Life My public health warning to the world.

**Rain Man** · 10-22-2015, 04:27 PM

I was thinking about this today.

I had a Coke, and as you know, the bottle is sealed. I finished my liquid poison and started to throw it away. As a neat person, I put the lid back on, and then gasped with alarm as I understood the implications.

I present to you the following facts:

1. Plastic soda and water bottles degrade very slowly over thousands of years.
2. The lids on these bottles seal tightly.
3. If you put the lid on before throwing it away, you essentially seal air into the bottle.
4. The earth is a closed system.

If you put all of these pieces together, the truth becomes evident. If you put the lid on your soda bottle before throwing it away, you seal away some air into a container that won't degrade for thousands of years. In essence, you're removing air from the environment.

If we keep doing this, we will all eventually die of suffocation as all of the atmosphere ends up in landfills inside sealed soda bottles and water bottles. It's just a matter of time.

So when you throw your bottle away, don't put the lid on it or we'll all die. Or I guess you could recycle it.

View Poll Results: My reaction to this public health warning is...
Extreme alarm. Where can I send money to address the problem?	7	21.88%
Moderate alarm. I will change my behavior and better appreciate my air.	5	15.63%
Minor alarm. This is a problem, but we can probably export the effects to the Third World.	4	12.50%
No alarm. I'm a sealed-air bottle denier.	14	43.75%
Confusion. Is this a real issue? Why haven't I been informed?	2	6.25%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

10-22-2015, 04:27 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-672449 VARSITY	My public health warning to the world. I was thinking about this today. I had a Coke, and as you know, the bottle is sealed. I finished my liquid poison and started to throw it away. As a neat person, I put the lid back on, and then gasped with alarm as I understood the implications. I present to you the following facts: 1. Plastic soda and water bottles degrade very slowly over thousands of years. 2. The lids on these bottles seal tightly. 3. If you put the lid on before throwing it away, you essentially seal air into the bottle. 4. The earth is a closed system. If you put all of these pieces together, the truth becomes evident. If you put the lid on your soda bottle before throwing it away, you seal away some air into a container that won't degrade for thousands of years. In essence, you're removing air from the environment. If we keep doing this, we will all eventually die of suffocation as all of the atmosphere ends up in landfills inside sealed soda bottles and water bottles. It's just a matter of time. So when you throw your bottle away, don't put the lid on it or we'll all die. Or I guess you could recycle it.
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