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Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (26 children)

If we were in the right timeline we would have fixed our dependance to fossil energy a long ass time ago.

Instead we've got a bunch of people who still believe vaccines causes autism because the internet told them that.

When did we fail going forward? As humanity, I mean.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

It's really so sad and frustrating for those under the age of 45. Millennials were raised during a time of prosperity and possibilities, only to find out it was all a sham by the selfish, stupid and mostly older generations. Now Millennials, Gen Z and Gen A will reap the outcomes of all that while those who caused it will die off before things get even worse. I harbor no resent towards Gen X, but their refusal to fight the tide certainly didn't help.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like you're doing Gen X a huge disservice here. Like there's a chunk of history you're not familiar with.

Gen X was the first generation to go to college only to come out saddled with debt and only "mcjobs" to show for it. We graduated into NAFTA and globalisation.

There were some hardcore protests, movements, and mobilisations around the issues that matter... Economy, environment, women's rights, employee rights, animal welfare rights, etc.

It has very obviously continued to deteriorate, but I'll admit there was optimism because we did see some gains and some promise... I can't remember the last time I felt any optimism about this world.

I feel horrible for the younger generations.

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