# What things that we are now afraid of worried about will our kids look back at and be amused? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654 "2010-10-28T13:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/41 "2010-10-29T01:48:25Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > Global warming. > [@elmwood](#): > > - Global warming. Is still here regardless of what the right wing media gasbags tell you. > **[Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says](https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php)** > > Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science... Regarding the OP: I still think Asimov was right, we are still scared of robotics and the future will laugh at us for those unfounded fears. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/42 "2010-10-29T01:55:44Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Better get that Cold Fusion powersource working _first_, me boyo. Automation is an engineering problem. Usable cold fusion is a laws of the universe problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/43 "2010-10-29T01:59:41Z")
Peak Oil. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/44 "2010-10-29T02:07:08Z")
Legalized reefer. (Go Prop. 19) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/45 "2010-10-29T02:14:30Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Peak Oil. You think we’ll find more oil or you think we’ll advance beyond it in one generation? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/46 "2010-10-29T02:45:07Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > You think we’ll find more oil or you think we’ll advance beyond it in one generation? A combination of both, although one generation does seem optimistic- I’d give it more like 40-50 years before petroleum joins whale oil as something we don’t worry about the scarcity of any more. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/47 "2010-10-29T12:24:13Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > That’s because Bubonic Plague is the _funny_ one. Winner: Best username/post combination! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/48 "2010-10-30T00:34:08Z")
> [@ramel](#): > > Immigrants. > > Nah, I doubt it. People have been terrified of immigration since the start of history. I doubt it’ll stop any time soon. Yeah, but they’ll be amused at the particular immigrants we were worried about, like I am when I hear about how upset many people were at the numbers of Irish who were immigrating in the 19th century. They’ll be like: “You were worried about _Mexicans_?! What the hell for?” ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/49 "2010-10-30T02:53:47Z")
The apocalypse. There are both christian and secular (peak oil, global warming) apocalypse predictions will pass and either be minor or not happen. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654/50 "2010-10-30T03:16:54Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Is still here regardless of what the right wing media gasbags tell you. > > [Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says](http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php) (Re’ global warming) I concur. I think if anything, they will look back and say, “Why the fuck WEREN’T you worried/afraid enough about this to DO something about it?!” :smack: As for what they will NOT be worried about and laugh at us for being worried about/afraid of; legalized cannabis, gay marriage/homosexuality in general, and single-payer health care. Hell, most of them already ARE laughing at us. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-that-we-are-now-afraid-of-worried-about-will-our-kids-look-back-at-and-be-amused/558654.md?page=2)