Kenzi

☑ Ran's Shinichi distress call ☑ Detective Boys ☑ explosions ☐ overly dramatic soccer ball kick (still waiting for this one) but in all seriousness, I'm actually kinda looking forward to this

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fite me irl ...and pls Akazora, every bit of that post was serious :^) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ASzHy5c9lA i think it's tiem to listen to sum classic holiday songz!!!!!11!!//11!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtb3EtjEic :^)

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YAYYY :') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0byH9h1ClBY

I'VE BEEN WAITING MY ENTIRE LIFE A WHOLE YEAR FOR THIS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXSm51UI5M HUZZAH!!

whoops, I made a derp in the paragraph discussing regions I meant Liberty Island, not Liberty Garden, lol but! Liberty Garden is essentially the Liberty Island equivalent fixed it though; just wanted to make that clarification in case any confusion might've arisen

what on earth... it's a freaking nostalgia-fest I tell you I'm not ready

Orphans of the Storm?

Being able to recycle 99.9% of the resources they use? That sounds incredibly cost inefficient. Having the ability to recycle nearly all of the resources they use is implying that they're able to treat their waste as resource, which is basically the human equivalent of converting feces into food or turning coal into diamonds (which, for the record, is possible, but there's a reason we don't do that; refer back to my second sentence if you need a refresher). Also, I have no clue whether we're reaching the peak of technological capability or if we've merely scratched the surface, but your description of this "eternally sustaining environment" sounds overly optimistic. For starters, humans are self-indulgent. There's no doubt about that. We're very opinionated creatures, we're easily brainwashed by propaganda, we seek drugs that have the capability of killing us, and heck, we've waged war on ourselves on several occasions. There's no way I'd go so far as to say we're "disciplined". We all have opinions on what we should invest in, we debate ethics because we're split in what we think is morally right, we're unsupportive of our own species because we fail to address poverty, we've created monopolies that take away from our own species, we tend to be frail both physically and emotionally--and it's because we're human, and humans are flawed, especially on a grand scale. Perhaps robots can fulfill your expectations for this "eternally sustaining environment" (which is still a stretch since we'd be the ones programming their CPUs, go figure), but humans are far from that. Anything that can be swayed by hormones or neurotransmitters will have opinions. Conflicting opinions create issues. Simple as that. As of right now, we're reproducing far faster than we're dying off. Modern day medicine has increased our average lifespan, and we've created more efficient ways to decrease mortality rate and to ration out resources. Who knows what the human carrying capacity will be. Still, over-consumption and waste production is currently a huge issue for us because we're too shortsighted to look at the big picture or the long term consequences of current day activities. We're very experimental and curious as well. And for this reason, we're still dealing with the CFCs that were released into the atmosphere decades ago because we weren't aware of the consequences. Same with the wastelands of garbage we've dumped in bodies of water. Feel free to take a look at the Cuyahoga River Fire if you crave further evidence. Key word here is theory. The thing is, your description/theory of an "eternally sustaining environment" relies on common sense and implies that we must overcome these obstructions in order to attain such a utopia, which, as unfortunate as this may sound, is far too much to ask of humans. We kill off our own species with firearms like it's recreation. We create landfills that deplete our own available habitable space. We have access to weaponry that have the ability to wipe out our own species. We partake in activities that are detrimental to our own species as a whole. And like you said, we've also had dictators that have prevented the progression of our own species. Yes, it's counterproductive and it defies common sense--it's human nature. It's also why we fail to create an eternally sustainable environment. Now, you might be thinking "wtf Kenzi, this has nothing to do with other intelligent life forms." So allow me to address that with one final sentence: There's nothing that says other intelligent civilizations can't suffer from impediments of similar caliber.