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twDarkflame
02/10/09

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Saw this about 5 years ago, but its still just as cool.

In fact better then this;

[www.poetv.com]

Thats right, its the same thing BUT WITH LEGS.
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Grey_Area
02/10/09

@twDarkflame: Yes, rampant deforestation is a bad thing but THAT was COOOL! The chassis is made of pure awesomantium.
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Backflipboy
02/10/09

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Didn't they do that on Thunderbirds back in the 60's? Only it was an entire factory on wheels.
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Grey_Area
02/10/09

@Backflipboy: I remember that one! You could totally see all the soda bottles etc. it was made of.
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Quilt
02/10/09

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...what's the big deal? It's called a fellerbuncher. Where do you think the wood for your homes came from?

Of course, I'm originally from one of the biggest forestry centers in the world, so...no biggy.
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Pope John Peeps II
02/10/09

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You know, it's wonderful that all of us incredible users of world resources are able to type our outrage on these really expensive, high tech electronic devices while sitting in large houses made primarily of many trees. It really doesn't seem hypocritical at all to be horrified by the efficiency that allows us to get to the point we're all at.

Stop it. No more fake outrage. No more crocodile tears. You all choose this life, so choose it. The ultimate luxury is hypocrisy.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/10/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I have no outrage! I just laugh at the tree pooping machine.
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ceilingFANBOY
02/10/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Everyone is so detached from reality. No one thinks of how many trees die in order to make their homes or things like that. Sometimes, seeing a device like this merely serves as a reminder to people how much wood we do actually go through. There is the possibility, though slim, that people seeing a video of this will get at least a few people to cut back on their paper/wood use which would be good in the long run, but doubtful. The other thing that sparks a lot of reaction with this is like someone said, these trees took years to grow and yet this machine can mow down an entire tree farm in probably a week. In a way, this machine is useless because if you mow down an entire field, it is years before it is useful again whereas logging by chainsaw a farm can remain useful continuously. Other than that, most people are going to think the worse, that this machine is going to be used by some company that wants to make a profit quickly and use one of these things to mow down an entire forest. While that may not be possible in the U.S. for someone to do and get away with, there are countries where the government either is too weak or too corrupt to prevent such a thing from happening.
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lazyeight
02/10/09

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It's legal because-
Stumps are left in the soil = mitigated erosion;
Slash (leaves n bark n shit) can be used for pulp products - stripping them on site adds to biomass;
less human loggers = less transport, food and fuel chainsaws) costs and less vehicles in the woods; less vehicles = less disturbed soils; less damage to adjoining trees.
People need wood and wood products. C'mon, it's not strip mining!
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Quilt
02/10/09

@lazyeight: I also agree. This is one of the most efficient, and least environmentally disturbing devices they could use for a boreal forest.
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Spoonman360
02/10/09

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How is this legal...
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ceilingFANBOY
02/10/09

@Spoonman360: Because we are more important than all the trees and animals in the forest, guh.
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Mount_Prion
02/10/09

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Pure fucking evil.
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lightninglouie
02/10/09

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Shit! Someone alert the Lorax, quick!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/10/09

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Hurr hurr, the machine poops logs.
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ceilingFANBOY
02/10/09

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I see the world and all the creatures in it,

I suck 'em dry and spit 'em out like spinach.

'Cause greedy human beings will always lend a hand,

with the destruction of this worthless jungle land.

And what a wonderful machine they have provided,

To slice a path of doom with my sweet breath to guide it.
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The_Sporean_Bob
02/10/09

@ceilingFANBOY: HAHAHAHHA!!!!

Gorramit, you beat me to it! This thing is more efficient than the Leveler ever could be, with or without Hexxus!

Take that, Smarmy Hippy Fairies! Just try to grow a tree around this baby!
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ceilingFANBOY
02/10/09

@The_Sporean_Bob: I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to catch that reference.
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Janglesatwest
02/10/09

@ceilingFANBOY: I remember seeing that film when it was in theaters. God, I shouldn't feel old at 25!
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ceilingFANBOY
02/11/09

@Janglesatwest: I feel for you. I just turned 23 yesterday and I already feel old because I'm starting to hear bands that I grew up listening to on classic rock stations.
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Smeagol92055
02/10/09

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Holy shit was that unnerving. Like seriously, I'm going to see that thing in my dreams tonight. Is it too late to go back in time to live in the Old West?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/10/09

@Smeagol92055: You have your ticket? My time machine is warmed up and ready to go! Don't forget your chewing tobaccy and six shooter. Yer gonna need one, son.
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Smeagol92055
02/10/09

@crashedpc: I've got my era-appropriate clothes on, too.

I'm not making the same mistake Marty did; looked like he took them clothes off'n a dead Chinee.

To all the Asians in the room: Sorry.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/10/09

@Smeagol92055: You're lucky you said sorry, else I'd have had to drop kick you in the teeth.
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Grey_Area
02/10/09

@crashedpc: Yeah, because we all Kung Fu.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/10/09

@Grey_Area: I've had some guy tell me that since I'm Chinese I should know Karate. I didn't bother trying to explain that statement.
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Grey_Area
02/10/09

@crashedpc: You just gave him the Death Touch, didn't you? You're allowed three per month.

When I was 8 or 9 a bunch of my little schoolchums beat the snot out of me at recess while shouting, "This is for Hiroshima, you Chink Commie Bastard!!"

I'm still trying to parse that statement thirty years later. Gotta love that U.S. public school education.
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Grey_Area
02/10/09

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Because even Skynet knows the "paperless office" wil never become a reality.
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