The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

Sic transit gloria panthera leo senegalensis.

[garbon]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/01/08/lions-extinct-west-africa/

West African lion is nearly extinct.

Having an extinction countdown seems a bit morbid and sensational.

[Josquius]

But what if the West African Lions are the only thing protecting us from trans-dimensional beings of unimaginable horror?

[Syt]

The French?

[Eddie Teach]

This is why nobody goes on safari in Nigeria.

[Zanza]

[The Brain]

Is #6 naked? It's hard to tell.

[Admiral Yi]

So many exciting fashion options.

[Zanza]

Is #6 naked? It's hard to tell.

Yes, above the shoulders. 

[Grey Fox]

Thank god for christian Lebanon.

[Tamas]

Thank god for christian Lebanon.

What the fuck is up with Frenchmen and Lebanon?

[Grey Fox]

Same thing that is up with every non-Algerian african colonies of France.

[Jacob]

Having an extinction countdown seems a bit morbid and sensational.

How so? Better just to ignore it and then go "oh well" when the species is extinct for sure?

[garbon]

Having an extinction countdown seems a bit morbid and sensational.

How so? Better just to ignore it and then go "oh well" when the species is extinct for sure?

Because creating an extinction countdown necessitates extinctions to continue to exist as a section on the site. Otherwise it isn't a countdown to anything.

[Jacob]

Having an extinction countdown seems a bit morbid and sensational.

How so? Better just to ignore it and then go "oh well" when the species is extinct for sure?

Because creating an extinction countdown necessitates extinctions to continue to exist as a section on the site. Otherwise it isn't a countdown to anything.

I'm reasonably sure that if the threat of extinction let up, they'd be more than happy to remove that section of their website.