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Oct 4, 2021 02:30
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theoretically you can compound these scenarios by launching like, whatever, thousands of nukes, each of which causes its own firestorm but i don't see this happening tbf and anyway i mean we have a lot of fires going now and im not expecting any great cooling happening any time soon
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Oct 4, 2021 02:34
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mediaphage posted:nuclear winter is largely a myth Yup. If anything, it was floated forth and perpetuated as the "insurance policy" if MAD wasn't enough to discourage nuclear war. They even tried trotting it out when it looked like India vs. Pakistan was about to kick off a few years back, how "even a limited regional war on the Subcontinent could be the TIPPING POINT THAT DOOMS US ALL!"  "Sure, your populace might die, but you'll die miserable and sallow-faced in your bunkers." Today's leaders and hundred-billionaires don't seem to care. Money can fix everything and they're the smartest people in the world because the sycophants they listen to keep saying they are! 
BIG HEADLINE has issued a correction as of 02:39 on Oct 4, 2021 |
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Oct 4, 2021 02:35
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My understanding was that it was a deliberate miscalculation of the megatonnage involved. For nuclear winter to happen the explosions needed to be powerful enough to push the debris high enough into the stratosphere for it to actually stay there and not just fall back to earth.
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Oct 4, 2021 02:44
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yellowstone or geomagnetic storm are the optimal outcomes at this point
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Oct 4, 2021 02:46
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i think some people modeled it in good faith with their suppositions and both they and others overstated them as a potential deterrent either way it doesn't matter Rectal Death Adept posted:yellowstone or geomagnetic storm are the optimal outcomes at this point geomagnetic storm is very possible and likelier than yellowstone imo. there's a chance we could live to see a storm that is so powerful that the carrington event would barely be considered a blip
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Oct 4, 2021 02:47
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I'm looking forward to the newest generation of kids to be utterly unpredictable wildcards. One moment they're model citizens with weird senses of humor, the next they're hurling their bodies into turbines or in front of freight trains en masse because lol lmao why not? Eco terrorism and mayhem utterly at random because, hell, why not? There's no future after all.
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Oct 4, 2021 02:53
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honestly that would be wild to consider, just like, all of our electronics dying all at once power outages of up to years depending on the hardest hit regions like imagine all the transformers in the entire north american grid all going bzzzt at the same time
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Oct 4, 2021 02:53
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A Terrible Person posted:I'm looking forward to the newest generation of kids to be utterly unpredictable wildcards. recent polls suggest that they think the problem is so overwhelming theres no point in doing anything against it so i wouldnt hold my breath for ecoterror
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Oct 4, 2021 02:53
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Funky See Funky Do posted:My understanding was that it was a deliberate miscalculation of the megatonnage involved. For nuclear winter to happen the explosions needed to be powerful enough to push the debris high enough into the stratosphere for it to actually stay there and not just fall back to earth. It's a delicate balance between a lot of things. Yield, warhead and tamper composition, airburst (and altitude thereof) versus groundburst, soil composition (looser soils are obviously going to be easier to toss up into the upper layers of the atmosphere than rockier ones) and/or urban density at ground zero. With the exception of the Russians and their stupid new "showoff" strategic weapon portfolio designed the bounce the rubble, most nuclear powers are limiting themselves to around a megaton as anything too large wastes energy into space that you'd rather be being used to blast and burn cities off the map. It's also much more efficient to "scattershot" a target area with many smaller MIRVs than use one big warhead (except in the case of superhardened targets like CoG/leadership bunkers), especially since computers and global positioning satellite networks are reducing CEP numbers considerably. mediaphage posted:recent polls suggest that they think the problem is so overwhelming theres no point in doing anything against it so i wouldnt hold my breath for ecoterror "My kids'll fix i...oh...right."  The more likely scenario is "get it while the gettin's good." BIG HEADLINE has issued a correction as of 03:04 on Oct 4, 2021 |
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Oct 4, 2021 02:54
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mediaphage posted:recent polls suggest that they think the problem is so overwhelming theres no point in doing anything against it so i wouldnt hold my breath for ecoterror Oh, right. Then just regular terrorism on a whim because lol, why not?
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Oct 4, 2021 02:56
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mediaphage posted:like imagine all the transformers in the entire north american grid all going bzzzt at the same time don’t stop I’m almost there
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Oct 4, 2021 02:57
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A Terrible Person posted:Oh, right. gross Lackmaster posted:don’t stop I’m almost there the internet likely permanently disabled in the hardest hit region too i assume it would just flat out fry all the satellites in orbit since most are not in geosynchronous orbit and a huge percentage of those would fry anyway
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Oct 4, 2021 03:03
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mediaphage posted:i think some people modeled it in good faith with their suppositions and both they and others overstated them as a potential deterrent polar flip, ftw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ggs7nUjxA it's good a bunch of weak tame rear end volcanos are giving it a shot, it's just weak sauce because unlike climate change we aren't responsible actually I'm not responsible for anything but a real Krakatoa type thing would be a blessing
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Oct 4, 2021 03:04
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We gotta get those tiktok witches to hex the sun and create another Carrington event
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Oct 4, 2021 03:10
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:We gotta get those tiktok witches to hex the sun and create another Carrington event nah im telling you carrington event is small potatoes you're looking for a charlemagne event
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Oct 4, 2021 03:13
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A Terrible Person posted:I'm looking forward to the newest generation of kids to be utterly unpredictable wildcards. https://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/75689/0/larry-niven-all-the-myriad-ways.html
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Oct 4, 2021 03:27
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:We gotta get those tiktok witches to hex the sun and create another Carrington event  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4HpDPST76o
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Oct 4, 2021 03:27
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A Terrible Person posted:Oh, right. you mean school shootings?
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Oct 4, 2021 03:33
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had to skip like 200 posts because i'm working myself to death at the moment did i miss anything good? (i am caught up on the babies full of microplastics)
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Oct 4, 2021 04:06
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i got "nature abhors a dome" on repeat while i grind out 16 hour days 
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Oct 4, 2021 04:07
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500 good dogs posted:vc bio succ Well, kids, there's overwhelming evidence that we're destroying life as we understand it on this planet. There's a reasonable chance that everything you're doing in your life now is meaningless, because the world, if it survives at all, will be a drastically different place very soon. The good news is that there are reasonable options to address these problems, they've always been available, and they're likely to result in a better world for everyone. What? Oh, no, we're not taking those options. Heavens, no. We're going to innovate our way to safety. Wait, why are you crying? drat your liberal educational institutions for instilling this mindset of fear!
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Oct 4, 2021 04:08
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Cold on a Cob posted:had to skip like 200 posts because i'm working myself to death at the moment Turns out those babies full of microplastics are voting overwhelmingly conservative.
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Oct 4, 2021 04:09
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also, the babies are racist
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Oct 4, 2021 05:12
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Paradoxish posted:Well, kids, there's overwhelming evidence that we're destroying life as we understand it on this planet. There's a reasonable chance that everything you're doing in your life now is meaningless, because the world, if it survives at all, will be a drastically different place very soon. The good news is that there are reasonable options to address these problems, they've always been available, and they're likely to result in a better world for everyone. lol what? that's not what's being said hey kids, we're gonna keep the infinite growth gravy train rolling for ourselves at the expense of all current and future civilizational functionality, but after we're all dead or completely out of power you'll have your chance to innovate your way to safety all on your own
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Oct 4, 2021 05:15
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Turns out those babies full of microplastics are voting overwhelmingly conservative. Don't forget the heavy metals in the baby food!
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Oct 4, 2021 05:17
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Complications posted:lol what? that's not what's being said setting the climate targets for 5 or 10 years in the future - for the past 50 years! - shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that the plan for climate change by the current generation of leaders is to keep the balls in the air just long enough for all of them to die naturally, having lived a life of abundance, joy, irresponsibility, hedonism, and nihilistic glee
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Oct 4, 2021 05:18
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is it a coincidence that the climate change goal proposed by whatever fossilized boomer is always set for a year that even they know is beyond their adrenochrome-extended lifespans?
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Oct 4, 2021 05:19
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Lackmaster posted:also, the babies are racist Yeah 'cause they were voting conservative for the fiscal policies? Complications posted:lol what? that's not what's being said Plus they're kids. Unless they're the one or two weirdos out of every class that are into politics and issues beyond whatever dumbshit kids are into these days they don't know poo poo. They're too busy doing the Fortnight dancing on the TikToks to care about the fate of the planet.
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Oct 4, 2021 05:22
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"I've signed a climate change declaration for 2050," say a 78 year old multi-millionaire
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Oct 4, 2021 05:24
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Don't forget the heavy metals in the baby food! In retrospect society has all been downhill since we started feeding cannibal corpses to babies.
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Oct 4, 2021 05:28
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A Terrible Person posted:Oh, right. a few weeks ago someone itt pointed out that ecoterrorism has already begun, just in the opposite direction of what we all expected Record number of environmental activists murdered https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58508001
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Oct 4, 2021 06:37
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IAMKOREA posted:a few weeks ago someone itt pointed out that ecoterrorism has already begun, just in the opposite direction of what we all expected lol. lmao.
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Oct 4, 2021 06:48
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Buncha libs gonna crack ping on PFAS this week because John Oliver is covering the hell out of it. Lmao. gently caress. Futures hosed.
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Oct 4, 2021 07:23
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I'm very disappointed he didn't mention that PFAS chems shrink dinks.
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Oct 4, 2021 07:27
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IAMKOREA posted:a few weeks ago someone itt pointed out that ecoterrorism has already begun, just in the opposite direction of what we all expected It's just coming out of a bit of a lull, been going on for centuries
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Oct 4, 2021 07:35
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silicone thrills posted:Buncha libs gonna crack ping on PFAS this week because John Oliver is covering the hell out of it. *Lib soy face* Science!
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Oct 4, 2021 08:13
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 hurricanes are drunk now
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Oct 4, 2021 08:29
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IAMKOREA posted:a few weeks ago someone itt pointed out that ecoterrorism has already begun, just in the opposite direction of what we all expected there's plenty of sabotage/vandalism/monkey-wrenching going on around the world on some scale or another, yet oddly enough the media tends not to focus so much on such ethically fuzzy areas. eg Montoya and Reznicek in the US, or Wiebo Ludwig in Canada are moderately well-known ones probably because they all confessed, on purpose, to the cops. they could have kept on vandalizing stuff for years and cost the oil companies millions in lawyers and lost revenue, and that's couch-change money for an oil company compared to the potential hit of an ahem eco-warrior getting free publicity to air their complaints. of course this doesn't mean that young people should go out and put BBs under the valve-stem covers on fancy rich-people's cars. that'd definitely get you shot in the US.
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Oct 4, 2021 09:26
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https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/10/4/plane-crashes-into-building-in-milan-8-people-killed this billionaire has done more to combat climate change than I can hope to accomplish in my natural lifespan 
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Oct 4, 2021 11:37
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