The human race has learned how to laugh, how to make spaghetti, and how to walk on the moon. What's next?

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What's the next big leap in either human evolution or engineering?

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

a baldness cure

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Being excellent to each other.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Wild Stallions rule!!!

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I only know how to do one of those things.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

(The threads premise that is)

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I take it it's not the moon one?

― rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i know how to laugh and how to walk on the moon, but i don't know how to make spaghetti. you got eggs and flour, mash it together and then make it into strands, right?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah - how hard can walking on the moon be? You just do it a bit more slowly, as far as I can make out.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the moonwalk is quite hard though

― rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

It is the hardest to fake, I suppose.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

No man, I think it would be pretty hard to walk on the moon. I bet they get training for it. I would probably flip over and go spiralling through the 'air' for 20 or 30 feet every time I tried to take a step. Anyway, back to the question.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

self-sustaining cookyglass

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

!!!!!!!

― rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I think people are more likely to be onto you if you try faking a laugh or making spaghetti. "dude, it's just bits of paper you've fashioned into thin strips"

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't say faking spaghetti was exactly easy - just not as hard as faking walking on the moon. Or faking any kind of walking. Stan & Ollie faked spaghetti in Saps At Sea and they got in awful trouble.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway. Geting back to the original question - affordable giant factory houses.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, genetically engineering people to be much smaller, so that we don't consume so many resources and obstruct mice's views at concerts.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

pills that give worms to ex-girlfriends

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

worms??

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Ex-girlfriends that give pills to worms.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Worms that actually can be cut into a dozen worms.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

And be made into believable fake spaghetti.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

AIDS vaccine.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

A nice way to cull the overpopulate.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

a fertility switch

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

orgasm pills that you can take whenever your lonsesome or horny that work immediatly

― beavis, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

worms??

sorry its a Brain Candy reference.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

orgasm pills that you can take whenever your lonsesome or horny that work immediatly

-- beavis (beavmun...), September 15th, 2004 2:36 AM.

I know a way that only takes a few minutes. I can draw you a diagram if you like.

― Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

cuddle pills!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"goddamn you are one handsome man" pills

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The human race will learn how to operate a four-wheeled vehicle. They will collectively follow a reasonably simple and standardized set of rules that will allow them to coexist peacefully upon vast stretches of pavement, allowing for seamless and efficient travel across vast distances.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:01 (twenty-one years ago)

What does your oracle say about self-cancelling turn signals?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i've learned to love yes.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

but not rick wakeman.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

augmented reality

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:20 (twenty-one years ago)

time machines

― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The human race has learned how to laugh, how to make spaghetti, and how to walk on the moon. What's next?

I haven't learned how to do any of these things, so presumably that's what's next.

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

To change the weather

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

No, let the world drown.

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm thinking it's going to be the bassline to Joe Tex's "Men Are Gettin' Scarce." C'mon, people, let's do this -- from there it's only a short step to the really funky shit!

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw the future at lunchtime. A HOMOSEXUAL IN A SEGWAY WHEELCHAIR.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

how did you know he was gay? were his eyes closer together?

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

He wheeled himself into Prowler Soho - he's gay or confused, for sure.

It looked like this.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

he looked more like a transvestite than a gay in that picture

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's a better pic:

http://www.atnet.org/news/2003/images/ibot.gif

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going shopping.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Sugically implanted Ipods.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

the surgically part is key. cause right now we just got people mashing Ipods into their spleens.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe we should just develop a pocket on our chests, marsupial like, so we can carry our I-pods or better yet, so we don't lose our keys at orgies.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

solar powered bibles.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I read human race as human league, whoops.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

My oracle says self-cancelling turn signals will never be installed. Who would use them?

My oracle is also in favor of pouches, but worries about the health hazards and keeps mumbling about foreskin.

Ra is my co-pilot.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Thursday, 16 September 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure laughing is strictly learned behaviour.

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Laughing is learned behaviour. Before that, it's all gurgling. I'm still gurgling.

― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 16 September 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Do amoebae laugh?

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 16 September 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Hyaenas do.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 16 September 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

amoebae don't kill people! hyaenas do!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 17 September 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

SELF CLEANING CLOTHES, DISHES, BITS

― kephm, Friday, 17 September 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Future of human kind: 80Gig iPod. And FASTER cars.

― Craig Gilchrst, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

The cars fly I reckon. Might as well make the iPod flying too.

― Craig Gilchrist, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

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