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Minera posted:pop quiz: what has a better future survival rate for the human species: all out nuclear war between two nations, or continued fossil fuel driven existence cliff dive Answer: it doesn't matter, one will cause the other
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Microplastics posted:Mr colonel sir what are you gonna do with that corn *shy blush* Do you want to find out... or are you chicken?
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Dec 10, 2022 20:13
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What I'm hearing is that if we work really hard now, maybe future generations will still be able to live in Northern Canada, Greenland and Siberia, and not just on Antarctica.
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Jul 9, 2023 20:07
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I live in a very rural area, and a few times a day I generally here the Amish go by in their horse-drawn cart. It's a good reminder that I don't really need a car (and a lot of other stuff), it is a choice that I have made, consciously or not.
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Jul 10, 2023 17:13
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Perry Mason Jar posted:Yeah right idiot you think we have horses for 8 billion people? Do you know how much daily, unpaid labor you need to expend to keep just one horse? Okay I know this guy, he has a farm. Raises sheep and goats. He will not take payment for anything he produces. He will only give things away. He has feasts at his farm, show up and he will feed you. Has a giant pot of stew, lamb and beets. It's pretty good. He will accept gifts, but only if they are freely given with no expectation of getting something in return, not as bartering. He has lots of people telling him, "You can't do that! It's not practical!" But that is what he is doing. People give him stuff, because they like what he is doing. Some people go work on his farm, helping him out. But they don't get paid. Engaging in the money economy is a choice, and he thinks it is a bad choice that should be avoided. Real community, he thinks, is not transactional. He is interested in building community, something that is sorely lacking in the US.
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Jul 10, 2023 18:07
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Fell Mood posted:I know this is a bit, but I know dumbasses in real life that really do think this way. They always leave out that it can't scale to billions of people, so massive depopulation is required to try it. You are correct, it can not scale up. Over the next 20 or 30 years, no one knows exactly, an event or series of events will lead to the death of hundreds of millions, or more likely billions, of people. Current ways of doing things are not sustainable. It is already collapsing. I don't have any answers, and I don't think there are any. I, and that farmer, are very privileged. He can only pay the taxes on his farm because people give him money to do that. Anyway, what happens when things fall apart? This farmer guy has a support network that is impossible in a city.
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Jul 10, 2023 19:07
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The Oldest Man posted:Lol I know small-scale farmers and any small-scale farmer who has the ability to feed randos and not accept cash money or barter for produce is a trust fund kid with a hobby, small-scale family farming is one of the most economically precarious existences you could imagine. Where'd he get the land? Where's he getting vet care? How's he heating his house? How's he buying fencing? I can't tell you that much about him, I don't know that much and I don't have his permission to. I think he did fall into some very lucky things getting the land. He has kept it going for a long time. It's remarkable to me how he is very friendly with the old farmers around, guys in their seventies. They like what he is doing, possibly because he has a lot of respect for history and the old ways of doing things. I understand why you would be skeptical, and yeah there is an element of play. Not as in playing at it, but a playful approach that draws people into his way of doing things - a sort of charisma that I don't have. It is indeed precarious, but somehow he keeps it going.
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Jul 10, 2023 21:50
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I thought I was doing pretty good with doomsteading actually. Cabin in the woods in a rural area, high up enough that it won't get flooded. I suck at growing things, but there are lots of farms around. Pretty good at fixing and maintaining mechanical things. Good collection of how-to books. Cut and stack my own wood for the winter. But then there was Covid, and clouds of smoke coming down out of Canada, and the drat ticks. There isn't really any safe place anywhere. How will I go? Shortages will get worse and worse, the pharmacy will no longer have my anti-depressants, and I will do it myself. Remains eaten by cat.
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Jul 11, 2023 10:32
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We don't talk about the underground part.
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Jul 11, 2023 10:43
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That's the underground part
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Jul 11, 2023 10:47
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Just a Moron posted:I can be thinly sliced, battered in cornmeal, and fried, Greg, would I be delicious? Soylent Green, it's just a moron
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Jul 13, 2023 20:47
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Microplastics posted:What's on your bucket list 1. Acquire bucket
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Jul 27, 2023 11:04
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Paradoxish posted:Elder care in America is too horrific a burden to place on anyone, and it's only going to get worse. Well yeah, but I'm also skeptical of the idea of there being a lot of old people still around 30 years from now.
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Jul 27, 2023 15:11
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Yes insurance companies like to make money, but they sometimes convince themselves that they are making money when they are not. Having worked for two insurance companies that went bankrupt while I was there, I have seen this happen. Yes, it was partly my job to make sure that didn't happen, and yes, I probably should have cared more whether or not they went bankrupt. Oh well.
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Jul 31, 2023 12:27
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You are not allowed to discuss things that might actually be effective
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Aug 2, 2023 14:52
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ELTON JOHN posted:it's good to spend meaningful time with cool people, doing cool things, imo That can be hard to do, when you live in the US.
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Aug 3, 2023 16:44
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quiggy posted:[looking for a place to build my new house] what about here, at Suicide Basin I thought you were joking, but no, it's really called that
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Aug 7, 2023 17:09
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Mola Yam posted:does that tech exist. can i poo poo on a computer and make bitcoin come out No, that's how you get shitcoins
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Aug 11, 2023 11:06
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Seems like everyone I talk to lately is just like casually "yeah we're all doomed" Were talking about moving, but it was like, "nah, the biosphere is gonna collapse before we can get our poo poo packed up"
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Aug 12, 2023 11:19
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Enrique digs through the rubble for you and brings you the Rolex you got for graduation. You are a bit mad that Enrique has let get damaged, but also the look in his eyes make you see that he too, is a human. In a rare burst of empathy, you tell him to take the rest of the day off, and go look for his missing daughter. You call the Times. They will love the watch story. You decide not to mention Enrique.
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Aug 13, 2023 10:48
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Microplastics posted:It won't be direct to consumers, it'll be selling bugs to flour companies that grind them up and cut into the flour and then don't have to mention it on the packaging due to terrible regulations, and consumers will unknowingly Eat The Bugs I was assured that soylent will come in a variety of colors and, hopefully, flavors
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Aug 18, 2023 11:24
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smoobles posted:climate change... seems bad. idk It's not ideal, frankly.
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Aug 27, 2023 17:09
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When I take my1929 Model A out for a ride, it does not come back covered in insects, hth All the insects have been replaced by ticks, it seems
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Sep 9, 2023 13:52
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Tired: Faster than expected Wired: A strikingly gloomy update on an already alarming picture.
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Sep 14, 2023 18:14
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Stereotype posted:I was assured that it isn’t that bad yet That was last week
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Sep 22, 2023 11:13
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Chad Sexington posted:tree probably would have been killed by invasive beetles or something anyway Yeah but then you couldn't blame a specific person
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Sep 29, 2023 11:46
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Just a Moron posted:it is definitely possible to progress forward in scientific understanding and material infrastructure while coexisting with the rest of the world. Sure, it could be possible, somebody should try that
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Sep 30, 2023 13:09
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It's a lovely fall day, the leaves changing color. If you don't mind the air being a little hazy, as it has been since June or July, from the smoke drifting down from Canada. And it's a little weird being 78 degrees in October. I think back to when I moved here, in October, eleven years ago. It was snowing.
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Oct 3, 2023 20:32
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Fall foliage is actually pretty good right now in the Adirondacks, but the colors are less brilliant than other years because of the haze in the air from the Canadian fires that's been here for months.
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Oct 5, 2023 11:19
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Rectal Death Adept posted:pluto actually is a planet Pluto can be a planet when Ceres is a planet
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Oct 6, 2023 11:39
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The American Dream was always a dream, nothing more.
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Oct 14, 2023 20:11
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Well, tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
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Oct 15, 2023 11:09
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Microplastics posted:*3ft lower down on the rock* 1 ft further down: LOL, LMAO
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Oct 25, 2023 13:13
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Microplastics posted:
Americans literal children, accurate
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Oct 27, 2023 11:43
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Dokapon Findom posted:So far in this century there's only been 19 people whose individual actions had a direct and immediate impact on reducing airline emissions, but it only lasted for a couple of days Wow As I've said before, the things that would make an actual difference, we are not allowed to talk about
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Nov 5, 2023 13:28
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RIP Syndrome posted:Eh, they say that every year It's very likely they will say it next year as well
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Nov 9, 2023 20:05
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Cup Runneth Over posted:he died of ligma accelerated by climate change drat, that sucks
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Nov 23, 2023 12:35
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The good news is that carbon emissions will decrease, after the human population collapse
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Nov 23, 2023 22:35
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The Pyrocene Edit: I see that that's already a term Actuary X has issued a correction as of 14:14 on Dec 9, 2023 |
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Dec 9, 2023 14:11
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Come on, Carrington Event 2
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Dec 16, 2023 17:21
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