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[–] 13 points 3 years ago

I'm GenX and not surprised by this at all. I came to the same conclusion 30 years ago.

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    I thought my future would be cooler.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

    Totally, none of the more socialist countries have any of these issues whatsoever, completely climate neutral, zero emissions, zero toxic chemicals spills, no overfishing, no deforestation, no paving over everything with more roads and factories.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    A whole lot better than letting oil company ceos run the world into the ground

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Agreed, I also hope we have more sympathetic and nicer people in charge while we run the world into the ground! After all, state run oil company which benefits population and destroys planet > oil company exec which benefits himself and destroys planet.

    Since I‘m a woman, I feel like maybe we could let some more women help run the world into the ground too though, just a lack of representation there that‘s a bit disappointing.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    If the state wasn't being lobbied by the oil and gas industry we'd probably be able to actually invest in nuclear or solar, you're trying to make it seem like the core issues wouldn't be affected by private versus public running it, but conservative politics are what got us into this shit show with removing all economic stopping blocks to the private sector so if we removed the job of energy production from the private sector then we would naturally be able to fix the issue of running the planet into the ground by the very nature of why it's occurring in the first place.

    Big oil only exists because 1. It's profitable, and 2. Republicans hate anything that doesn't directly make them and their friends money. They display zero long term thinking because they're a bunch of religious fascists who believe that because THEY think the world is going to end "any day now" we should have to adopt their "fuck the world cause it doesn't matter" mentality.

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    When you don't have kids it's way harder to force you to do things, and way easier to make time for serious protest.

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

    Got my vasectomy a few years ago, best $500 I ever spent.

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

    Check with your insurance. A lot of them will pay for it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I agree with the message but I don't know if arsenic + toxic algae in water necessarily deserve two separate slots in the Top 8 Prospective Millennial Parent Worries.

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

    I'm more worried about the plastic, pesticides, degraded pharmaceuticals and heavy metals myself

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    I thought we were good without mass shooting until we ended up having mass knifing instead

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

    The US is just a rough place.

    Doesn't matter if you give them nukes, guns or knives.

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

    It doesn't matter? Ok, let's legalize personal nuclear weapons. Background check optional.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    No, it's a very safe place to live. Violent crime is rare overall. Most Americans have never seen anyone shot actually in person. The news coverage of the vast landscape of the USA focuses on each event of violence to magnify its emotional impact to get views

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Ah, the world that capitalism built.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Oh and don't forget the AI replacing all of our jobs and skynet causing the extinction of mankind.

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    Only the ones that will make things worse

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

    Quality over quantity and only if you are willing to make sacrifices.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Just don't look up

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

    yeah lol i'm never having kids

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

    I have a few millennial friends who are having kids. I'm still deciding whether or not to have them and possibly just adopt and provide for a kid in need rather than bring a new one onto this plane of existence (if others exist).

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    These kids don't know what happens outside of their happy 1st world country

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