What do you think is the greatest epic fail for humanity?

[Zhukov]

Religion. All of them. No single incident of death will ever do more damage than religion has. Their casualty numbers still going strong.

My dear sir, that was the most beautiful act of de-railing I have ever seen.

I am honoured to have witnessed a master at work.

*bows*

 

[MeatMachine]

I'm gonna go with Ghengis Khan on this one. He didn't even bother to conquer his resistors - he just scrubbed them out of existance.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

The development of the Firearm. At least back in the day war was limited to those who were strong enough but with guns serving as an equalizer, everybody can kill each other. Making mass murder easy sure was a good idea, yup.

Modern failures? Selling semi-recent equipment to dangerous terrorist/extremist organizations because they oppose Communism. When the USSR collapsed they turned to face the west. Way to go.

 

[Silas13013]

Religion. All of them. No single incident of death will ever do more damage than religion has. Their casualty numbers still going strong.

Nope. Not falling for the bait. Troll elsewhere.

OT: I can't really pick anything individual, at least on a grand scale. All the events that have happened in the past have shaped us in ways that could be bad, good or both. We have know way to telling which way they influenced us, however, so some of our "fails" may have actually turned out to be good for us.

Individual fails are still pretty cut and dry though.

You quoted him, which only feeds his ignorance.

Personally, the biggest fail of humanity in recent times is the rise of the Atheists. People like him are the reason we are hated; the ignorant, bigoted and quite frankly very very stupid atheists. They don't do our movement any good and I wish they would go away. Unfortunately, things don't always follow one specific, single minded and personal viewpoint (something he has yet to learn).

Overall however, I feel the greatest fail is the sense of entitlement we have developed, that has only grown stronger over the last few decades (fellow Americans, I'm looking at us). But it's not just that either. "Eye for an eye", the desire for a "deserved" and "righteous" retribution taken under personal gain, as opposed to justice also needs to stop.Religious people need to stop thinking themselves as a master race and atheists, we need to stop putting out the idea that we are some sort of logical free thinkers who are not slaves to the system, or sheep that follow blindly. Frankly, it sounds very hipster-ish. We are entitled to free speech yes, and we are entitled to our own opinions as well. However, EVERYONE needs to stop feeling like they are entitled to proclaim it as the one great truth in the world. Remember, acceptance is different than tolerance. You don't have to accept anyone, just tolerate them enough to not be a complete asshole to them all the time.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

The Jersey Shore. The End.

 

[Stako]

It's the fact that people do nothing to protect this world they live in, that most don't care or act like they don't get what's going on, and all because of this we've come to the current condition of our world, which we can't say is peachy, now can we?

 

[Bouchie Bouch]

Evolution, live was so much more simple when we were still in the ocean.

I feel this is appropriate

 

[ace_of_something]

Religion. All of them. No single incident of death will ever do more damage than religion has. Their casualty numbers still going strong.

When I clicked on this thread i thought "i wonder how long until someone will say religion or some such thing"
it was in two posts a little earlier than I expected.

OT: My answer would be when the Vatican stole all the wieners off of roman statues, hid them, archived them. Well not really the WORST thing. I just think it's hilarious and wanted to bring it up.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Evolution, live was so much more simple when we were still in the ocean.

I feel this is appropriate

I don't know you.... but my god do I respect you.

 

[ImmortalDrifter]

Religion. All of them. No single incident of death will ever do more damage than religion has. Their casualty numbers still going strong.

So completely denying that religion started every civilization of mankind; And the fact that without it, we would still be semi-feral pack hunters? Ignore the art that it has inspired and that fact that without it no institution of right and wrong would have ever been instituted?

People are murdering shitheads without religion, it comes down to the person. It always does. (the fear of god probably stopped as many deaths as zealotry started)

Religion is rationalization for things people can't understand. (the most notable being what happens after you die) Without it people would have no starting point for understanding the world around them. Without any basic jumping point for knowledge we would be nothing more than slightly more resourceful monkeys.

While I personally long to see the day when no person feels the need to answer to an absent God, denying the positive impact of Religion only makes you sound like a bigot.


OT: Allowing madonna the right to live... (c'mon we all know it was a bad move)

 

[Yokai]

World War I--Millions of deaths for brain-fucking-dead reasons. WW2, at least, was driven by obvious motives: Hitler was a mad bastard who wanted to rule Europe, and Europe wasn't too keen on living under an oppressive Fascist dictatorship. WW1 was due to a run-of-the-mill political assassination blown horrifically out of proportion by a ridiculous web of allies and obligations and defense treaties. The countries that suffered most greatly from the war--France and Germany--had pretty much no hand in actually starting it.

Also, the various libraries that were torched, in Baghdad and Alexandria and several other places. They set humanity back centuries in terms of technological and societal advancement, and for all we know, there could have been information stored in those places that we still haven't rediscovered today.

 

[TheFloBros]

The Jimquisition.


Nuff said.

 

[rapidoud]

Religion.

And the US trying to justify the use of nukes, and then subsequently losing a LOT of them.

Mankind in general, we are the universes greatest mistake.

 

[Devil's Due]

Nuclear technology in general.

You mean nuclear weaponry, which I agree. Nuclear technology, however, has improved millions of lives, almost billions, and created many scientific advancements that could not have been possible otherwise.

As for the thread: Communism, in practice.

In theory? Communism is perfection. Everyone is treated the same, everyone has the ability to do good. Collective over the single person. Etc.

In practice? Horrible, with corruption, senseless brutality, etc.

Now you could say that's because of the human mind and the sense of wanting more than what you should get, and power. But I assume the thread is about what humanity has created, not about human nature in general.

 

[StormShaun]

Atheism
Charles Dawin (Or what the hell he's called), nothing says Go f*ck yourself then telling peopel they will rot in the ground.
War
Bad internet

My list goes on, on and on

Mabey Australia getting found by the British is a good one...

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Allowing private companies to control fucking everything and doing nothing to resist.