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Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Every generation has had people who think they are important enough to witness the end of the world. All of them have been wrong.

I’m not yet middle aged and have lived through quite a few supposed doomsdays so I’ll just wait for someone to breathlessly tell me why this time is different and the world is really going to end now.

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Alto@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Because the wait and see approach with the climate has gone so well thus far right?

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- Pietson@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Things are going to get worse, but acting like the world is going to end or that we can't do some damage control is extremely counter productive. Literally worse than doing nothing since this mindset also convinces others to do nothing.
  
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  - Alto@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You're right the world isn't going to end. But the water shortages, refugee criseses that make anything we've ever seen look like nothing, losing significant amounts of coastline, and much more frequent much more extreme weather sure as fuck is going to reduce quality of life significantly.
    
    If facing the reality we're in causes you to go "oh well I give up", that's a you problem. Acknowledging that were in for a real tough time if people don't start taking this seriously isn't the problem, the fact that people aren't taking it seriously is.
    
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