I quoted the person in the video who said opulent . No matter how you characterize our current consumer consumption , it is not sustainable . This is not disputed . It may feel like you ' re being very Socratic in this discussion but you ' re just running the clock . Same thing the presenter was doing , really . You can ' t have a meaningful discussion if every point needs to be reassessed at an atomic level . The point that the interviewee was making is very wellsupported and the only reason why it may sound dumb to you is because the presenter tried to simplify it to an absurd level , which is a logical fallacy . <| sep |> the heat on the doorknob burned off their finger prints <| sep |> A couple of friends and I went down to the beach for a few hours last night . After we all caught a fair few fish each , all of which were safely released , we decided to head home and while I was packing the car I pushed my seat back and heard it crack