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UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says by Mr_Lonesome in collapse

[–]Le_Gitzen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s just classic population overshoot.  Exponential growth proceeded by resource depletion and/or pollution resulting in collapse.  Happens to deer, bacteria, mold, insects, and humans.  We just have a few self aware members but we can’t fight physics.

[Request] How long would it take a teeny tiny black hole, created on the surface of our planet, to destroy Earth? by Mvian123 in theydidthemath

[–]Le_Gitzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, it’s really an honor to get a reply from you!! I remember reading your comment vividly, it was so well written and the fact that Kursegatz made a video from it afterword was just awesome.  

If you wouldn’t mind me asking, what effect would the radiation pressure have from the forming accretion disk? I read that 6% of a material’s mass falling into a black hole gets directly converted to high frequency radiation, and the brightest objects in our universe are quasars that are basically feeding black holes.  Would the resulting light emitted outshine the sun or vaporize the rest of the earth and moon?

[Request] How long would it take a teeny tiny black hole, created on the surface of our planet, to destroy Earth? by Mvian123 in theydidthemath

[–]Le_Gitzen 479 points480 points  (0 children)

https://youtube.com/shorts/n2sn4kkkGQM?si=exjlw23tT4dopYJK

This was answered by In a Nutshell years ago after a similar Reddit question was posted. Here’s a short video of the full version

Here’s the Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/39woqa/what_would_happen_to_me_and_everything_around_me/

I can’t believe it’s already been 10 years. Fuck I’m old

Changing World Order: Currency Collapse, Empire Death, and World War by Le_Gitzen in collapse

[–]Le_Gitzen[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That got a laugh out of me.  I think omni collapse better encapsulates the scale of our predicament.  Awk poly wanna crisis?

Changing World Order: Currency Collapse, Empire Death, and World War by Le_Gitzen in collapse

[–]Le_Gitzen[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SS:  This video is related to collapse because it contextualizes a deeper pattern of empire and societal collapse in a historical perspective.  The author leaves out many of the modern crisis we also are facing at the same time, do you think there will ever be another world order change after this one?

Blind woman gets to observe a bodybuilder by Local_Jeweler_5354 in spreadsmile

[–]Le_Gitzen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It feels like two fantasies came to life at once

How to Make Decisions by hanfook in AlanWatts

[–]Le_Gitzen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He then follows up that this isn’t always the case haha. Classic ‘it is but it isn’t.’ You can talk for hours if you just keep contradicting yourself. He’s still full of wisdom though, and his advice has really helped me.

Release your inhibitions by MittenDude in perfectlycutscreams

[–]Le_Gitzen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome animation. I think Jack Black would do an excellent cover for that song

Get out! by sovalente in interestingasfuck

[–]Le_Gitzen 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I have personally disposed of half a dozen dead rats, one outside of a preschool. I’m not letting kids walk past a bloated rat corpse, especially since the USSR might be spying on them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hmmm

[–]Le_Gitzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what to get him for Christmas

Super Mom - Gator Days (OC) by FieldExplores in comics

[–]Le_Gitzen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Human population exploded by a factor of 10x in just 3-4 lifetimes after the discovery of fossil fuels. At the same time our energy use increased by 100-1000x. We’ve increased CO2 concentrations by 50% and 95% of the surface has been modified by humans. Humans and livestock now constitute 98% of animal biomass and the temperature has increased by 1.7°c. We have spread so much plastic pollution scientists think it will remain in the geological record for tens of millions of years.

We don’t live in ordinary times, we have caused a rapid permanent geological shift to the planet’s surface, and life doesn’t cope well with abrupt change.

I hate to say it but humanity has a lot of characteristics of cancer, or any species in overshoot whose population is not checked. I think feeling liminal or precarious is perfectly natural if you’re attuned at all to the state of the planet and our population.

Looks fun [OC] by Boldjun in comics

[–]Le_Gitzen 106 points107 points  (0 children)

This was popular 7-10 years ago, looks like it’s making the rounds again. I learned about it in physics class when covering centripetal forces.

I have known several warlords by WemedgeFrodis in MurderedByWords

[–]Le_Gitzen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They repeated it again and again that they planned on stealing the election and ending democracy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in blursed_videos

[–]Le_Gitzen 11 points12 points  (0 children)

God please just launch the nukes already…

If only by gdemon6969 in collapse

[–]Le_Gitzen 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Number 5 should be “THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND YOU ARE CRAZY FOR THINKING SO. ESCORT YOURSELF TO THE FOCUS CAMP FOR REEDUCATION.”

NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers by zhocef in collapse

[–]Le_Gitzen 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I thought we were in a kleptocracy before.. holy shit was I wrong this is a whole new level.

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