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{{comic | number = 5061 | date = October 18, 2018 | title = nimby | image = 1539864380-20181018.png | votey = 153986445920181018after.png | titletext = 80 percent chance this'll eventually end up in BAHFest talk. }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Do you know about "nimbyism"? :Yeah. I don't like it. People need to embrace change :As in "not-in-my-backyardism"." humanity's general desire for nothing to change in their neighborwoods? :Wrong. :Nimbyismi is humankind's :Greatest asset. :200,000 years ago, there were only a handful of humans. What separated them from other apes? Language? Bipedalism.P no. Nimby/sm. :You no build speartips near cave/ cave area not zoned for industrial or commercial activity! :As a result, humans were forced to expand at a more rapid rate than other animals. :Me build hut here. :And ruin view? :11 :This not only explains our rapid dispersal, but also why we were able to adapt so well to different conditions around the planet. :Thag, me not want live on glacier :But land use restrictions minimal! :It's only now that the world is settled that nimbyism appears to be a problem. :We're no longer adapted. The environment has changed. :No, no no. Quite the contrary. What's the most nimbyistic place on earth? :And who's spending billions on private spacefaring ventures? :Bay area. :Mother of god :smbc-comics.com ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :I'm a Yes In Mars's Back Yard :20-1 s {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics tagged science]][[Category:Comics tagged economics]]
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