• Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    And honestly, would that be such a bad thing? 8 freaking billion of us is at least 7.5B too many.

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      2 years ago

      People who say this imagine themselves and their families in the 0.5B but will end up in the 7.5B, suffering immeasurably in the process.

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        2 years ago

        Nope, there’s nothing special about me or my family. We’re just insignificant eurotrash. Odds we’d be among the survivors are very low.

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        2 years ago

        Actually yes, but that has more to do with 20 years of crippling depression and chronic pain than the coming climate disasters.