“Humans may be on top of the food chain, but we are still at the mercy of earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, volcano eruptions, and other natural disasters.”
The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019
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“Pollock... I also feel
like an erupting volcano.”
ATV, 187; p. 167
Karel Appel, a gesture of colour' (1992/2009)

Source: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's

“[on vegetarianism] I didn't climb to the top of the fuckin' food chain to eat carrots.”
They Call Me Tater Salad

Sec. 9
The Gay Science (1882)

Context: We’re very generous people, Americans. We gave a billion a year with the Sudan to protect and help people after these tragedies. We’re going to be involved one way or another; we’re going to be there. It would be a lot better without spending a single dime, without costing any American lives — to get in there now with robust diplomacy, hard-core diplomacy, freezing assets, freezing bank accounts, doing everything we can to protect the people who want to vote for the right to freedom... If you knew a tsunami or Katrina or a Haiti earthquake was coming, what would you do to save people?

Source: Rubén Ramírez Mateo (2022) cited in: " Scientists warn Tonga eruption may damage environment for years https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/18/scientists-warn-tonga-eruption-may-harm-environment-for-years" in Aljazeera, 18 January 2022.