Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?

Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by Wiseacre on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:50PM (#29372874)

With that logic we would all still be living on the same continent and would never have spread across the Earth to begin with.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by ModernMech on Sunday November 28, 2021 @04:00PM (#29372965)

I mean, I think it’s widely held that humans coming down from trees was a bad idea and should have never happened.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by Wiseacre on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:22PM (#29376339)

You may notice the people who say that are hypocrites who believe their existence is legitimate and worthy of defending. Hint: they don't actually believe that.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by hairofadog on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:30PM (#29376382)

They’re referencing a bit from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by Wiseacre on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:26PM (#29398764)

That's happened to me twice in the past week. Time to re-read it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon? by webmaven on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:15AM (#29376947)

Trees? Hah! We never should have crawled out of the ocean.

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