UUIDs make me cry a little

So, I feel a little bad every time I create a UUID. Some part of me wants to conserve them. I mean, shit, their supposed to be universally unique, so if I create one for some nonsense trivial reason, I've used up one that could have been used for something important, like labeling a gene related to cancer, or tracking an incoming nuke. Sure, I know there are enough possible combinations that one can be created ever nanoseconds for billions of years before their all used up, but that's still a scarce resource. I bet someone came up with the same calculation for oil at one point. See where we are now?

So, I've decided to limit my use of UUIDs. I'm only going to create them when I absolutely need them. Only when a UUID is required and there is no other way of identifying something without it. It's my way of bringing a little balance to the universe. I'm doing the right thing. Good karma.

If you want to be jerk and use up UUIDs like there's no tomorrow, I guess you can go here and generate a bunch. In fact, they make it easy for you to do it in bulk (500 at a time). Go ahead. Jerk.