One of the next indicators of humanity's impending extinction will be a mass bird die-off, simply due to all the nonstop microplastics that'll clog up their lungs

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• deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wait til you hear about nanoplastics

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  • Mountainaire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was thinking of mentioning them, actually, haha. I’m sure there are already picoplastics…

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• devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  But at least we can eat crypto.

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  • Mountainaire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Imagine all the energy it costs to fuel money: all the bank vaults, all the armored cars, the security staff, all the numerous 24/7 backup systems… You don’t have an argument if you’re implying that fiat is better. The only leveler of the playing field would be bartering or no currency, like the native Americans did.

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    • devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What the fuck are you talking about? This was a joke.

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The proverbial canary in the coal mine

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• pantherina@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Uhm that doesnt work like that

  Microplastics are mostly in water, and a huge issue there. They become small enough to get into cells and cause constant inflammation and cancer. But they are not aerosols.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  wasnt it obvious with the passenger pigeon going extinct. microplastics would be a slow death, unlike something overhunting, deforestation,etc.

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