• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I would be sad about this, but I think I’ve used up all my sad, and now I’m just pissed. We could prevent all of this, but its gonna have to get really really bad before we drag our leaders out into the streets over this crap. It’s a sad day for our species, and barely anybody even notices.

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      3 days ago

      We could prevent all of this, but its gonna have to get really really bad before we drag our leaders out into the streets over this crap.

      And it’s a one-way progression, so if we let it get to that point it’s going to stay at that point even after the leaders are gotten rid of. In order to actually solve the problem properly, we have to do it before it gets bad enough for normies to support it.

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      3 days ago

      It’s a sad day for our species, and barely anybody even notices.

      It’s kinda like when you’re hungry and the hunger pains don’t go away until twenty minutes after you’ve started eating so you eat way too much.

      A lot of the major consequences aren’t here yet (enough that denial is still possible). People will notice after it’s already gotten really terrible and it’s beyond obvious that we should’ve done anything at any cost about it.

      Maybe when the arctic circle is springing up palm trees people will understand that it’s not a Chinese hoax.