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[–] 122 points 3 years ago (4 children)

We are in a climate emergency that must be drastically dealt with immediately.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I might even go so far as plant a few policies in their heads. "We are in a climate emergency, and we should address it immediately with policies such as carbon tax-and-dividend, ending subsidies for harmful industries such as fossil fuels and industrial agriculture, investing in both established and promising renewable energy sources such as solar and wind and tidal and geothermal, reducing our dependence on cars with more electrified public transport and denser urban design, and encouraging better urban land use patterns with land value taxes." One sentence = one thought, right?

    Knowing humans, if we didn't use this magical power to guide them to good solutions, a good number of us would conclude, "That's it, we need to nuke China and India to save the Earth!"

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    [–] 67 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'd go with "Hey, it's God. I actually AM real, but I'm heading out. You guys are on your own from now on, no more afterlife or anything. So be good to each other! Alright, I'm out. (oh, and just some advice? you might want to get ahead of this climate change thing)"

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    "MothBookkeeper is the dictator of the world, and I completely trust his decisions."

    Nevermind the logistics of that; power lives where people believe it does.

    Then I could make multiple beneficial changes, such as:

    • Heavily taxing the rich
    • Enacting drastic climate policy
    • Banning paper stickers that rip as you try to take them off
    • Sending Mitch McConnell on a rocket into the sun
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    [–] 37 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 31 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Honk honk it’s the goose

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    β€œThe purpose of your life is to make others happy”

    Put that in the head of all the β€˜players’.

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    [–] [S] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Everyone! I am Son Goku and I need your energy to defeat Majin Buu!

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Lol as a kid me and my sister raised our hands to the ceiling to give goku our chi in solidarity, while watching tv.

    I'm pretty sure if I hear this in my head, today, as an adult, I'd do it again. No questions asked

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (4 children)
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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    What's that? Oh shit, can they hear us? Turn it off, TURN IT OFF!

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    Give them all a vision of the Earth from space. Look at that, all ya sonsa bitches.

    β€œYou develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, β€˜Look at that, you son of a bitch.’”

    β€” Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, People magazine, 8 April 1974.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The irresistible urge to consume at least one billionaire. They would think that if they don’t eat a billionaire they would die. Hilarity would ensue.

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    [–] 15 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The Earth is dying and it can live on without us once we are dead.

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The experience of being the victim of real violence. It's pretty clear most people don't really get it. And it's weirdly common for people to have romantic ideas about fighting, revenge, punishment, war, and even torture. I think it would be eye opening.

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    It's a good idea to have government programs to take care of citizens without requiring any strings to get help.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    "On the count of 3, jump!"

    I'm just curious to see what would happen.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not a thought but I would put empathy

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    β€œAll you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.”

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Reject your humanity become a catgirl nyaaa

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    Seize the means of production

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That Pale Blue Dot speech by Carl Sagan.

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    [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    "Dammit I just lost The Game"

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (4 children)
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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    We have to stop killing the ecosystem and each other immediately!

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    "Send Squirrel money." (With details, of course. Can't have them giving money to some random squirrel.)

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Be friendly to someone today.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The signal your brain gets when you really have to take a shit, right now, or there will be dire consequences.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Start caring about your privacy, governments and corporations are spying on you

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Protect those weaker than you.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] [S] 6 points 3 years ago

    Whatcha out! He is behind you.

    Billions of people turning back at the same time....

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