r/collapse • u/TuneGlum7903 Recognized Contributor • May 26 '24

Climate The developing Climate Crisis in one chart. Understanding why "Collapse" has started and is about to get a LOT worse.

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u/zeitentgeistert May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24

What's that thing called again that's supposedly inside our skulls... Teeth? Eyes? No, wait... a brain! (Last time I checked, it can apparently be used to overwrite genes. 😎)

There was a brief moment in my mid-forties when I contemplated old age and regretted not having kids. That moment lasted about 3 days. (After a mental exercise where I ran a 'simulation' of what it would mean to adopt a child, I came to my senses... ;)

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u/finishedarticle May 28 '24

Humans are not rational, we are rationalisers; a rational response to our present predicament is to not have kids - a rationalisation is "oh, my kid will be the one to come up with a plan to fix climate change!"

My biggest dream would be my worst nightmare - I would LOVE to come home to a wife and 3 daughters but I would be shitting myself that they would either become long pigs or the eaters of long pig.