The disadvantages of Being Human

[Dcdrac]

You die

You have a horrendously inefficient energy converison system

You breath Poison(mostly oxygen with nitrogen)

You drink?smoke/inject Poison ( well beer, diet coke ......... put in poison of choice)

Your skeleton gets smashed up by the poison you breath (mostly oxygen with nitrogen)Oestoperosis et al

You live long enough to get some idea what is going on but not long enough to get any real answers

[Piscivore]

You don't get these cool tentacles, either. Sucks to be you, dude.

[Dcdrac]

What are those tentacles like they look soooo coooolll

[Jorghnassen]

I do believe Quino's Miguelito would have a few words to say about this...

[TimmyBerry]

Rather cumbersome (for females) reproductive system.
You're not a lizard. :p

[delphi_ote]

No wings! I'd rather fly than be smart any day.

[Hellbound]

Knees that wear out.

Back that wears out.

You're but a walking shadow that struts and frets its hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.

:)

[ImaginalDisc]

Teeth have nerves.

[rdaneel]

They're made out of meat (http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html)

[Dinsdale Piranha]

PETA will dump red paint on your fur.

[emperorchaos]

You evolved from primates rather than something more interesting... like, uhm, erm, vampires!

[Phaycops]

You can't grow up to be a robot, even though your mom kept telling you you could grow up to be anything you wanted :(

[Serenity]

Insensitive olfactory system. Although, there are times I'd like to turn it off. :)

Telomere and regeneration limitations.

[wunky]

Not all cardiac issues can be repaired with tools, it can not be replaced, completely, with something mechanical.

[Idoubtthat]

wunky: "Not all cardiac issues can be repaired with tools"

True in many ways; the complex emotional make up of humans leads to all sorts of difficult interpersonal interactions. Often these can lead to a broken heart a condition for which there is no mechanical fix.

[Kimpatsu]

And we know we're going to die.
Ah, the existential horror of it all!

[rdaneel]

And we know we're going to die.
Ah, the existential horror of it all!

WHAT?? Since when? Nobody told me this! I want my money back!

[geni]

And we know we're going to die.
Ah, the existential horror of it all!

No let make this clear. I know other people are going to die.

[Kimpatsu]

No let make this clear. I know other people are going to die.
Not even you can live forever, Higlander...

[Hellbound]

Not even you can live forever, Higlander...

Hey, some of us are sure trying d@mn hard...

So far, so good :)

[Kimpatsu]

Hey, some of us are sure trying d@mn hard...

So far, so good :)
But you only have to lose your head once...

[Hellbound]

But you only have to lose your head once...

Maybe, but you'll never be able to prove it while I'm alive ;)

[Kimpatsu]

Maybe, but you'll never be able to prove it while I'm alive ;)
I'll take that bet by beheading you immediately.
In the great tradition of Scottish kings...

[Hellbound]

I'll take that bet by beheading you immediately.
In the great tradition of Scottish kings...

Yeah, but my statement still stands :p By the time you prove it...

[Kimpatsu]

Yeah, but my statement still stands :p By the time you prove it...
True, puny human. But as you are now an en-emy of the Da-lek-s, you WILL BE EXTERMINATED as WE DE-CU-REE!

[delphi_ote]

Not even you can live forever, Higlander...
There can be only one.

Me.

[aggle-rithm]

Not all cardiac issues can be repaired with tools, it can not be replaced, completely, with something mechanical.

...and the heart is child's play compared to the liver. I heard that a machine built to handle only PART of the liver's function would be the size of a football stadium.

[CACTUSJACKmankin]

Humans are very weak in almost every way physiologically compared to other animals. For the most part the only thing we have over every other animal is, obviously, intelligence. The gorilla is stronger, cheetah faster, elephant larger. We don't even have claws or sharp teeth. The only thing we have on our pedistal is our brains. Almost everything that makes us unique can be traced to our brains. Creativity, abstract thinking, invention, music, it's all from our brains.

[Hellbound]

Actually, long distance, we can outpace most other animals (i.e.-over days of travel).

[Kimpatsu]

There can be only one.

Me.
One what...?
(But thanks for volunteering.)

[delphi_ote]

One what...?
(But thanks for volunteering.)
Highlander, of course.
http://blog.simplyhired.com/archives/Highlander.jpg

[Kimpatsu]

Highlander, of course.
http://blog.simplyhired.com/archives/Highlander.jpg
You can't be the only Highlander.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/PowderMonkey/DSC00817.jpg

[delphi_ote]

You can't be the only Highlander.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/PowderMonkey/DSC00817.jpg
I will be the only one when I cut off the others' heads and steal their immortality and strength. There can be only one!

[Kimpatsu]

I will be the only one when I cut off the others' heads and steal their immortality and strength.
You'll never take my quickening.
There can be only one!
But it won't be you...

[geni]

Actually, long distance, we can outpace most other animals (i.e.-over days of travel).

That is because most other ground based animals are sinsible enough to stop.

[delphi_ote]

You'll never take my quickening.
We'll have to settle this in the parking garage at a pro-wrestling match!

(Am I remembering that correctly? I dearly hope so. If I imagined a scene like that, I'd have to question my own sanity.)

[Kimpatsu]

We'll have to settle this in the parking garage at a pro-wrestling match!

(Am I remembering that correctly? I dearly hope so. If I imagined a scene like that, I'd have to question my own sanity.)
That's the first movie. Later parking garage scenes include "The Immortal Cimoli", one of the better episodes from TV season 4.

[ma1ic3]

You have a horrendously inefficient energy converison system

It's great for those lonely cold nights.

[Hutch]

Highlander, of course.
http://blog.simplyhired.com/archives/Highlander.jpg

Better get out of the way of my Highlander, then...

http://www.autobytel.com/images/carPics/TestDrv/Lyons/03Highlander/highlander_front3_500.jpg

[Ryokan]

Humans are very weak in almost every way physiologically compared to other animals. For the most part the only thing we have over every other animal is, obviously, intelligence. The gorilla is stronger, cheetah faster, elephant larger. We don't even have claws or sharp teeth. The only thing we have on our pedistal is our brains. Almost everything that makes us unique can be traced to our brains. Creativity, abstract thinking, invention, music, it's all from our brains.

I'd say our opposable thumbs and larynxes are damn fine to have as well.

[delphi_ote]

Better get out of the way of my Highlander, then...

http://www.autobytel.com/images/carPics/TestDrv/Lyons/03Highlander/highlander_front3_500.jpg
As long as I stay away for the 15 minutes it takes until you run out of out of gas, I should be fine!

Unless it's the hybrid, of course. Then I'll just outrun it.

[emperorchaos]

This is getting out of hand. But it's interesting so keep it up.

Right now I'm chuckling at the thought of that Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode where Shake believes he can become immortal by jumping off a cliff. He shouts "There can be only one!" and leaps! Hahaha... yes.

[Iamme]

You die

You have a horrendously inefficient energy converison system

You breath Poison(mostly oxygen with nitrogen)

You drink?smoke/inject Poison ( well beer, diet coke ......... put in poison of choice)

Your skeleton gets smashed up by the poison you breath (mostly oxygen with nitrogen)Oestoperosis et al

You live long enough to get some idea what is going on but not long enough to get any real answers

Bummer!!!!

And we don't get to regrow our teeth the way sharks can.

And tortoises can outlive us.

And if we fall 80 feet out of a tree, we aren't going to be able to run off with no broken bones (i.e. national cat story)

And we learn our entire life and after we know everything, then it becomes all for naught because we die and some little kid takes our place and time has to be wasted for them to relearn what we already learned.

BUMMER!!!!!!!!!

[AWPrime]

Humans can't project any usefull energy...... I would really like to zap someone...

[Iamme]

Who would you start with?

[delphi_ote]

Disadvantages of being human? The cognitive ability to understand Iamme's posts.

[Kimpatsu]

Disadvantages of being human? The cognitive ability to understand Iamme's posts.
At least Iamme didn't misspell "useful"...

[emperorchaos]

Bummer!!!!

And we don't get to regrow our teeth the way sharks can.

No, we developed dentristry.

And tortoises can outlive us.

We're working on that. (http://longevity-science.org/) I think that I will live somewhere between 125-150 myself. Perhaps not. But as scientific endeavours and technology increase, so too will the human life expectancy.

And if we fall 80 feet out of a tree, we aren't going to be able to run off with no broken bones (i.e. national cat story)

We wouldn't have to worry about that if everyone is issued a jetpack. I've been writing to my senator to get on the ball with this.

And we learn our entire life and after we know everything, then it becomes all for naught because we die and some little kid takes our place and time has to be wasted for them to relearn what we already learned.


Maybe not. Refer to the above link. While we might not attain immortality, living longer is a nice benefit. I'm so interested in what will happen with the world that I would love to live 300, even a thousand years if it meant that I could see history become history and the future become the future.

You look at things from a horrible perspective. Why not, instead of looking at death so grimly, consider the fact that your life was nothing more than a cell in the body that is humanity. You may have dedicated your life to studies of one topic, and your contributions to that field were important for the future generations studying it.

As long as we give something, others will have that to take away. If, on the other hand, we go through our lives working day-to-day and praying to our imaginary friend in the sky on the droll hope that one day you and the Almighty will get to rock out in a place of eternal bliss, I think you're wasting what you were given. You're wasting it because not only are you not giving back, but you are most likely not taking from that which has already been given.

I could probably go on at some length about this. But I won't. It won't have any effect on you anyway Iamme. Maybe I'll go blog it instead. Someone more interesting will read it that way.


BUMMER!!!!!!!!!

It's all in how you look at it.

[emperorchaos]

Who would you start with?

Oh, and I'd zap the pope. Well, depending on what this "zapping" does. If it kills, I wouldn't do it. If it stuns or turns the zappee into a llama or something equally absurd, the Pope is first. Followed by my friends (well, i'd probably test it on one of my friends first, but then His Holiness gets it.)

And then I could be known as the guy who "zapped the Pope" and no one could stop me for fear of being transmogrified into an aardvark... or an octahippogiraffapus. I wish I had a picture of the latter, but they are very elusive.

[Kimpatsu]

No, we developed dentristry.
Hey, scholarship with bite!