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[–] 43 points 1 year ago (13 children)

next up: why aren't millenials and zoomers having kids? probably because of avocado toast and pronoun.

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  • [+] -27 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    The pronoun thing would be a healthy thing to drop. It literally creates division, which is something we need less of.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago*

    Bro, shut the fuck up. We do not cater to fascists here. We do not encourage people to roll over to their demands. You do not win social battles by being a weak, capitulating piece of shit.

    Support your fellow humans. Don't throw them under the bus when it's convenient.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Its been a hot aminute since I've seen someone say something so stupid.

    The ones who are causing the divide are the ones whom boots you are licking.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    From my perspective, you just proved my point. Thank you.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    You cannot join hands with fascists. Ever. For any reason. It's a completely braindead move, look at history

    Joining hands with fascists is empowering them and volunteering yourself as the next enemy. They'll turn on you long before they finish with their current enemy

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    You're right, all gendered pronouns should be abolished. Everyone is a 'they' from now on since division must be avoided at all costs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oh but then logic rears its ugly head to remind you, some people really are boys and some really are girls, so for clarity and sanities sake, we will stick with the healthy language that keeps things simple and descriptive.

    Yay!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Cool, so let's just stick to using pronouns for everyone. After all, it's simple enough to accommodate the people who really don't fit into those neat categories.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Oh thank goodness, my youngest was born a year ago

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    mine was born yesterday, phew! imagine if they were born a day later!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Congratulations (if this isn't a joke)!!! I'd love to help make the world habitable for your child.

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Putting that third understates it, having kids is the worst thing a person can do

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That is a really skewed stat. Having kids is only the worse thing a person can do, because of the average person's lifestyle (and therefore that kid's future lifestyle). How many cows are born each year (and release methane gasses into the atmosphere) just because the average person won't go without meat or milk?

    If the average person didn't drive and was vegan, then the impact of having kids would be severely reduced.

    EDIT: Put it this way, what do you think would be the environmental impact of a hermit dude living in the mountains who grows his own plant food? It might be an extreme example, but the point is illustrated.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    This has been clear for at least 20 years to anybody paying attention. I feel for those who will have to suffer this fate they didn't cause nor ask for.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    In the 2000s they warned us the 2020s would be like this

    They also said the 2050s would be apocalyptic

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The craziest part is that things have blown past the worst scenario models, and many are still asleep. Or even worse, think some magical, undiscovered technology will save everyone. The outlook is pretty grim for anyone still around during the second half of the century.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We planted trees as kids in the 80s. Didn't just plant them either. We kept going back every year to check on the trees. We made sure that 10 trees for every kid in our school made it to 5 years before we stopped replanting that tree. Over the years I must have planted at least 50-100 trees. I wish it felt like it did anything.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The current adult generations don't comprehend that they're sacrificing the children' future (and thus, the children) in order to maintain their Business As Usual lifestyle and dreams of being rich. It's all "what about me tho?", "it's someone else's problem", "it wasn't me!" All of this is very easy to do. It's like stealing candy potable water from a baby.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, the numbers are in and it looks like capitalism will be killing us all.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Doesn't matter, the dominionists will blame it on trans people, gays, atheists, feminists, etc., and we will have to repent our sins to stop the second flood or whatever they will call the climate collapse.

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    [–] -5 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Nobody knows the future, least of all some "study".

    New people will be born, new technology will exist, new goals will be set.

    I also think we are moving towards a bad future with no freedom and lots of censorship, with Ai, robots and implants, probably also world government and corruption.

    I dont think the weather is going to be our worst problem. Its going to be ourselves.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    I dont think the weather is going to be our worst problem. Its going to be ourselves.

    Climate is not weather per se. Climate heating and chaos means that drinking water and food are going to become an issue; that's while you're taking in smoke pollution outdoors and sweltering indoors.

    I'm not concerned with AI so much for the simple fact that electric grids, data centers and even chip production aren't going to do well in a hot and chaotic climate.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I dont think the weather is going to be our worst problem. Its going to be ourselves.

    Some places have had more and more frequent heatwaves that lead to deaths in each year. And they are getting worse. Some ares in the world are having trouble growing food, dislocating people, and those areas are increasing in size. I can't recall the exact number, but I think by 2050 the US will have a very big problem when it comes to growing food.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago*

    Those estimates cant take into account new technology or developments that will happen during 25 years.

    We will be alright. If we dont die in wars started by our dear so called "leaders".

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