Population: Six Billion
Last month, the world's population reached the six-billion mark. What do you think of this landmark?
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Decades ago, those guys in Zero Population Growth said the planet was critically overpopulated at 3.5 billion. Guess that shows them.
Bill Cardassian
Cab Driver -
At least we humans are doing a better job than those ants.
Carl Turner
Podiatrist -
Thank God. I was wondering how we were going to staff all those new Old Navys, Targets and Barnes & Nobles.
Ben Magadan
Carpenter -
Six billion? And you know where all of them are? In the goddamn checkout line in front of me, that's where.
Alexander Ormond
Systems Analyst -
And of those six billion, only 10, maybe 11 tops, are cool.
Jill Eppard
Student -
Nothing is more precious than teeming, overpopulated, resource-destroying human life.
Felicia Mott
Bank Teller
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