World Population Grows Beyond 7 Billion

First time accepted submitter assertation writes in with a LA Times feature about the booming world population and the strain it puts on the environment and governments. "After remaining stable for most of human history, the world's population has exploded over the last two centuries. The boom is not over: The biggest generation in history is just entering its childbearing years. The coming wave will reshape the planet, and the impact will be greatest in the poorest, most unstable countries."

god damn it

[Anonymous Coward]

Taco's wife needs to stop having kids.

Bad news everyone

[Black Parrot]

It also means that you've only got a 0.0000000143% chance of getting that coveted first post.

Re:Good news everyone

[tgd]

The top 1% is based on income, not population.

I may have found a contributing factor to you not being in the 1% ...

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Re:Good news everyone

[Razgorov Prikazka]

More than 490.000.000.000 tonnes of meat, 600.000.000 colour blind people, 700.000.000 people with Herpes, 70.000.000 people with syphilis, 140.000.000 severely mentally retarded people and an equal amount of highly intelligent people. And the list goes on if you talk about percentages! Oh, and while I am at it, one would need 280 grams of Botulinum type A toxin to kill half of them.
I'm not saying one should, but one could. I don't want to ruin anyone's day you know...

Re:Good news everyone

[tgd]

Yet you aren't either. Likely because you don't actually understand how math works. You're using a simplistic equation that assumes everyone is worth different amounts, and thus you get a nice linear vector where you can chop off 1%. That's not likely true at all.

Actually, if we're going to go there, I am... and comfortably so. Although the reality is the 99% of the 1% have a lot more in common with the bottom 1% of the 99% than the 1% of the 1%.

And, of course, my original post was mocking your brain fart, not really attempting to make any socio-political statement about any correlation of internet gaffes to wealth or the intelligence or lack thereof of any particular income bracket.

Now, I suppose the fact that everyone else seems to understand that and you missed it might suggest an additional set of evidence related to my original assertion, so perhaps the joke was a little too close to home.

Re:Colonization

[TapeCutter]

It's time to start colonizing Mars, the Moon and other celestial objects

The slashdot equivalent of "let them eat cake".