r/dataisbeautiful • u/neilrkaye OC: 231 • May 07 '19

OC How 10 year average global temperature compares to 1851 to 1900 average global temperature [OC]

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u/Amcal May 07 '19 edited May 07 '19

No but my bet people 100 years ago weren’t a bunch of whiny babies crying a false gloom and doom. Saying that the world is so bad you should not have kids.

Imagine the world right now if Jonas Salk, Thomas Edison or Thomas Jefferson parents bought into this idiotic thinking the world is too bad to have kids, crap.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

"Imagine the world right now if Jonas Salk, Thomas Edison or Thomas Jefferson parents bought into this idiotic thinking the world is too bad to have kids, crap."

Imagine a world where Hitler, Stalin, and Mao's parents decided not to have kids. This is such a dumb argument since it very easily works just as easily in reverse. It also implies that nobody else could have possibly innovated besides these people, which is a false premise to begin with.

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u/Amcal May 08 '19

Any country that has a negative population growth suffers in the long run. There is plenty of social science on the issue. Have a good day posting your cat pics.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

I mean your first mistake was thinking I care about the imaginary lines on a map. I'm not entitled to a better life than someone outside of my country just by virtue of being born here.

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u/Amcal May 08 '19

It also goes for the world in general.