earth-hour/
With all that stumbling around in the dark, it’s suprising the birth rate for leftists is as high as it is. On the other hand, maybe this hour of darkness gives them an “opportunity”.
“the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement” (Yeah, it’s a “movement” all right, but geez, it sounds like a Three Stooges bit:
“You first.”
“No, after you.”
“No, no, after you.”
“Yuk, yuk, yuk, Age before beauty.”
“Please, beauty before age.”
(Bonk! As they run into each other.)
The ultimate, “it’s all about ME”. Their goal is childhood ending at death.
Hilarious post!
Thanks Anthony, it brigs out the best from the lads here 🙂
Global warming condoms:
1. We’re all screwed now.
2. No fraud here
3. Satisfy your fantasy
“Honey, how about some dwarf seahorse tonight?”
Yes, I can see that entering the lexicon for “making whoopie”.
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement should enter for the Darwin Awards.
Windmill condoms – expensive, ineffective and they explode if things go too fast.
Solar panel condoms – they don’t work in the dark, they need regular cleaning and you must keep the bush from growing too thick round the base.
Tidal power condoms – they only go in and out twice a day, get clogged up with debris and can silt up your estuary.
Nuclear condoms – reliable but if they pop they’ll make you infertile and the only people who will come near you will be scientists in Hazmat suits.
Biofuel condoms – rainforests are cut down to make these and they’re sludgy in cold weather. You can try a DIY version but you’ll smell like a fried food restaurant and only attract people who work in tax offices.
Overcopulation not overpopulation.
This product contains nut cases.
“Endangered Species Condoms — ‘where the rubber meets the toad’…”
I note the ‘endangered’ dwarf sea horse.
Pleased to say that in the waters of Britains South West we also have sea horses-in fact you can adopt one
http://www.theseahorsetrust.org/adopt-a-seahorse.aspx
they often get washed up (dead unfortunately) on our local beach.
tonyb
note the ‘endangered’ dwarf sea horse.
Pleased to say that in the waters of Britains South West we also have sea horses-in fact you can adopt one
http://www.theseahorsetrust.org/adopt-a-seahorse.aspx
they often get washed up (dead unfortunately) on our local beach.
tonyb
Just think of the grandchildren you’ll never have.
“The bear was put on the U.S. endangered species list in 2008.”
Right, but only because once again the “mainstream” Climate Scientists and other so-called Progressives couldn’t find even one valid example from the real world to fit their dumb a** memes. “Take it to the bank!”
Actually, I can go with their slogan, “May we live long and die out.” But only if we get to live as long as the last dominate life form on this planet to “poison themselves out of existence”. So that was what, a 2 or 3 billion year run?
AC says:
March 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm
> 1. Mr Watts, I heard about these people back in 2008, I kinda surprised you hadn’t heard of them before.
It’s been mentioned before. This post was a bit of a downer, no, quite a downer. RIP, Scientific American.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/25/climate-craziness-of-the-week-grist-uses-scientific-american-to-highlight-voluntary-human-extinction/
Can’t think of anything funny but here’s a good biography of Malthus.
http://mises.org/daily/5501
Well, how about
“Use this condom to preserve your VHEMT membership.”
Personal Hot Spot Generator…
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement could learn from The Judean People’s Front…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_12E1EN6fs&w=560&h=315%5D
How can a smart species be so dumb?
For some reason this reminds me of the old joke about the computer salesman, who each night says to his wife, “It’s not quite ready yet, but it’ll be great when you get it!”
Is your change in size not statistically significant? Trenberth condoms can fix that!
They are bout as bright as the people that run the kingdom in the movie Chitti Chitti Bang Bang, who had a child catcher because kids were not allowed. this movie is way a head of it’s time, we are just arriving it seems to me.
Actually when did this nightmare start, and when do we wake to a world again ran by responsible, morally sound people?
how can we let them continue?