how am i supposed to stay optimistic knowing that environmental collapse is imminent and unavoidable at this point? the only part we have any control over anymore is just how bad it gets (and we probably won't better those odds either Tbh). like what an i supposed to do with this knowledge

>>81840950 (OP)
You'll reincarnated into some hyper intelligent heat resistant cockroach in the future

>>81840950 (OP)
>how am i supposed to stay optimistic knowing that environmental collapse is imminent and unavoidable at this point?
this is your brain on propaganda

>>81840950 (OP)
you won't be around for it and won't have a kids so who gives a shit lmao

>>81840950 (OP)
It wont get bad in our lifetimes its the generation or two after that will really feel it

>>81840985
Really? When will it start getting bad bad

>>81841210
never lol why do you believe this lie

>>81840950 (OP)
omg Le le omgies geez omg le

meh. it'll be sorted out eventually. being dead or alive, i don't really care.

>>81840979
>pattern recognition is le bad o algo

>>81841240
It's hotter every summer, reaching historically high temperatures every summer.... Stopped snowing where I live, it used to snow heavily before.

>>81840950 (OP)
stop thinking about the environment and live your life. if it's fucked, it's fucked. oh well. all things are temporary, including human life. use as much plastic as you want, burn up as many fossil fuels as you want, blast the air conditioning until you can't anymore, stop thinking shit CaRbOn FoOtPrInT and just live ya life. and if everything goes to shit, ok, everything's going to shit. it don't matter. nothing matters.

>>81840950 (OP)
idk. youre here so you probably wont have kids so in the longer run why does it matter?

>>81840950 (OP)
The Malthusians were right, but nobody that the balls to toss 8 billion worthless eaters into wood chippers.

>>81841865
the malthusians were clearly wrong, but I agree we should euthanize africa anyways

>>81841898
The malthusians were right in the respect that the planet doesn't have the carrying capacity to support 8 billion people long-term. What's the point of having every square foot of the planet occupied by a pair of shit coverd feet, sustained by a slurry of bug protein.

>>81840950 (OP)
>what an i supposed to do with this knowledge
become lawyer
sue oil companies for making it hot

>>81841758
>as if kids matter
The biggest problem with a lot of global warming messaging has been that it never placed much importance on the gradual and progressive nature of the decline. The activists have focused too much on trying to scaremonger with
>don't you realize that in 4 bajillion years a Really Bad Event is gonna happen??!! your great^50 grandchildren aren't gonna know what cavendish bananas taste like!!!!!!!
and it's like...bro. Fuck the kids, we are already hanging on by a thread NOW in year of our lord 2025 and shit is only going to progressively worsen over the rest of our lives.

>>81840950 (OP)
>like what an i supposed to do with this knowledge
pay more taxes while the rich build another data center, fly another rocket or buy a new jet

>>81840950 (OP)
Even if the environment collapses, that will just be the next part of human evolution.

>>81842359
>listen up, liberals. *reduces the amount of drinkable water on earth by 90%*

>>81842317
>hanging on by a thread NOW in year of our lord 2025 and shit is only going to progressively worsen over the rest of our lives
shit's not so bad now. the economy is in gutters but we are still pretty comfy so idk what youre talking about

>>81840950 (OP)
>how am i supposed to stay optimistic knowing that environmental collapse is imminent and unavoidable at this point? the only part we have any control over anymore is just how bad it gets (and we probably won't better those odds either Tbh). like what an i supposed to do with this knowledge
stop being full of yourself

>>81842490
You don't really pay much attention to the news, do you.

>>81842503
>thinking too much about the state of the world around you is self-centered actually

>>81842490
>shit's not so bad now.

>record breaking heatwaves, entire US cities projected to be totally uninhabitable by humans within the next 20 years
>west Antarctica melting twice as fast as it was in the 90s prompting rapid sea level rise making even more major US cities potentially uninhabitable soon
>wildfires out the ass, Europe has seen 227,000 hectares burned (more than double the usual for this time of year) with more than 1,100 wildfires in Spain, France, Greece, and Syria and wildfires having consumed ~2.4million acres in the US
>UN warning that seawater intrusion and coastal flooding already threaten almost abillion people living within 10miles of current sea levels
>flash droughts in the Rockies accelerated due to unusually rapid snowmelt
>most rapid glacier retreat rate recorded in 2022 has only intensified since then
>NOAA extending its alert scale to track extreme mortality risk due to global coral bleaching being the most extensive ever recorded
>Florida, California, and Louisiana are seeing homeowners' insurance drop policies or raise premiums by over 30% due to wildfire, flood and hurricane risks
>insurers in California like State Farm and Allstate have stopped issuing new policies entirely, citing climate-related risks
>Palisades fire destroyed over 1000 homes in LA earlier this year
>Colorado, Arizona and Oregon seeing abnormally large early-season fires, air quality significantly worsened to the point where people are buying HEPA filters and gas masks just to breathe clean air and outdoor events and sports are frequently canceled

>>81842490
>>81842851
>Phoenix, Houston and Las Vegas seeing multiple 120+F days causing roads to buckle and energy grids to strain
>over 60 million Americans have faced heat advisories this year, deaths from heatstroke rising sharply
>utility companies in Texas and California are warning of rolling blackouts this summer due to AC demand
>don't even fucking get me started on crop yields
>lettuce, berries, citrus and almonds from California are getting more expensive due to drought and unpredictable weather
>beef and dairy prices climbing because of feed shortages from dry grazing lands in Texas and the midwest
>extreme rain and flooding in parts of the Mississippi River basin delaying planting and damaging crops
>southern California residents facing mandatory watering restrictions for lawns and gardens again
>in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, groundwater is so depleted that entire farming operations are shutting down completely
>local governments offering rebates to rip out lawns and install drought-resistant landscaping due to rising water scarcity
>flash floods in New York, New Jersey and Vermont over the past year displaced thousands of people
>barely managed to scratch the surface here

>shit's not so bad now

>>81842857
sounds like fearmongering

>>81842417
Ancient Rome hunted several species to extinction, this is just humanities MO, just be glad we have air conditioning

>>81842979
these are all literal facts. these are things that are happening right now, as we speak.

>don't watch the news
>look outside
>birds chirping
>kids playing
>suns out
everything's fine.

>>81843024
my point is we are all childless fuckers here so just live your life and turn off the news. it won't affect you

>>81840950 (OP)
MAKE THEM PAY

YOU WON'T, THOUGH.

>>81843423
>live your life and turn off the news. it won't affect you
all the stuff that I listed is stuff that is happening NOW. your food is getting more scarce, expensive and worse quality. water is also getting more expensive and scarce. housing prices are skyrocketing. it's hot as fuck outside. people are dying. these are things YOU have to worry about today, not in 50 years.

>>81843820
MAKE THEM PAY MAKE THEM PAY MAKE THEM PAY MAKE THEM PAY MAKE THEM PAY

>>81843820
Stuff changes price every now and then, temperatures vary and people die all the time. Just ignore it and you will see it's not a big deal.

who cares
when the consequences hit, I'll be long dead anyways
I hope the people of the future are going to suffer, but we all know that this "climate change" thing is big fucking nothingburger
humanity has always benefited from the weather being a bit warmer

>>81843856
>things get more expensive all the time, which is exactly why we should do nothing to stop the trend of things getting dramatically more expensive with no end in sight in a very short period of time
>the temperature isn't exactly the same every single day which is exactly why we should just totally ignore the deeply alarming changes we've been seeing recently
>people die all the time, which is exactly why we should do absolutely nothing to stop a hell of a lot more people from dying or stop the rate at which people die from increasing sharply
haha yeah bro nothing matters and apathy is the only answer, fuck yeah bro it's lit

>>81843890
>I'll be long dead anyways
you're literally seeing the consequences like right now and it's just going to get worse from here. idk why everybody thinks it's gonna be some distant abstract singular catastrophe 150 years from now.

Literally just stop caring, it really is just that easy. Applies to everything. Global warming? Don't care. Mass shootings? Don't care. New disease? Don't care. Jews controlling everything? Don't care. White race dying out? Don't care. Entire human race dying out? Don't care. Can't get a girlfriend? Don't care. Economic downturn? Don't care.

Just don't care. Fixes everything immediately.

>>81840950 (OP)
It's not at the point where it can't be controlled and some of the greatest minds on the planet working on solutions. Technology gets better and better every day, as does our understanding of the situation.

There's a lot to be worried about, but there's plenty to be hopeful about to. Even if we cannot fully reverse things, we can and most likely will adapt. The black pill is poisonous, I don't suggest consuming it. Hopelessness and fear is the mind killer.

>>81840950 (OP)
Environmental collapse is a doomsday cult, like saying global communist revolution in 2 more weeks or Q-anon