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if you're ever feeling down, just reflect on the big picture. we're right at the cusp of culminating a project that started 1.5 million years ago. how cool is that? The largest mammals have always been at the greatest risk of extinction – this is still the case today quote:We see a steep decline in the average mass of mammals over time. Over the last 1.5 million years, the mean mass of hunted mammals decreased by more than 98%. quote:As we see from the study in the Levantine, until around 20,000 years ago, most mammals were bigger than humans. But since then, the majority have been smaller. This overhunting of large mammals might have been the catalyst for our ancestors to engineer fine and intricate tools. Once we had run out of big animals to eat, we had to engineer tools to catch the smaller ones. 12,000 years ago the average mass of mammals was around 30 kilograms. Around half a human. This is around the time that farming began. The wipeout of the largest mammals is a global phenomenon that we see across many regions. and the pace of extinctions is increasing every day! 
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May 13, 2022 02:44
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yes the human race is going to go extinct and yes the permafrost is exploding and yes we’re speedrunning turning earth back into a lifeless rock, but have you considered these exciting opportunities to volunteer in your community?
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May 13, 2022 02:45
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some plague rats posted:This is just unimaginably sad. It's self-fulfilling prophecy ok. now that you’ve had your look you can go away now. Jesus, this must be what it’s like to be set upon by missionaries…
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May 13, 2022 02:46
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Mola Yam posted:yes we destroyed the planet, but for a beautiful moment in time we slurped some apes our civilization really perfected grifting. how will people in 1000 years explain ape slurping to each other?
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May 13, 2022 02:46
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Justin Credible posted:The questions I asked weren't hypothetical. They are questions getting asked more frequently, even from the X'er generation, much less the new ones coming down the pipe. You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you
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May 13, 2022 02:46
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Justin Credible posted:I also think any child currently here should be loved and cared for as much as possible, but apparently even suggesting hey maybe we chill somewhat on the pace of this new human life thing makes me a serial killer. Very healthy way to look at other human beings. Best part is that it's an increasingly mainstream viewpoint given the cratering birthrate for younger people. But no, we're the fringe loons because some low self-esteem breeders are getting nervous
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May 13, 2022 02:47
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some plague rats posted:You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you Telling me to kill myself would be more direct.
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May 13, 2022 02:51
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some plague rats posted:You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you listen i know it's a lot to take in, but there's no need to be so defensive. just engage with the content at your own pace. we're all here to celebrate the anthropocene together
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May 13, 2022 02:51
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Hubbert posted:guys can you stop jumping for the bait it’s a slow news day 
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May 13, 2022 02:52
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:how many individual plastic bags do you think you've been given in your life? Imagine them all in one big quilt I misread this as plastic bugs, and was thinking that you were refering to things like these  the answer is far too many, btw. I've been given far too many plastic bugs
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May 13, 2022 02:52
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TeenageArchipelago posted:I misread this as plastic bugs, and was thinking that you were refering to things like these get some plastic soldiers and make a battle diorama
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May 13, 2022 02:53
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May 13, 2022 02:55
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hosed around and found out
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May 13, 2022 02:56
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some plague rats posted:You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you this was never really about the ethics of the biosphere collapse thread, was it? Wakko posted:if you're ever feeling down, just reflect on the big picture. we're right at the cusp of culminating a project that started 1.5 million years ago. how cool is that? awesome snipe thank you
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May 13, 2022 02:57
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climate change will kill me and everyone or everything i have ever known or loved but at least i wont die a liberal
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May 13, 2022 02:57
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some plague rats posted:Yeah you absolutely are. Do you even write the stuff you write. It's absolutely deranged. You sound like francis dolarhyde is there any climate situation where you would call having a child an act of harm
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May 13, 2022 02:57
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some plague rats posted:This is just unimaginably sad. It's self-fulfilling prophecy If we just work on our tone we still might Beat Capitalism.
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May 13, 2022 02:58
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Trabisnikof posted:Goons: ahhhh PFAS chemicals are everywhere and killing the children!!! syq
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May 13, 2022 02:58
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i'm gonna march right up to that fossil fuel executive and tell him "cut it out!"
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May 13, 2022 02:59
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some plague rats posted:You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you *rubs hands together* ooh hoo hoo now we're getting somewhere. let's make this a may to remember
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May 13, 2022 02:59
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Hubbert posted:this was never really about the ethics of the biosphere collapse thread, was it? Trying to engage fairly got me nothing but the most dog-brained nonsense so now I'm just shitposting
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May 13, 2022 03:00
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stunning! i remember the early climate threads babbling about how wealthy first-worlders would never get to experience the impacts of climate change in our lifetimes. who could see this kind of content and not be thankful with each new day?
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May 13, 2022 03:02
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I think the problem, rats, is we are 500 pages into the biosphere collapse thread. All of your revelations are old here.
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May 13, 2022 03:03
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how are a few of the homes on the edge not damaged at all
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May 13, 2022 03:04
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actionjackson posted:how are a few of the homes on the edge not damaged at all god loves them
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May 13, 2022 03:06
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some plague rats posted:You know what, I agree. Your mom did make a mistake having you spr this conversation's getting kinda mean spirited, any chance we could lower the temperature in here tonight?
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May 13, 2022 03:09
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vyelkin posted:spr this conversation's getting kinda mean spirited, any chance we could lower the temperature in here tonight? unfortunately climate change prevents this from occurring
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May 13, 2022 03:09
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Hubbert posted:unfortunately climate change prevents this from occurring even in a superheated climate we can still have the occasional cool and chill evening ❄
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May 13, 2022 03:11
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why would telling someone they should never have been born be more mean-spirited than saying someone's deranged like francis dolarhyde?
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May 13, 2022 03:12
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vyelkin posted:even in a superheated climate we can still have the occasional cool and chill evening ❄ born on a mountain, raised in a cave, grillin and chillin is all that i crave
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May 13, 2022 03:14
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Colin Mockery posted:why would telling someone they should never have been born be more mean-spirited than saying someone's deranged like francis dolarhyde? the only francis I know is from Malcolm in the Middle and I intend to keep it that way
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May 13, 2022 03:14
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:i'm gonna march right up to that fossil fuel executive and tell him "cut it out!" unthinkable levels of violence
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May 13, 2022 03:24
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some good news!
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May 13, 2022 03:32
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vyelkin posted:even in a superheated climate we can still have the occasional cool and chill evening ❄ tell me you haven't read The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Sixth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers without telling me you haven't read The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Sixth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers
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May 13, 2022 03:37
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May 13, 2022 03:38
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Fly Molo posted:yes the human race is going to go extinct and yes the permafrost is exploding and yes we’re speedrunning turning earth back into a lifeless rock, but have you considered these exciting opportunities to volunteer in your community? I think people should still volunteer to help children. if you really believe that it's them who get the short end of the stick, wouldn't it make sense to invest time and empathy into improving their lives? For a couple of hours a week, you could absolutely make a huge difference for a kid who maybe won't ever get the chance to live in the world we currently do. I'm not blind to climate change, but if our children are truly going to be hurt the most by what we collectively do, then I'm going to make their lives positive and safe and help them cope with the world as best I can before I die. I think a lot of the posters here are really concerned about where the world is headed (death), and their hearts break the most for all the kids who're basically hosed by things they have no control over. Why not spend some time helping those kids build coping skills? Chaperoning nature trips? Working at drop-in centers where teenagers can go when they don't feel safe or comfortable at home? It's not possible to avert the end of climate change, but you, Fly Molo, can make a huge difference for someone out there.
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May 13, 2022 03:45
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No I am not interested in chaperoning teens wtf is this how you guys recruit mods?
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May 13, 2022 03:48
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Pryor on Fire posted:No I am not interested in chaperoning teens wtf is this how you guys recruit mods? This is the second time someone has slyly implied that helping kids makes you a pedophile. Why is it that this is the go-to reason people have for not doing something that is objectively a moral good? What about this screams "you're a pedophile if you want to help kids"? Are you 100% incapable of extending empathy to children? I'm a special ed teacher, and I've worked with kids for a very long time. The fact that you go straight to implying pedophilia is disappointing to me.
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May 13, 2022 03:55
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NeatHeteroDude posted:I think people should still volunteer to help children. if you really believe that it's them who get the short end of the stick, wouldn't it make sense to invest time and empathy into improving their lives? For a couple of hours a week, you could absolutely make a huge difference for a kid who maybe won't ever get the chance to live in the world we currently do. I'm not blind to climate change, but if our children are truly going to be hurt the most by what we collectively do, then I'm going to make their lives positive and safe and help them cope with the world as best I can before I die. I think you are projecting a little and are not really able to deal with the helplessness you feel at living in this world. If you were confident about the amazing impact you are having on the world you wouldn't have set up shop here for days to lecture people on how your mentoring of children matters while crossposting posts to another thread to also rant there about the amazing impact you are having on the world. It's desperate. If those things make you feel better and are impacting people's lives for the better that is fine. Nobody here is (probably) seriously going to tell you to stop mentoring kids but this is barely even relevant to global biosphere collapse beyond a general guidance to do positive things for your surroundings which pretty much everyone is on board with. Despite the fact you are all flooding into this thread you have obviously never read the thousands of posts here covering things like that and are instead fighting your idea of what you think this thread is like the last poster. NeatHeteroDude posted:Why is it that this is the go-to reason people have for not doing something that is objectively a moral good? If that little nugget there, an "Objective Moral Good" is what brings you relief that's cool but it isn't as relevant as you seem to think it is. There are plenty of objective moral goods and they are only as important as you think they are. Rectal Death Adept has issued a correction as of 04:03 on May 13, 2022 |
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May 13, 2022 03:58
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Pryor on Fire posted:No I am not interested in chaperoning teens wtf is this how you guys recruit mods? there's no need to be so hostile here in the climate thread friend. the vast majority of people involved in child services are not child molestors and it's a rightwing trope to project this. let's try and do better. in this context it seems clear that NHD's fixation on helping the next generation is a form of bargaining and we should support them coming to terms with the future in the way that suits them best.
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