What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler

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Human beings are everywhere. With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record. So what would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? Dan Kwartler investigates.
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[@HariprashadRavikumar]

This title is not currently available for purchase

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

The World Without Trump! 😏

[@realsandeep]

+TED-Ed , Create 'How do alcahol affect the body?' just like you guys did in the very last video 'How do cigarettes affect the body? '. I am waiting for it.

[@niharteraho6954]

I was always thinking about this but still I was survived

[@shevonabrahamsamuel2683]

TED-Ed What about nuclear power plants??

[@jordansamson6071]

Somehow, some way, your abandoned cell phone would still get annoying calls about your car's extended warranty expiring.

[@AN-ou6qu]

Maria Isabelle Villacorte except the battery would run out

[@addust]

Only if they're automated.

[@wigglyfruit4708]

Yea robo calls

[@illumi9044]

YES

[@jj6148]

What if you left your phone on a charger?

[@bernie9728]

My guess is that crimes rates would go down dramatically.

[@kellyphillips9743]

No, because video games would still exist

[@hyphenated-name881]

It's gonna go down if they're no humans.

[@moonlitm3285]

@@hyphenated-name881 R/woooosh

[@ra_alf9467]

My guess is Fallout 77 wouldn't exist

[@realprisec]

@@kellyphillips9743 ikr, videogames and gamers are pathetic shits

[@danier21]

Alright, but seriously, how is no one talking about how beautiful this art-style is?

[@screamingcat142]

Ik right

[@weirdo6821]

It’s a company

[@anshuman6243]

starry figs But you did

[@j_cannot_type]

You're right!

[@cv4809]

Literally in every video people are constantly commenting about the art style

[@babyspice945]

“The world can survive without us, but we can’t survive without the world”

[@burgernthemomrailer]

To be more specific, the world can survive without you.

[@JuanFlores-gs7uu]

@@burgernthemomrailer why them specifically?

[@sexysadie2901]

@@burgernthemomrailer Without everyone.

[@istantoomanygroupscheckemo4016]

@@burgernthemomrailer and you too

[@burgernthemomrailer]

@@istantoomanygroupscheckemo4016 You unironically “stan” k-pop you don’t have any rights.

[@drag0nerd]

2018: haha as if 2020: *sweats profusely*

[@waspman7775]

I dunno man I think earth has had enough of humans and decided 2020 would be the year to kill of all humans so it can heal, honestly I could go with or without life on earth

[@xavdior]

EmeryDuhGamerz you good?

[@waspman7775]

@Xavdior no I am not please help me

[@gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635]

@@waspman7775 agreed

[@rishikapaul4740]

@@waspman7775 true.

[@thickbmo3108]

So many phones would hit the ground

[@anown315]

it produce global earthquake

[@gene4438]

And McDonald's hamburgers 😂

[@InvitedRhino683]

@Cheryl 🅱️ o i

[@alenjacob1003]

@Cheryl Ok Cheryl we get it you're vegan

[@bambino7133]

@Cheryl i've been eating chicken and im still lovin it, never regretted eating animals, ty slaughterhouse-chan for giving me the nicest of keat :)

[@crisis688]

Imagine, how cool it would be to explore a world like this, structures made by us covered in plants. Wow, it would look pretty cool

[@mongolianfishingvillages1371]

No check out the last of us 2 if you can wait a couple of months

[@katerocks82196]

Why not check out both? :-)

[@superawesomecake2606]

Watch Dr. Stone

[@KrisFriday7]

Check the last of us 1

[@katerocks82196]

​@@superawesomecake2606 Dr. Stone is awesome, too!

[@LuxSmash]

"Domestic animals wouldn't be able to survive without us" - Human extintion cancelled -

[@aishwariyasweety2433]

Exactly! That's the only part where I wanted this event to stop.

[@sexysadie2901]

Many of them would adapt.

[@missyouwish88]

Yeah, we didn't need to be reminded of that part 😔

[@guitarrobot9056]

Well they are not supposed to exist in the first place

[@T0mtoma]

@@guitarrobot9056 true

[@rigzmoviediaries654]

Imagine being an alien flying to Earth after humans went extinct, and then discovering Mount Rushmore.

[@OscarBoscar889]

ha imagine one day finding humans, and being like "OMG WE FOUND LIFE!" then travel back home to get more of your alien friends, but when you come back the humans are all gone.

[@waspman7775]

@Name honestly the aliens would probably still think humans were there tho since statues Mount Rushmore

[@cerridianempire1653]

@@waspman7775 well they now know what our heads looked like

[@blueberrychclate5109]

Imagine Mt. Everest, there are tons of rubbish there-

[@jeremywj]

Interesting thought. To make it a bit more interesting, if they discovered Mount Rushmore, or any other remnants of intelligent life that remains, but they discover long enough after we are gone that it is clear no intelligent life has been present for hundreds of thousands of years, they would have to consider the fact that possibly the "aliens" have moved on to some other planet. They would have to consider the possibility that "we" never truly resided here but discovered earth, played around a bit, and moved on. In other words, just like them.

[@beckanthony7788]

Humans : disappear Plants : hippity hoppity this is now my property

[@erikagabz]

omg this needs more likes

[@zub4516]

Underrated comment spotted!!!

[@samruddhi7262]

Tiikkkk tokkkk

[@piepost6327]

it is tho 😳

[@cheese5207]

beck Anthony Humans : disappear Thanos : hippity hoppity the Earth is now my country

[@Kee010893]

This was oddly comforting and I’m not really sure why.

[@celinechien8598]

wow really? this made me sad

[@ridaali8545]

yeah, the thought that life would still go on for animals and plants after we all die was strangely comforting to me too

[@lavenderhuman]

@@ridaali8545 yeah, It’s nice to think how strong our planet is that it can reverse all the effects we’ve made

[@mazeknox]

Hopefully we all disappear/die out before we destroy the earth 🤔

[@mazeknox]

@@ghrndez lol 😁

[@luckycharm1]

I guess I need to start making bronze sculptures of myself so I can be remembered for 10 million years.

[@aleinad34]

lmso nice one xD maybe i should make ones as well

[@furrycircuitry2378]

Bronze rots away easily exposed its heavy and expensive opt for solid plastic sculpture of yourself it's easy to get easy to make and will withstand the test of time for minimum 1000 years I've been wanting to make a 1:1 solid plastic bust of myself but haven't had the resources or time yet maybe you can and maybe when someone finds our sculptures they'll stop and think about these two crazy people and their wacky ideas and smile :)

[@Kunbeeb]

​@@furrycircuitry2378 or maybe 10,000 years later their find your comment from digital archives instead and have a hard time decoding it with all that grammatical mess. :D

[@confucius2616]

I’d finally be able to make a left turn in downtown LA

[@boredweegie]

And be eaten by a jaguar.

[@lukey1989]

😂

[@hamzamahmood9565]

And no parking tickets!

[@jonathankrieger9121]

This is gold

[@random..armyyy5869]

@@hamzamahmood9565 yas

[@icantcomeupwithagoodusername]

This scenario would be truly terrible for the economy!

[@bruhbobent]

NOOO NOT THE ECONOMY

[@Ultramanchan]

Let’s hope I’d still have my job

[@bellamckinnon8655]

This is what would happen if you voted for the left!!! EDIT: sarcasm

[@jkifgjf2173]

Your username's sentence is the reason why I have this username

[@HelTra91]

@@HangingDGrunt sarcasm dear

[@ishak_hassan]

And then all the Nokia 3310s will go from 100% to 99%.

[@oranges13]

Ishak Hassan u need more likes

[@MedicNovaa]

@@lvuix You good?

[@tyyonnawoods9564]

@@lvuix 😂😂😂

[@metanoia3438]

Glam Vlogs 🤨

[@pyroboss1013]

No, impossible...

[@Im_hungry.]

"The goes dark for the first time in centuries" this line gave me goosebumps

[@lukewiratama]

"The cocroaches will eventually died out" . . . Now I can rest peacefuly

[@estebahnquantum9314]

CVD 19 ! In 5 years we will all be gone !

[@drpepper694]

@@estebahnquantum9314 nah

[@kaushikshruti242]

In heaven

[@blankhole5145]

Not in warm climates also the cockroaches in cold climates might evolve so they can survive

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

What’s with the periods?

[@jjwang7597]

I’m like: hey this all sounds pretty good . . . OH GOD NO THE MOSQUITOES NO PLEASE

[@netraeng8676]

NOOOO!!!

[@kiwicat2345]

Well at least we don't have to deal with them since we're all gone :D

[@tealty]

My goodness I swear mosquitoes are the worst

[@shirosocool2938]

The mosquito bois can go comm8t non live

[@blacklotus2533]

Me too but then he said mosquito and since i played Fall out I SUDDENLY REMEMBER THOSE ANNOYING BIG MUTATED MOSQUITOS ackk.

[@chanelhanson9944]

Damn sounds like Earth is living her best life without us😂😂💀

[@slvrrgld9]

Uh.. No

[@itsmeak7693]

@@slvrrgld9 uh yes

[@night-v5258]

definitely... which makes me sad

[@sophiegerlofs4611]

Dogs and cats have a struggle and things that eat humans would have a struggle

[@neajar9649]

She is.

[@Valir_Gordoma]

I remember watching this video a few years ago and immediately sitting down and writing out a story. It’s so inspiring to see what would happen to the earth without us.

[@sirn5551]

Did you ever get to finish it

[@lydiabrowning7240]

“and we won’t be here forever” my anxiety: 📈

[@ViridianForests]

To be fair, it would be so much worse if we were here forever. Both in a personal sense (if you're immortal, I can bet that you would be wishing for the sweet, sweet release of death at least a few lifetimes after you would normally have died, let alone millions of years more) and just for humanity to last forever, to war forever, to pollute forever, and to destroy everything forever... It would be awful. But yeah, my anxiety spiked a bit too, hahah

[@Αφροδιτη-ψ9ο]

@@ViridianForests not being on earth forever doesn't necessarily mean that humanity ended. The only possible scenario is if a huge climate change happens ,only like this we can completely disappear and still it's not completely sure. If an asteroid hits earth it needs to be huge enough to end humans everywhere ,but in this case it would end earth too,same goes with nuclear war ,if it can kill every single human then it would destroy earth completely,so in both cases earth dies with us. What is more possible is that humans will destroy earth and not the humans dying before earth, unless we die together!

[@XandriaRavenheart]

Shiro I don,t think a nuclear war would destroy Earth completely. It would kill our eco-system. But earth has always been there even when it was full of molten volcanos and explosions, life might not, but the Earth will exist.

[@WideAwake-bl7gw]

Um, you won't be here in less than a hundred years. Most of us won't be.

[@afan2326]

Actually mine went 📉

[@plushy2865]

The earth doesn’t need us, we need it.

[@eightbitfeline1415]

r/im14andthisisdeep

[@dimps8574]

Ye kind of why we are living here AND DINT FREAKING R/WOOOOOOOOOOSH ME

[@blueberrychclate5109]

Yes, true. But some animals need us because of us.

[@sachinghumre7380]

Actually if earth threatens us we would blow it up lol

[@industrialfuture6929]

@@eightbitfeline1415 r/reddit

[@sterlingstauffer2915]

Humans: disappear off earth entirely Earth: literally breaths a breath of fresh air

[@sheridan5175]

And nearly chokes to death on nuclear meltdowns lol

[@RealSupaHotFireVEVO]

Earth would be much worse without humans.

[@CelVini]

@@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Nah

[@beatleslover8519]

@@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Okay can you please explain that??

[@ibelziiinatorf1387]

@@beatleslover8519 there Are thousands of nuclear reactors worldwide. They all can’t cooled down without humans so we would have thousands of nuclear meltdowns. This means that there would be an unbelievable amount of radiation worldwide. Any type of animal can’t survive this dose of radiation. So basically the earth needs humans at the moment ;)

[@chrisnotap]

And don't forget about the 443 nuclear plants on the planet that would simultaneously go into nuclear meltdown.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

the large majority of nuclear generators have safety switches that will shut things down, so in reality, they would all silently "die".

[@vitoscalita]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire what about nuclear bombs and warheads ?

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@vitoscalita considering they are kept in very secure silos, once left untouched, the radioactive components inside of them (and inside nuclear powerplants as well) will all decay and lose radioactivity over time. Uranium, for example, takes 4.5 billion years to become lead.

[@alexdavis-mann8513]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire except that the fuel rödd need to be in water , if no water being pumped in then it will eventually go boom

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@alexdavis-mann8513 if I recall, the cooling system of a reactor automaticaly triggers, "killing" the head of the rod. A nuclear reactor is using fission, but fission isn't something ENTIRELY self-sustainable, it needs to be triggered every once in a while to cause the rod to head up, essentialy making a nuclear reactor able to "cool down" and stop working. For instance, Chernobyl, its still radioactive, sealed inside a huge lead "tomb" after they managed to drain the water that could've leaked into the superheated reactor and cause an explosive expansion. Nuclear powerplants nowadays are designed to never go BOOM, worst-case scenario is a meltdown that causes a leak of radioactivity, and I think even that have its own killswitch. Hence decades later all we had was Fukushima because of an earthquake that killed the cooling system. Meltdown ensued, no Boom.

[@day7372]

Thanks for making me feel like more of a parasite on the earth

[@squirreldude4971]

u. r. welcome boiiiiiiii

[@daenerystargaryen5132]

Umm we are parasite in this world....... (Fact)

[@neonknight-1522]

Sad

[@bartholomeusnebuchadnezzar2463]

You welcome

[@tonykittle6432]

We are

[@anni_ie991]

*"the earth goes dark for the first time in centuries"* Night: am I a joke to you?

[@darkcomet1607]

Joke aside, can someone tell my why earth would go dark just because we humans disappear?

[@anni_ie991]

@@darkcomet1607 maybe because of the ashes/ gaseous waste

[@kukuandkookie]

Night: Am I joke to you? Humans, while holding a light switch: Yeah, sort of. Jokes aside, I’m guessing they’re referring to light pollution. If every human disappeared, every light would eventually be turned off. Right now, even during the night, cities can be seen glowing from space. And even if an entire city in one country is shut down without electricity, there’ll be other countries in a different time zone with their lights still on. So when humans disappear, light bulbs will run out and the Earth will “finally go dark.”

[@darkcomet1607]

Thanks that makes sense

[@emme3734]

....lights in cities. There will be no more electricity to power the lights at night..so earth will be completely dark beside moonlight.

[@kalaiaras3658]

Hearing things like this makes u humble and let's us look at life from a different perspective

[@ViggoSkath]

A few thousand years of human civilisation, and the earth will need millions of years to reverse our work. That sure doesn't make me very humble. Humans are incredible.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

@@ViggoSkath What's a few million years for Earth? It's been around for 4.5 billion years in a universe that's much older than itself. Our existence is insignificant in every way imaginable.

[@SahilSingh-xq7do]

yes

[@Li_Trey]

@@ViggoSkath HUMANS MESSED THIS PLANET UP WE WERE BETTER NOT EXISTING

[@Droid6689]

@@hamzamahmood9565 Our existence is the only thing that gives the universe significance in the first place.

[@SimoneDuBonsoir]

"within 75 years suburban houses..." - maybe in the US, not in europe, though, where almost all of them are made of stone and concrete.

[@coreykelly2107]

There's an entire series called "Life After People."

[@drswag0076]

i saw that many times. i love it.

[@geeselmrm9864]

Where can I watch it?

[@hyowon6522]

Where can I watch it?

[@jgaming7003]

hyowon, search it up

[@Ad_Astraz]

Life After People is one of the best documentaries and series I’ve ever watched.

[@thenobody3225]

“domestic pets will not survive" that crushed my heart :(

[@beepbeepcasucha]

Actually, domesticated cats will be able to survive! Their hunting and defensive instincts are still very much in tact and used. Not sure about dogs though

[@macon8638]

hob that’s if they can find a way out of your house

[@seankauder9721]

I actually think cats would do extremely well. Our buildings and food stores would become breeding grounds for rodents, which would support a large cat population.

[@oxiw.608]

@@seankauder9721 only if they can escape your house.. that's the sad part

[@seankauder9721]

@@oxiw.608 Yeah indoor cats would be in some hot water if there wasn't an open window or a cat door they could escape through. They can drink from toilets, so water's probably not an issue, but they only have about one to two weeks to escape and find food before starving (except for the cats whose owners dissapeared while preparing, cooking, or eating meat or with an open cat food container).

[@TommoCarroll]

"Life ...uh....Finds a Way" - Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park (AKA the best film ever made?)

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

😎

[@TommoCarroll]

Unbreakable Patches Ohhh you've got to defend that statement now! Dinosaurs (kind of): check. Jeff Goldblum: check. A T-Rex running after a jeep, seen in a mirror that says "objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear": check! What more could you want!?

[@TommoCarroll]

Jay Kay I like your style

[@VidzOnComputer]

John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is... it's not possible. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh... well, there it is.

[@VidzOnComputer]

"No. I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way" - Dr. Ian Malcolm.

[@Bristol92]

*Humans disappear* Earth: Good, they were starting to get on my nerves

[@Alexjust2bomb]

There’s no way we let this happen! There can’t be a world where the mosquitoes win

[@apaloosa01]

There's a comics called "mosquito wars" about that...

[@zombos_9989]

Humans shall become immortal to stop mosquitos

[@hi-sn1pw]

@@apaloosa01 isn't it in webtoon

[@ekerslithery5955]

They might decrease a bit because they rely a lot on human blood for reproduction

[@flygod.]

@@apaloosa01 Theres a manga or manwha that is terrifying

[@noahgreer1497]

I love speculating about ideas like this, wish this were more explored in scifi

[@sedna16]

Read Dr. Stone manga. It has the same story setting.

[@rodrigoborges3876]

If you own or happen to know someone who owns a PS4, give horizon zero dawn a playthrough. You'll love it

[@ignatiamaya5785]

if you like japanese comics you should check out dr.stone

[@MooChooAdoo]

Try 'The Earth Abides' by George R. Stewart.

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

so everyone here is an Otaku ?

[@nadiabouk8712]

“If all insects die, life will fail... If all humans die, life will prosper.”

[@clockworkdave9850]

Correct..

[@cargill200]

And nuclear meltdown is assured. 😅

[@my88110]

we are the locust

[@arlarl5122]

You are a bacterial infection. Congratulations.

[@anonjan82]

I think neither proposition is true

[@heihei2697]

Whenever I get down in the dumps, I just watch this. It reminds me that nothing matters, and the world will forget us eventually

[@PuzzlesExplained]

I like how you guys used present-tense in this one, fits well. Awesome animation as always!

[@millianarakuzen]

From this video I learned that human's disapearence is a good thing

[@minhha8981]

Milliana Rakuzen unfortunately, Mother Nature lacks any degrees to deal those Nuclear Reactors lying around the globe....

[@minhha8981]

Camryn Tompkins why do people always blame US? Yet last time I checked, folks from developing countries kept dragging their butts at Sammy’s front door... if they don’t like US, stop coming here for fortune seeking. NOTE: Other tough cookies like China, Russia, and even India also do have Nuke reactors

[@lieberte]

Um, no it wouldn't

[@acertainpigeonman9064]

Matija “we can’t live without nature, but nature can live without us”

[@ryx4992]

It is but their are nuclear reactors in quite a number of nations such as a lot in the u.s,China,France,Russia,Japan,india and 2 in Pakistan

[@mrbyorself]

A.I.: What is my purpose? Human: Save our environment! A.I.:

[@user-fy7hx9gd6u]

That'd be a sick idea for a movie or a book ngl

[@mrbyorself]

@@user-fy7hx9gd6u The Mass Effect series is kind of like that. An AI tasked with preventing intelligent species from destroying themselves, decides the best option is to "harvest" intelligent species every 50k years and preserve them in new AI constructs.

[@justaguywhocomments4795]

Or... A.I.: What is my purpose Humans: Save the environment and keep us alive!!! A.I.: Yes Master

[@kyuhyeonkim9314]

@@justaguywhocomments4795 A.I: Skynet is online

[@justaguywhocomments4795]

@@kyuhyeonkim9314 what

[@kurisktan]

Why does this make me cry? I feel a certain level of peace watching this.

[@dheeladheel]

That was a great thought experiment!

[@cadunkus]

Everyone in the comments: "Hey Earth would be better." Me: "NOT DOGGOS!"

[@slvrrgld9]

I don't think they have watched the whole video, since all the Oil Refineries will kill most animals

[@danielwalshh1640]

a lot of Dogs from country's that don't have as much human city's and life everywhere: South America, New Zealand and Australia just to name a few or places that have feral dogs: India, some of Australia and third world country's, dogs will thrive and become pretty dominant predators!

[@ashwen337]

It''s not doggo it's dog get it right

[@slvrrgld9]

@@ashwen337 _that's a way of saying dog in a more joke way_ Get your humour right

[@cadunkus]

gary merasty no u

[@MissWildheart]

Knowing that humanity won't last forever feels kinda good to me. May be these are not really good thoughts to have but I'm very fascinated to know what could be the possible outcomes.

[@richsalazme]

Humanity will surely last forever. I can see 3 things that can happen. 1. We all set aside our differences and worked together to reach the stars. 2. We let greed take over and go to war. End up annihilating the entire human race. 3. External causes like our planet dies, our sun dies, earth getting hit by a asteroid, being discovered by a way more advance race of aliens and killing us all

[@acoustic_.]

@@richsalazme prob 3

[@agentorange9867]

@@richsalazme since fascism us in charge,its 2.

[@shahaffiq5860]

@@richsalazme why are you so confident about it those are just theories

[@theperson_12]

@@agentorange9867 fascist US?

[@saa6673]

And Earth weeps tears of joy in our absence.

[@almightygeck4121]

At the start I was thinking it would be cool to explore the earth like this but then they mentioned the mosquitos and I changed my mind

[@Sonicbro-xx6sg]

Why? No wifi, no good entertainment, no other people. Just you. Won't you get lonely?

[@AlphaNinjaFTW1]

@@Sonicbro-xx6sg explore doesn't mean live there

[@XD-nv9ey]

Some species deserve to be gone with us. Like roaches and mosquitoes

[@AlphaNinjaFTW1]

@@XD-nv9ey mosquitos are actually a vital food source for some animals such as bats. Roaches only bother humans becuase we are extremely controlling of our environment compared to other animals.

[@Ikajo]

There is a few animes that explore this concept. Doctor Stone to a degree. Seven Seeds is another. The latter is on Netflix.

[@guyguy3345]

"Domestic animals wont survive" *shows a picture of the skeleton of what i assume is the same dog in the picture frame*

[@Ghostfrog]

That made me so sad😭

[@kaykovuskerteus90]

He should have say "probably "

[@irelynbever2960]

😭😭

[@cookiecakeeater6340]

@@kaykovuskerteus90 it’s not probably, do you have a pet? I’d assume so based on what you said, and they don’t know how to fend for themself. The whole point of having a pet is to have a companion to care for

[@ALROD]

My poor cockatiels

[@reymarksacedon]

If thanos claps

[@mrcrayon7228]

👏👏MEME REVIEW

[@loadinsomething292]

@@mrcrayon7228 *extinct review

[@ofunnaturalbirth]

*shaggy

[@weirdopepperoni4527]

Thanos:👏👏

[@hapyvika]

what if thanos was in school and was told 2 clap o_o

[@lollieandpop2895]

I don't know if this sounds weird, but this is the most comforting thing I've heard this month.

[@thesisterlycousins1428]

I can imagine the poor dogs being like: wheres master? ;-;

[@marte-asbjrn8521]

i cri evertime

[@noah-gs2rn]

Apolgy for bad english Were were you when master die I was at home chasing my tail when howl “Master is kil” “No”

[@mauz791]

@@noah-gs2rn 😔

[@WillowLiv]

So basically all my minecraft dogs I ended up abandoning when I stopped playing. I miss you ;-;

[@hugo57k91]

God damn you I'm sad now

[@MyPeanutButtersHairy]

The only thing that will survive forever that humans made is the nokia 3210

[@kato4792]

Square Peg 3310 fix it

[@meerespflanzen]

Square Peg 🤣

[@Kuhekin]

"Ay man, it's still work!"

[@patrick_marques]

hahah i think the same

[@DxvinderSingh1699]

We all will become nokias

[@Cainmak]

That's why when explaining environmental protection, we need to stop talking about how we're destroying our planet, but how we're screwing ourselves.

[@nestoriantumaob5255]

👌

[@xFirebird925x]

Well both are important, but some people needs emphasis on one or the other to be convinced (sadly)

[@alexrowe7063]

Exactly finally some words that make sense

[@squidwardfromua]

I, as a person pretty interested in nuclear energetics and radioactivity for years, am pretty surprised how many people in comments really think nuclear reactors without control would blow up or melt down. How many people still think reactors are bombs ready to explode any second... Chornobyl and Fukushima really had a great impact on people's minds.

[@mustakettu85]

years of propaganda from the oil & gas industry would do just that

[@ggspring8913]

out of all of this the saddest thing i could think of is that my dog will be trapped in the house until it dies

[@samst.germain6488]

:(

[@ballisticbee6001]

And the cats, along with birds, reptiles, and amphibians locked in cages with no food source

[@ballisticbee6001]

It wouldn’t be just dogs

[@Zone10Permaculture]

It all depends how we die, because maybe they will die right along with us.

[@realosc1710]

Ballistic Bee my guinea pigs tho

[@xbo1025]

Who else flinched when hearing the mosquitoes. lol

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

I hate mosquitoes.

[@joseoku6946]

Lmao Ikr... Everything else was peaceful till I heard mosquitoes

[@baharsabet2895]

I READ THIS COMMENT LITERALLY STRAIGHT AFTER I FLINCHED SO HARD😂😂😂

[@IamINERT]

Wouldn't mind mosquitoes disappear

[@ashgarden5863]

MOSQUITOES WILL BE THE NEXT DOMINANT SPECIES. HAHAHAH

[@Nitrinoxus]

What's funny is, the world's currently seeing the answer to a similar question: *"What would happen if every human had to stay indoors for three months?"* The outcome hasn't been quite so mind-blowing as the projections in this video, but it's been kinda fascinating to see nature beginning to recover in our absence.

[@srijanumesh5355]

U know in Northern India the air has cleared up enough to see the Himalayas from a place where they were not visible for the past few centuries due to pollution

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@srijanumesh5355 And I know that waterfowl, fish and dolphins have been sighted in the canals in and around Venice, now that the boat traffic has vanished. It really goes to show just how big an impact we humans have on the world, and how much we can change if we all work together.

[@srijanumesh5355]

@@Nitrinoxus ikr it has just been 3 months! Imagine the magnitude of pollution to be removed if out of every year, 3 months are self quarantine imposed by government We have a solution here

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@srijanumesh5355 It's just a matter of persuading people to agree to such a solution. Humans are a stubborn bunch, unfortunately.

[@srijanumesh5355]

@@Nitrinoxus Well....... We *are* humans.......... We could be stubborn too

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

One of my favourite books is, ‘The World Without Us, I highly recommend it’. Also I recommend one of my favourites tv shows the documentary series, ‘Life After People’. Because it’s very interesting to find out what things would be like without us. I also enjoyed that NATGEO special, ‘Aftermath: Population Zero’.

[@cadr003]

This gives a lot of cool ideas of a setting for a futuristic story.

[@windowsxp6107]

cadr003 look up Dr. Stone

[@dominiquegomez3071]

Horizon Zero Dawn for instance

[@കേണൽഔറേലിയനോ]

May be a new species superior than us arise and hunt for human fossils in the future.

[@mortarpestle.4267]

Humans actually formed in the sweet spot of ambient radiation to produce sentient life in the Earth's lifespan, no human-like creatures beyond ayys for us

[@realsandeep]

Samsayamilla. Maybe the entire humanity will be destroyed just like how dinosaurs went extinct

[@TommoCarroll]

To be honest, this could totally happen. Just simple evolution over a long period of time. It doesn't _have to_ happen, by any means - just look at how long dinosaurs were around and how intelligent they didn't become - but it could.

[@lorenzo_br5803]

Raccoons, baby!

[@lice7897]

dolphins

[@macchiatodimila7907]

Every depressed person who clicked on this video: oh, would you look at that; the world is a better place without me

[@kingslayersshallrise1440]

not really

[@chocochip7686]

Shin ae

[@gabriellarenee3746]

felt this one

[@Jyudee]

Ayyy shin ae what up?

[@karlonyolovesponyo7024]

lol tell me something i dont know

[@sen0440]

"humanity hasn't always been here, and we won't be here forever"

[@vienlussac]

Why is this on my recommended when there is a Corona Outbreak

[@Sahandfaghihi]

"...And we won't be here forever"

[@OHYS]

Lol how will that kill everyone?

[@alipercapita]

Come on. With 2% mortality corona virus may have a horrible impact on a lot of people, but it won't wipe out humanity.

[@janekay4147]

Same... Google has a strange sense of humour

[@badimaaa4a548]

can't wait for the Vodka outbreak

[@methmemelab8819]

So basically Earth would be just like it's shown in Wall E

[@johnpangarakis396]

Meth Meme Lab except their would still be life on earth

[@summer460]

@@johnpangarakis396 True! in Wall E we destroyed everything before we go But if we dissapear now Earth will be saved

[@goke1528]

Meth Meme Lab more like dr stone

[@bobababy6089]

Eva!

[@akagrimreaper6702]

Deb San Eve*

[@blaze5754]

Humans: *Disappear* Earth: "I can finally take off my breathing mask!!"

[@Αφροδιτη-ψ9ο]

No not really

[@commonsense4993]

Only to find out that climate change occurs because the earth doesn't repeat its orbit around the Sun for 26,000 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmPTXnePnKx5oKs

[@LA2047]

The most heartbreaking part about this is knowing all the family pets who would perish from starvation and thirst, locked inside dwellings, scared and wondering why they'd been abandoned by their owners.

[@NightOfCrystals]

🥺

[@Vedrajrm]

What if the humans reappear after disappearing for centuries?

[@lordbanetheplayer8844]

Vedraj r.m That would be cool.

[@lordbanetheplayer8844]

Eventually, it would just become a cycle.

[@rania6674]

The Earth gets ruined again

[@pkkarthik2680]

Pani Puri Time Boiss

[@chandlerbing3723]

Watch the show called The 100

[@Kyoukanasou]

This video is something I didn't think I would be needing.

[@leomaso7894]

You’re an alien: your people have just landed on a new planet inhabited with strange unintelligent life forms and rich plant life! You’ve been issued a new life on this planet, and have decided to explore this strange new alien world. After a while of hiking, climbing, and exploring, you finally find something that sends a chill down your spine. A towering structure, a mass carving of four beings you don’t understand. They’ve been worn, eroded, etc. and you realize, maybe you aren’t alone here.

[@netraeng8676]

Sounds like an interesting film idea!

[@Anna-zp1ok]

You sir need to make a book/movie out of this.

[@danyagha5654]

Not Today…

[@lazyskull7949]

that gave me goosebumps. definitely needs to be a film idea.

[@Katerina-kqkq]

MAKE A FANFIC

[@Apple_Teck]

The entire planet would let out a big sigh of relief, then live on in paradise. The End.

[@claireis]

“humanity won’t be here forever” that’s such a strange thought

[@annapratico2838]

It rly is. Like we are kind of the most successful species ever (I think)? I feel like our demise would be self-caused. Idrk it’s so weird to think about millions of years in the future. It’s possible we could move to a different planet, but I’m not sure it’s a really creepy thought.

[@r3trobananas33]

ikr were awesome

[@maxwybranski1413]

@@annapratico2838 our demise will definitely be global warming. not in our lifetimes, but definitely in our kids/grandkids’ lifetimes. i doubt humans will survive another 200 years.

[@shahaffiq5860]

Our universe will die soon so yes what's strange about it?

[@RealSupaHotFireVEVO]

@@maxwybranski1413 Global warming is a hoax. But even if it is, humanity is doing everything to combat it, so I highly doubt it'll be the cause of our demise even if it was the real deal.

[@scptime1188]

The best way to solve climate change: *d i e*

[@Αφροδιτη-ψ9ο]

Then nuclear powerplants fails,explodes and melts down and Boom you solved climate change by ending earth completely.

[@scptime1188]

@@Αφροδιτη-ψ9ο i guess no earth = no climate change

[@Αφροδιτη-ψ9ο]

@@scptime1188 well ,you have a point.

[@annoyingcat6980]

Reminds me of that onion video

[@savenetneutralityanti-repu7029]

The most efficient way to control our unsustainable population of nearly 8 billion without ruining the environment would be to release a plague. Release a superbug that is resistant to vaccines and everything. The bubonic plague wiped out over 2/3 of Europe's population. The world's population would be sustainable again if a new plague killed 2/3 of the world indiscriminately.

[@thekingofcool2105]

And as he attempts to kill himself, the last man on earth heard a knock on his door

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Funniest comment ever lmao

[@dropperknot]

the king of cool --- Bloody ''Jehovahs Witnesses'' again./

[@phoebegilliland8897]

The door swung open. "Hello, I'm the Doctor! Now put down your weapon of self-destruction and come with me. We've got all of humanity to save."

[@queensaharaice7376]

I love this reply!

[@vincentxu8217]

The shortest fiction/thriller novel ever written

[@namlyxuan6511]

“A handful of resourceful pigs, dogs, and house cats” *flashbacks to animal farm*

[@SyriusStarMultimedia]

Humans: We are important Angler Fish: What’s a human?

[@blueberrychclate5109]

Food.

[@danacoleman4007]

Okay, folks. It sounds like a challenge! Let's get on it!

[@thomasmatthewharris1980]

Ah no

[@XandriaRavenheart]

Yep! Let’s start with finding the infinity stones!

[@ziril3972]

Snap time

[@Norsketrutt]

I think this is the best post-human video I have seen to date. Humans aren’t meant to live forever, our time is limited like everything else in the Universe

[@bobbyferg9173]

That doesn’t mean we can’t try, if humanity can start colonizing other planets, then we might outlive Earth instead of the other way around.

[@carlflaherty9749]

Bobby Ferg Colonizing other planets might also mean saving some other earth species too.

[@Norsketrutt]

carl flaherty ye the problem is that not all humans would leave, so we are really just inhabitating other planets without saving our own in that case

[@etiennemarquis28]

This comment just gave me an existential crisis!

[@Norsketrutt]

Etienne Marquis your comment gave me my second best laugh of the day

[@ALxdCr4ftPlays]

I would love it!!* No people, just nature, no traffic. Freedom. *For a time.

[@everdream4200]

Looks strangely peaceful. huh, someone should get on this.

[@nicklockk]

The toughest decision require the strongest minds.

[@laraabuali9388]

thanos

[@Thawtoy]

Thought the same until this 3:45

[@giannispsillias7964]

Yeah call thanos

[@eddyfer8634]

@@nicklockk www.reddit.com/r/UnexpectedThanos/

[@JDmake]

Nothing about nuclear plants? Im Disappointed

[@manylittlefish693]

Yea that's the first thing I thought about

[@kilometer965]

Yeah would cause huge devastation in small areas

[@BanditLeader]

Every where with a nuclear reactor becomes a form of Chernobyl

[@yobtsbblock52]

1:11 he refers to this as "catastrophic month"

[@marithommartinez7525]

About that, it'll be the same thing, of course, all of it will explode but after while, like in the video, earth will restore itself. But, most of species of animals and plants will die and some might extinct. Other possibility is, some animals, mostly insects (cuz for sure they'll survived the nuclear explosion like before and alike situations) they will undergo mutation or will go up in size since there is more oxygen for them which is a factor for their size.

[@Interitus1]

There was literally a 20 episode docus-series called Life After People that covered this topic in great detail. Showing what would happen to different areas around the world.

[@charlottesmom]

I remember watching at least 5 or so episodes, it was very good.

[@kingofwishfulthinking2490]

Was thinking that too. Remember watching a few enlightening episodes

[@shrutibhoir5831]

Link?

[@thomash8596]

@@charlottesmom Do you have a link? I'm interested to watch it! :D Gave a great day!

[@charlottesmom]

@@thomash8596 , Both seasons are right here on youtube just look up Life After People. 😊

[@yanaray5334]

Life after People...great series.

[@twixcake3152]

The world: Everyone after coming back from Mars : wtf happened

[@Looong_Dog]

Nature happened (literally and figuratively)

[@Bananappleboy]

The long survivors of the apocalypse in this planet: *_They call us, Deathsingers._* Me: songs of war minecraft?

[@bxsed]

This is why time is our most valuable resource. We won't live forever.

[@crazando]

Humanity is probably going on as long as the universe or we're gonna get raptured

[@creamcheese7845]

I was one of the people working during lockdown traveling 100km to work and home and noticed how many animals were out and about. Animals I wouldn’t normally see on a normal day. It was great.

[@archer2624]

This video is poetry. I keep coming back to it ❤

[@Maxxx1ify]

Well, this video was depressing. But I still liked it

[@TommoCarroll]

haha, the best rollercoaster of emotions!

[@4ltrz555]

What's with this profile pic? I see it everywhere.

[@BankrollMaud]

oh yea yea

[@simonvreman]

@@4ltrz555 search Maximilianmus

[@LughSummerson]

Cheer up. It's not the end of the world.

[@FrostFinn123]

The animation looking dope ❤

[@acivilisedpersonofsociety7922]

Long story short: *The Earth would be a better place without us*

[@unknownsanity5105]

Adopted dogs: am I a joke to you?

[@thomasmatthewharris1980]

No humans means no you

[@loggins2182001]

Us humans, are the disease of this planet. We do all the damages.

[@feero9680]

@@thomasmatthewharris1980 And...?

[@minutemen_in_t-605]

@@thomasmatthewharris1980 that's the thing. No humans. No more destruction. No more global warming. Just earth without disease that is humanity

[@petersavieri]

Why was that so relaxing..? (as I start planning a bronze statue of myself)

[@erwindignadice258]

I commend TED-Ed narrator he's sound relaxing into my ear

[@Madhattersinjeans]

This is a pretty interesting topic to explore. Also gives a good background for a planet to fight over in sci-fi sessions.

[@mxferro]

Oblivion?

[@billmcgorrigan5624]

makes it sad and shocking to realise the terrible impact we have on our earth and nature

[@Biyn_acc2]

Who remembers the Documentary „The Future is wild“ where they show speculative evolutionary steps animals today will follow in millions of years? Things like that are just so interesting..

[@TommoCarroll]

I've never heard of it! Anywhere to watch it? Sounds right up my street!

[@Biyn_acc2]

Unfortunately Its old. Its unpopular. I dont have a clue just search there‘ll be something

[@Marylandbrony]

vimeopro.com/switchint/the-future-is-wild-documentary-series/video/79270386 Here is a link to most of the episodes. I think.

[@Raduselderbrother]

I watch this when I have anxiety. It's just so calming to think that with enough time everything can become okay again.

[@anniinthewoods8287]

Exactly

[@lelamitchell9553]

I loved the History Channel series Life Without People, it's amazing how quickly nature recovers when we humans aren't around mucking things up.

[@Sonicbro-xx6sg]

Me too!

[@kevinyin9797]

But at what cost?

[@MrPLC999]

Some people think humanity is the worst thing that ever happened to Mother Nature, ignoring of course that so-called "Mother Nature" must have put us here in the first place. The Bible says God created the earth, and the entire universe, as a place for mankind to live. We are to multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. God will take care of the earth, no matter what people do to it.

[@blueleader392]

@@MrPLC999 but God also entrusted us with the earth and told us to take care of it and it’s creatures. We can’t just do what ever we want to it and expect God to make everything ok

[@hello4457]

@@MrPLC999 just cause "God" says so, doesn't mean you can do as you please. Are you really going to sabotage the world we live in, not thinking about the future generations to come just because you think there will be a supreme being to save us?

[@kaerusan777]

This is beautiful

[@alpha_cadet6860]

Rename the title to "what if thanos snapped twice?

[@MantaKizaemonFTW]

Actually, that would kill 75% instead of 100%

[@tolipop6853]

Keep snapping. We'll run out of halves soon enough

[@unknownsanity5105]

Thanos snaps kills half of the universe not half a planet, so thanos can just target the snap on humans only

[@tristancauser390]

Take a number and split it in half infinite amount of times, your result will never hit zero because numbers go up and down infinitely.

[@gabelost7357]

Tristan Causer Buuut, it is possible to reach half a human....

[@n8n8n8n]

The Earth would feel relief, like someone who just got rid of cancer.

[@bartwals3922]

well i think all running nuclear reactors will have a meltdown so it's kinda earth with a lot of cancer for hundreds if not thousands of years to come

[@n8n8n8n]

@@bartwals3922 Sure, maybe... but also Earth will cure itself afterwards way faster than it can while we are here.

[@KappilusMaximus]

@@n8n8n8n It has to get worse before it gets better. F*** Humans

[@memrman8331]

@@KappilusMaximus humans are good. Who really cares about nature? Humans are the only people to really observe things, discover things. Ever hear of an animal inventing an aircraft? No. That is because they are lame boring animals who mate, eat and sleep.

[@davidburkhart9659]

The Earth wouldn’t feel anything; it’s a giant rock.

[@Fedismom]

Plants are actually farming humans by giving us oxygen daily until we eventually decompose so they consume us. 🤭

[@bingusofwales]

Fedismom wow dude I’ve seen that on Reddit 10 times

[@mig-stallion1359]

I’ve seen it written on the glory hole wall I visit at the gas station. Very unoriginal dude.

[@josemanuelmurguia8970]

Fedismom lol

[@nia.r5988]

@@mig-stallion1359 i- uh- ok I'm not gonna ask

[@feffermickel]

Gorgeous video. Post-human environments, especially the underwater city are my favourite