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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We all know we are fucked. I am living in the moment till it all ends and never having children. Humanity will destroy this planet long before it changes course.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Covid convinced me we're done.

We couldn't even get people to wear a fucking mask to protect themselves from a disease they saw killing their neighbors. Shit - we can't get them to allow other people to wear a mask.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The part that absolutely kills me about this is that there were anti-maskers during the 1918 "spanish flu" pandemic. This suggest that with two valid examples that this is a bad idea, people still chose to not do it. It also suggests that we're still the same society that we were 100 years ago.

https://www.history.com/articles/1918-spanish-flu-mask-wearing-resistance

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

We're still the same society we were 500 years ago, just with technology.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago

COVID (or more specifically, the response to it) was the turning point for me as well. The realization that we would not work together to manage a crisis.

If people won't do the easy shit, they sure as hell won't do the more difficult things that are needed to address climate collapse.