How To Go Extinct

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To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:
Extinction: The moment when the last individual of a particular species dies.
Interspecific Competition: When individuals of different species compete for the same resources or habitats.
Thylacine: The so-called Tasmanian Tiger, it is one of the largest predatory marsupials; the last known individual was captured in 1933.
Invasive Species: Any kind of organism that gets introduced to a new environment and causes harm.
Holocene Extinction: The so-called sixth mass extinction, mostly involving larger animals, that started at the end of the last Ice Age, mostly due to human activity. Extinction rates during this time are 100-1000 times higher than usual.
Anagenesis: The gradual evolution of a species over time.
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Credits:
Script Writer: David Goldenberg
Video Illustrators: Sarah Berman and Jasper Palfree
Video Director: Kate Yoshida and David Goldenberg
Video Narrator: Kate Yoshida and Jasper Palfree
With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, Julián Gómez, Arcadi Garcia Rius
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: / drschroeder
Audio Effect: Scratch Speed by Freesound.org user Racoonanimator
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References:
Cahill, A., Aiello-Lammens, M., M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Xia Hua, Caitlin J. Karanewsky, Hae Yeong Ryu, Gena C. Sbeglia, Fabrizio Spagnolo, John B. Waldron, Omar Warsi and John J. Wiens (2013). How does climate change cause extinction? Proceedings of the Royal Society. 280 (1750). Retrieved from: royalsocietypublishing.org/do....
Marcel Cardillo, Georgina M. Mace, Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, Wes Sechrest, C. David L. Orme, Andy Purvis (2005). Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species. Science. 309(5738). Retrieved from: science.sciencemag.org/conten....
Craig Loehle, Willis Eschenbach (2011). Historical bird and terrestrial mammal extinction rates and causes. Diversity and Distributions, 18(1), 84-91. Retrieved from: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
Johnson, CN, Wroe, S. (2003). Causes of Extinction of Vertebrates during the Holocene of Mainland Australia: Arrival of the Dingo, or Human Impact?. The Holocene. 13 (6): 941-948. Retrieved from: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
Seth M. Rudman, Dolph Schluter. (2016).Ecological Impacts of Reverse Speciation in Threespine Stickleback. Current Biology, 26(4), 490-495. Retrieved from: www.sciencedirect.com/science....

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when the comment is literally almost a day ago

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whats with the mansplaining?

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I am not a human

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Let's hope its the last kind of extinction listed in this video XD

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I suppose “Frodo the Diricawl” wasn’t catchy enough

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Well,he's not wrong

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[@deryckchan]

The last type of "extinction" - the ancestor species being considered extinct because the surviving modern descendants became too different - is often a source of dispute in historical linguistics too. Are Latin and Chagatai "dead" languages because nobody speaks the forms we know by those labels as native languages anymore? Or are they very much alive because modern French, Spanish, Italian etc / Uyghur, Uzbek etc? Thank you for making such a great video explaining the different types of extinction with simulations!

[@deryckchan]

@Eve in the same sense that your childhood self is now half-dead 🤔

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

IRL though, the last extinction doesn't really happen much AFAIK. The leading model is called "Punctuated Equilibrium", I think. Basically, species stay constant without much change the vast majority of the time, and they only rapidly change or differentiate into different species in rapid bursts when conditions dictate.

[@adrianortega1431]

It's like the Ship of Theseus all over again.

[@ashley_brown6106]

It really depends on whether they can be considered the same species. If we could time travel and mate those two species would they produce fertile offspring? If yes, then they are the same species, if not, they're different species

[@zecuse]

From Cladistics, you've described the law of monophyly. Humans are still apes even though the progenitor ape population is no more. Spanish is Latin because it's descended from a progenitor Latin speaking population.

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"How to go extinct" Animals: *shares environment with humans*

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@Esma stfu

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*shares environment with humans and is not useful to humans, if humans find you useful your species will survive (although in altered form) for a very long time.

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@@ElizabethJones-pv3sj tell that to rats. You don't have to be useful to human in order to flourish

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Reminds me of these two beautiful roaches I used to keep as pets called Simandoa cave roaches. They were discovered in a single cave in Guinea back in 2004 in the Simandou region (hence the name). The person who discovered them decided to bring some home with him to study. Luckily he did that because after they were discovered, the cave was scheduled to be mined for bauxite. They unfortunately became extinct in the wild. But they still exist today because of the guy who discovered them and the roach hobby. The hobby has been breeding them so they thrive

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You again

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Im glad but also not at the same time. I mean... Roaches...

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Fun fact: when I was young I went to my grandma’s house for vacation. (she lived in South Carolina) I was about to go to bed on the couch when a cockroach started running around on the floor and well. he dead brother

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As it's an EVENt, I know just what to pick! :-)

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I like the new video format! This type of more conversational back-and-forth is a really neat way to try and tackle single issue from two perspectives at once.

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Sounds great! Great guide and clear instruction. Will be doing soon. -Humanity

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Oh my, you collaborated with primer! I love his simulations!

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@Esma stfu

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We don’t need this in 2020. It’s nearly over. please. not yet

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Minute Earth: How to go extinct 2020: Is that a challenge?!

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MinuteEarth: makes a tutorial on how to extinct 5-Minute crafts: *furious writing*

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Yep.This is the guide we all needed. Now I can speedrun to the extinction and set a universe record. Edit- Oh. I hadn't realised how many people had liked the comment. Thanks y'all😭

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@@salvadorpereira652 a Meteor or two should do it

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Can i join it? If i can well I'm joining right now!

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@@ripmorld9909 I'll have to install that mod too

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"How to go extinct." Well, the lazy man's way is to just wait around long enough, because if you do, it will certainly happen on its own.

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@Esma stfu

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@@sirpopotin7789 what did they comment?

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I thought that he would just mention the evolution simulator and I was like yeah go away let me watch the video but I like how he took over the episode alot

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I'm from the future... it's dark here. I don't think "time" has happened yet... send food 👀

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What is it like out there?

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Minutes Earth: "How to go extinct" Step 1: Exist in 2020

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Better yet, exist in the 14th century in Europe.

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Awesome, I've been looking for this for 18 years now! Thank you so much, this is so helpful! 👍

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Ferb, I know what we're going to do today.

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Ferb: What will we do today?

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Behold! The extinct-inator!!

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MOOOOOOM Phineas and Ferb are planning to extinct an entire species!

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I have an idea for the evolution simulator. Have common small pellets that require maybe 5 pellets to reproduce, and less conmon large pellets that take two to reproduce. It might just help smaller species co exist with larger species.

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I've been meaning to try this for so long. I think I'll finally do it. Thank you for helping me.

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Omg I love Primer’s videos!

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One of the weirdest notifications I’ve ever had 😂

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2020: *write that down, write that down!*

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XD

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*aggressively erases contents of notebook*

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Beautiful, just amazing, thank you for putting so much work into this video and the app, I appreciate the effort.

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Primer is awesome, I'm happy he's getting more recognition

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0:51 my name is Jasper and that freaked me out

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hi Jasper

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Hello Jasper. Nice to meet you

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Nice to meet you guys :))))

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How to go extinct Hold up.... wait a minute

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wait a minute earth

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Something aint right here

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*hmmmmm...* *HEY WAIT MINUT-*

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Just what I needed! Thank you, MinuteEarth Crew!

[@Weenaru]

About the last part of whether or not a species actually go extinct, I once had a discussion with a biology teacher at my university about when we a species is considered a new evolved species. Like, when do humans stop consider themselves as "homo sapiens"? The conclusion was basically "at some point someone will say that we are too different than this X thousand years old skeleton to be of the same species, and that's when we stop being sapiens".

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Seeing a video from minute earth makes my day. ❤️♥️❤️

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Well this is quite relatable to current events.

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We’re doing it in the most effective way without bringing in a asteroid

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With climate change

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Humans in this time period are thretened species.

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@@USSAnimeNCC- mission almost completed! LESSGO boys/girls.

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Two of my favorite KZbin channels collaborating amazing

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0:59 Jasper be wielding the curly brace like his favorite weapon. xD

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Uploads a video tommorw *WE WENT EXTINCT*

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Minute Earth: "How to go extinct" Me: hmmmm interesting...

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Inch resting..

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stolen?

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Why is it Interesting?

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This was a good video format for this content, I liked it a lot. Thanks :)

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We haven't seen such a unique MinuteEarth in ages... Great work.

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Oh sweet, I always wanted to go extinct! :D

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Same :D

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Same :D

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So Same :D

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Same :D

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Same :D

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Isn't this similar to the one guy that explained stuff using blobs? Let me go find his channel~

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Yup - PRIMER. DO IT

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@@MinuteEarth Yes! Thank you for reminding me of the name(~.~)/

[@mementomaven3721]

thanks, I forgot his name

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thank you so much for making this interactive and avavilble to everyone!

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"How to go extinct" Finnaly a relatable life goal

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In my opinion no matter what you do, no matter what happens, everything will end one day.

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youtube commenter discovers the concept of entropy, circa 2021

[@jewelxiat]

But by that logic, everything will come anew, too? I feel like if humans go extinct, eventually something similar to us will come up eventually. And when the Earth explodes, surely there are planets out there that will be able to emulate what the Sun does for our solar system. Maybe.

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I love the character interaction. :) Keep that stuff up.

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Thanks! Ive been having troubles with this! Now my performance will skyrocket!

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Can't wait to use these tips! Thanks so much!

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MinuteEarth: How to be extinct Humans 2020: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[@jay__damani]

I like this new method using discussion between 2 people with one being kinda the expert and 1 being someone curious like the viewer

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I really like how you did the ad placement.

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There seems to be 'How To' videos about anything nowadays. Wonder if theres a 'How to breathe' video.

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Just don't get born a black man in America.

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How to go extinct? Humanity: Yes.

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This was very fascinating. I am definitely going to play around with the evolution simulator now

[@santaclaus634]

Amazing video! Really interesting, excited for more

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nobody: Phineas : Ferb I know what were going to do today!

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Minute Earth: How to go extinct? Me: Well...I know how to predict the future of Earth now...yeah...I'll start making some graves...🙄🙄🙄

[@gordonplayer]

This is my favorite episode. Thank you.

[@Churrb]

I was really stuck on the second step, this video really helped!

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Perfect timing, was looking for a tutorial on how to make myself go extinct.

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Thanks, I was wondering how to go extinct.

[@MinuteEarth]

Any time

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PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON MOLE RATS, your animal videos are amazing and I'd love to see one about my current favourite animal!!

[@revi5555]

I really appreciate you all using a calf nursing to represent cow’s milk instead of a glass of it :)

[@leoleonid5400]

1:01 Finally!

[@x.kyss07]

"If Humans go Extinct, cockroaches will rule over the world" - Minatozaki Sana (Twice)

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Can you taste dirt down there?

[@adriancam7441]

Gosh y'all explained genetic drift so well T-T. Every time genetic drift was brought up in class I'd get confused and forget what it was (I recently took a class on evolution so now I understand it very well). But the way you guys explained it is so accurate but so simple too

[@nellie3184]

I remember a video on this channel about extinction when I was like 5 or 6 and it scared me. Looking back on it now it no longer scary and watching this video reminded me of that video. I remember it being called something like The biggest extinction or something about a mysterious extinction, i forgot the name. Time flies by so fast. Ps: I don't know why but Jasper seems to be very shy or nervous though out this video if that is the case I feel horrible for him.

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Just call Frieza to wipe out the entire planet

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Nah, he’d miss a few

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Me: *Why? Why would you do that?*

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Hey um how's your head?

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Why not

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@@johnxina6327 How's Mister Joestar?

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@@Gordon_Freeman_PhD Ah Mr Joestar such a good man, right now he's fighting Dio.

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Someone great once told me that ”MinuteEarth slowly explains how we’re all going to die”. A true poet~

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It’s about time, thanks for the guide

[@LzyLzr]

This was posted on my birthday, hmm Guess ill die

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Mosquitoes should really watch this

[@thaias9654]

Thanks for the tips! I’ll be sure to use this newfound knowledge to the best of my ability.

[@TrainYourBrain464]

MinuteEarth:Blobs? Primer:Are you imitating me?

[@Beosmth]

Hmm yes *proceeds to takes notes* HA humans are not going to have a good time when its December

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Just do it now

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"How to go extinct" me: *taking notes*

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Finally, I've been waiting for this

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I've been following Primer and now I can use their simulator!? Awesome!

[@SandTheNub]

I thought that Step 1 was : *Live in 2020*

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2020 was fine until MinuteEarth uploaded "How to go extinct"

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The Collab we have been waiting for 1:06

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Fascinating video! Very informative!

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This is going to be turned into a meme template. Reddit, do your thing.

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Question: how to go extinct? - America during pandemic : "hold my hamburger!"

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Minute earth: how to go extinct 2020: OH GOOD PERFECT TIMING

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Jasper has such a cute voice 🥺

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me: *sees this* also me: HEL YEAH IM GOING TO END HUMANITY

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Is this a tutorial?

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I like how you added in the thylacine!

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So well explained. thanks!

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Lets become second in comments as all are first!!!

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What?

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I can became third for my comrades!!!

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How to go extinct. Step 1: Install TikTok

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It is banned from India

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Thank you for this information, I'm gonna try it now!

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Thanks! It worked like a charm!

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Step one : not be human