# Who will we become? Who we were - Who we are- Who will we be **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624 "2015-09-18T01:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/61 "2015-09-18T13:08:23Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > we’re HU-MANS \>\>\> destroying our habitat, which based on a shortening timeline will be so dirty we will have to live indoors until we go extinct. A. We are Devo. Glad _someone_ finally got it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/62 "2015-09-18T13:13:43Z")
Little too much sniping and defensiveness. Let’s see how this goes in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![sticksandstones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sticksandstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sticksandstones)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/63 "2015-09-18T13:23:22Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Little too much sniping and defensiveness. > > Let’s see how this goes in the Pit. I can’t sit down, I got two hands, and I drank two cups of coffee - neither were de-caf. Dexedrine fuels my passion. ---
**Author:** ![sticksandstones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sticksandstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sticksandstones)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/64 "2015-09-18T13:27:20Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > A. We are Devo. > > Glad _someone_ finally got it. Listening to the remastered extended awesomeness right now. Though, I encountered Bluetooth headphone issues when connecting my device. Which proves coincidence doesn’t delude my ignorance. My ears are crying, and my heart is warm. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/65 "2015-09-18T13:45:52Z")
Just had a great business idea. Open up a gambling site where we can all bet on how long pompous bullshit attention whore trolls last. Just gotta figure out how to keep the mods from gaming the system. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/66 "2015-09-18T14:08:52Z")
Ear tears? Are they made of wax? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/67 "2015-09-18T14:34:57Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Q. Are we not men? No! We are Devo! ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/68 "2015-09-18T14:41:43Z")
Are you PC bro? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/69 "2015-09-18T14:54:07Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > We have access to more technological based communication than any society in history. Why does it seem that this advancement has provided exposure which resulted in nothing more than glorified water cooler talk? The “broad-band” access was focused on the broad span of people able to “band” together and unite for global reform, not just languish within the communication of discontent. > [@sticksandstones](#): > > My tits be bouncing, come take a look. > HAHAHA. > > I aint quitting or deleting my account. > I love you guys. Well, it is true, if you are not part of the solution you are part of the precipitate \*… 🙂 As in falling head long into jerk and troll territory. - Old chemistry joke. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/70 "2015-09-18T15:17:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No! We are Devo! Actually, that brings up an excellent point. The question is “Are we not men?” The \*answer \*is “We are Devo.” It’s common–and understandabl–to impute a negation on that response. But there is no actual negation present. That is, saying “we are Devo” does not necessarily mean that “we are _not_ men.” In fact, the body of work seems to support the idea that we are both men _and_ Devo. And pinheads. And monkeymen. God made man, but He used a monkey to do it. We _are_ men. And we are, and shall remain, Devo. ---
**Author:** ![IDtenT\_Error](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@IDtenT\_Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDtenT_Error)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/71 "2015-09-18T16:07:07Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > Good job. > > At the next game of “state the obvious” I am going to ask you what the colour of the sky is, and then say “NO ITS NOT” In my world it’s a rather psycho shade of lemon-yellow. What color is your sky? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/72 "2015-09-18T16:20:54Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > The adjustment of perspective within our aperture shutters at the speed of instant gratification with the intent of designing our life… Yes, the whole world is coming apart and we are in danger of losing our humanity, just as it was during the 60’s, during WW2, during the great depression, during WW1, during the industrial revolution, during the civil war, during the Napolianic wars, during the reformation, during the fall of Rome and all those various floods, plagues and famines all the way back for the last million or so years when Og thought that everyone’s growing reliance of fire was making them soft and weak. Change is the only constant in the human experience. Change is always unsettling and you always find people who say that this time will be different this time will be a too much. Every generation’s bridge too far becomes the next generations situation normal, who in turn will say that the changes of the generation after theirs will be the bridge too far. So feel free to rant and stand athwart proclaiming that yours is the last generation of true humanity, just don’t pretend that you are doing or saying anything that hasn’t been said before, or that the time you live in is unique. To some extent you are right the generation that follows will be a different humanity from the one you are trying to defend, in some ways it may be worse and most ways it will probably be better, but it will be its own version of humanity just as deserving of the title as the one you fear is going away. If you can’t come to accept this than you have my pity. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/73 "2015-09-18T16:23:25Z")
It’s a good sign things are going better than ever when we have more leisure time and life expectancy to bitch about everything. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/74 "2015-09-18T16:28:49Z")
The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant and clear. Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, colored in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, craving penetrations offer links with the self instructors sharp and tender love as we took to the air a picture of distance. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/75 "2015-09-18T16:32:28Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant and clear. > > Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, colored in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. > > Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, craving penetrations offer links with the self instructors sharp and tender love as we took to the air a picture of distance. > > Yes. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/76 "2015-09-18T16:32:53Z")
When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/77 "2015-09-18T16:48:55Z")
Well, it’s like in the army ya know the great prince issues commands, founds states, vests Families with thieves, inferior people should not be employed. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/78 "2015-09-18T17:03:23Z")
Well, Art is Art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. - Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/79 "2015-09-18T17:11:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Well, it’s like in the army ya know the great prince issues commands, founds states, vests Families with thieves, inferior people should not be employed. Can’t knock success. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/80 "2015-09-18T17:12:25Z")
> [@andros](#): > > When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars. This is the dawning of the age of the queries, age of the queries… The queries… JAQinkg to the data base… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624.md?page=5)