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Off Topic If you would get rid of one thing on this planet what would it be?

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  1. Albert's Chip Shop

    Albert's Chip Shop Top Grafter
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    For me.... it would be violence (I include wars, terrorism, assaults, mackem threats to meet up for a fight etc......)

    It was a close tie with tinned tuna but violence prevailed.
     
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  2. jimileysbaldhead

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    Mackems.
     
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  3. Albert's Chip Shop

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    Any particular mackem? <whistle>
     
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  4. Heed

    Heed well known cheat

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    Religion.
     
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  5. GeordieHalfbreed

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    Climate change.

    Violence, disease, starvation etc all kill more people, but:

    1) The incentives to solve them are all local (putting effort into solving the problem in your country means people in your country are the primary beneficiaries).
    2) The trends are all going in the right direction. Deaths from disease have dropped off a cliff in the last century. For the first time in history half the globe is conflict free.

    Climate change, on the other hand, is not only potentially catastrophic, but really hard to solve. So much of modern life is based on things that cause it, and the incentives are all wrong. If one country solves CO2 emissions, they don't benefit unless almost everyone else does. If almost everyone solves it then those who don't bother get all the benefit, with none of the cost. We're also nowhere near solving it.

    Add that to the fact it's been hijacked as a political issue by people with a broader left wing agenda (e.g. the Green Party) and the conclusion is we're all f*cked.

    I wouldn't get rid of the Mackems. It's always nice to have someone to look down on. Also the Stadium of Sh!te is closer to the River than St James, so they'll drown first.
     
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  6. Warmir Pouchov

    Warmir Pouchov Better than JPF

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    Religion. Even though that would bring an end to a lot of wars which we need as a natural culling countenance to over population issues. Perhaps JImi has come up with the safe option which has no downside?
     
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  7. Warmir Pouchov

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    If we get rid of religion and stop wasting time on it, perhaps we'd spend valuable time solving climate change :biggrin:
     
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  8. General Lee Speaking

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    Humans would find something else to fight about. It's in our nature.
     
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    So you are saying religion is the perfect thing to eradicate because we'd still naturally cull ourselves and gain in scientific advances? Excellent.
     
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    For me it would be either world hunger or Belgium.
     
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  12. Sheikh_of_Araby

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    Saudi Arabia and tripe
     
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  13. Travelsick07

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    Definitely Mackems. Started playing a new game the other day called PUBG and I queue into a team of 3 mackems, so we're a squad of me and 3 mackems. **** me they're such ****s. 1 minute into the game one teamkills me over my accent. Then I **** talk them for a solid 10 minutes. One of them repeatedly threatens to go out to find someone to beat up while making him believe it's me and that it would be my fault the other guy gets beat up.
     
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  14. Dorty Dogbreath

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    Tuesdays.....I have Mondays off :p
     
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  15. Obi Wan

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    Fattists!

    Or calories.
     
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  16. Tel (they/them)

    Tel (they/them) Sucky’s Bailiff

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    Bra's
     
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    what's wrong with tinned tuna?

    personally I would get rid of people, just leave me& my family here, I'd quite like having the planet to ourselves.
     
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  18. GeordieHalfbreed

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    Wouldn't you miss female company? Or do you take the Mackem approach...?
     
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  19. Warmir Pouchov

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    That could get quite unsightly and disturbing...
     
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  20. Tel (they/them)

    Tel (they/them) Sucky’s Bailiff

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    I thought somebody else had already got rid of fat people?
     
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