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Saxophone posted:Is everything really this utterly awful and bleak or is this thread just going full on "Mad Max is coming!" A little of A & a little of B if you ask me. It's going to be pretty bad but I doubt we'll go extinct.
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Saxophone posted:I always knew this poo poo was dire, I just didn't expect in the next 10-20 years dire. I thought maybe I could responsibly not have children, try to make the place better than I found it and die before things got really hairy. Which sounds kinda fygm of me, but unless I can magically invent carbon scrubbers that act ridiculously quickly, I don't see a way out. Don't worry mate, just do what you can to not gently caress future generations over & enjoy your life... I'm 48 & in 20yrs I'll probably be dead, you like me will miss the worst of it.
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Oct 8, 2018 22:19
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Rip Testes posted:I do not think I am well. It is just a small relief to type it out and not keep it internalized. Type it out mate, I was the same & ended up on antidepressants... they are not the way to go. A bit of feedback helps a lot.
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Oct 8, 2018 22:40
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Nocturtle posted:The current inaction towards climate change is a temporary condition reflecting a generational divide, where in the west at least millenials onward take climate change very seriously. I think your bang on here..
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Oct 8, 2018 23:15
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Rip Testes posted:I have to be honest knowing that life is short and all this is in the pipe I am considering accelerating my personal timelines. Not coming from a climate news standpoint, my wife the other day was mentioning moving back to her homeland with what we have which would be enough to retire with given the circumstances of her place of origin. I've been reticent to fully consider it due to the lack of healthcare there, but maybe that's less an issue. Retire to the boondock mountains of a foreign land away from this thread, the news and a large part of modern technological life. My mentality may improve, have more time with family, definitely have less of a carbon footprint and there could be a chance that the vicissitudes of climate change in that region and personal health work out in the long run. If after careful thought & discussion with your misses it still seems a good idea you ought to go for it. The current style of life is bullshit.
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Oct 8, 2018 23:22
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Accretionist posted:Yeah. We are a splurge. The American way of life will end either by choice or by failure. It'd be much easier for all involved -- except the aristocrat types -- if we changed willingly. I'm kinda hoping for a 'French Revolution' type thing, it's unlikely but would maybe save us.
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Oct 8, 2018 23:51
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StabbinHobo posted:i'm kindof amazed we don't have more robotic solar farm stuff going yet That's thinking anyone is going to make the effort though... FYGM is in full effect 
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Oct 10, 2018 23:05
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Mozi posted:I'm so depressed about all of this (and more or less everything going on in the world today) and it seems to me that depression is a rational response to this so it feels to me that it is right for me to be depressed. Depression is probably a rational response but it won't help you, go & see the Doc mate, explain the deal to him/her. I just got put on medication for other reasons & it's already helping.
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Oct 16, 2018 17:52
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How are u posted:You don't get on the plane. I'm getting on the loving plane and doing something I enjoy before I die. So.. in order you can live your life your going to advocate the next generation does not get born? How are u posted:I think I owe it to those kids to try and keep them from being born at all. I think your sister should probably stay away from you.
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Oct 19, 2018 16:20
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How are u posted:I'm living my life one way or the other. If I were the next generation I would not want to be born. I wasn't trying to argue with you, I just wanted clarification of your position. There's a lot of 'ME' in what your saying... Maybe you wish you hadn't been born but it's unfair to project that onto the next generation.
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Oct 19, 2018 16:45
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im depressed lol posted:I'm so loving bad at posting, so to save you the trouble of reading between the lines here I'm suggesting that shame tactics towards corporations could have a much larger impact. Individual action is great and important, and any action is better than casual disregard. It may even amount to nothing, but that rationalization is feeding into the 'do-nothing because what if we made the world a cleaner better place and climage change isn't even real?' mentality of the 80s/90s. The 'shame tactic' could be much wider in effect if you ask me. We recently had a smart meter fitted & it has a remote display that shows all the usual + the Co2 generated... I'm loving ashamed of how much Co2 we generate in our house. I use public transport, walk, etc.. & I'm trying to cut down on Co2 but it's not easy, the wife has to drive to work & our kids could give less than than 2 shits
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Oct 24, 2018 20:38
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im depressed lol posted:I suppose it's easier to shame a corporation regarding something they made that remains as solid i.e. you can point at some plastic in the ocean and say: I'd vote for you.
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Oct 24, 2018 21:12
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im depressed lol posted:I had no idea this was a thing. The Co2 logging. I've no idea how accurate it is but it sure makes me turn stuff off at night.
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Oct 24, 2018 21:17
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im depressed lol posted:I was thinking of it as a way to get people to do poo poo like "using a clothes-line outside when possible, instead of the electric dryer; that will save me money and give me some number to talk about with my friends" Great idea's mate  We just need more people to buy into the idea. (My misses for example lol)
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Oct 24, 2018 21:51
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Rime posted:I suggest spending a lot of time in nature dropping acid, at least that's how I've been coping. I'm drinking beer & smoking weed to cope... though to be fair I'd be drinking beer & smoking weed to celebrate if the world was going well.
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Oct 26, 2018 23:33
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I don't generally buy from thrift stores but I do tend to wear my clothes until they literally fall off.
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Nov 1, 2018 21:19
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Shifty Nipples posted:No they are right, most of your posts are angry and confrontational. I kinda get his point though... If you totally believe (and I do as well) we are loving the planet up for generations to come it's natural to be a bit angry about it. It's still worth seeing the doc though.
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Nov 2, 2018 22:15
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The Dipshit posted:Over the next 20 years they'll quite likely have a billion climate refugees between them. I think you don't appreciate the problem here. I pretty much agree with you here... I wonder how that will play out seeing as they both have nukes.
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Nov 5, 2018 21:33
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Conspiratiorist posted:The trigger will be the Indus Waters Treaty coming apart, as Pakistan relies on that water to subsist, and they have nukes too. Bearing in mind both have nukes & bearing in mind your point about the water.. some sort of crazy all out war is almost certainly going to happen as the temperatures increase ? At this point I'm almost tempted to join the guy jetting around to see cats.
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Conspiratiorist posted:No, that's for intentional stratospheric aerosol injection as SRM. Just checking I got this right.. So somehow we have to reduce our Co2 emissions while simultaneously emitting enough black carbon & aerosol to stop even more warming? Crap! we really have baked in a hard time for ourselves
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