# What's the point of planet Earth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-planet-earth/212358>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 10, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-planet-earth/212358 "2003-11-10T05:40:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-planet-earth/212358/21 "2003-11-11T20:28:15Z")

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Well, it’s just speculation on my part, but I’m guessing the stock market would take a hit.

Also, we would no longer have a reason to torture the alien that had the info to save Earth from imminent peril…

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-planet-earth/212358/22 "2003-11-11T21:17:10Z")

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The Galactic Gallimaufry might never develop popsicles.

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