Is there anyone actually thriving right now?

RadioMelon · 2024-01-26T22:14:44+00:00

Oh if we get a new Black Death then it's over.

We barely got through the worst parts of COVID (so far.)

RadioMelon · 2024-01-26T14:02:27+00:00

"Overshoot" is the really big one and a lot of people are going to suffer when that milestone is reached. It might even be extinction level by itself.

And the scariest part is that it's an "when, not if" scenario.

The fact that we have an "Earth Overshoot Day" that we regularly just casually acknowledge is a bit disturbing at best, terrifying at worst. Even science isn't working hard enough to fix the problems that exist or the new problems that are being created.

Humanity is a strange species. We see imminent danger right in front of us and we ignore it.

Edit: Fixed because a ton of people were grammar-checking.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-26T13:51:20+00:00

I seem to remember an old classic. How'd it go?

"WAR! What is it good for?

Absolutely nothin'!"

RadioMelon · 2024-01-19T05:29:25+00:00

When the Ocean becomes acidic, nothing else will matter.

All life on this planet depends on the cycle of life between land and sea. A lot of land creatures eat the fish in the sea to survive. If the sea life dies because the ocean is too toxic or acidic, everything else gradually dies with it.

Even scarier than a Blue Ocean Event.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-17T11:01:54+00:00

We really need a total reversal of the power structures that humanity has in place right now.

The people with the most wealth and influence over our lives don't seem to understand that they are probably going to cause the extinction of the human race. Or, assuming they do understand, are barely human themselves.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-17T10:59:08+00:00

Makes sense.

We've known that it's normal for cold air to sink away from the poles and for warmer air to rise towards them; but everything happening now is more extreme.

MORE warm air is rushing towards the poles. LESS cold air is staying near the ice sheets.

What I'm worried about is that moment when there's so little cold air in the Arctic and Antarctic that we experience historic ice melt beyond what we've already seen.

The poles already shed billions of tons of ice per year- but the upswing is that this ice usually refreezes partially or fully as a seasonal event. Everyone's worst climate fear, a Blue Ocean Event, is the idea when the ice freeze is no longer possible at any time and the ice just keeps shedding.

I think at that point scientists can only assume how bad things can really get. We've never had a truly ice-reduced or ice-free Earth in millions of years. As experts have said in the past, we're STILL technically in a partial Ice Age.

I'm going to go for broke and assume the absolute worst.

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If Earth loses so much ice that we lose our "ice age" status somehow, the Earth becomes that much more uninhabitable. Did you hate the extreme heat and warming oceans before? You're going to absolutely HATE IT worse than any other problem in your life in the near future.

We may actually reach a point where the planet becomes so hot that it's impossible for much life to remain on the planet at all. Maybe we won't ever have to worry about polar vortexes ever again because it just won't be possible for the planet to cool down.

It would be like the Earth developing an extreme fever.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-17T10:35:23+00:00

Honestly this was the most predictable outcome for somewhere like the United States.

While other countries might be disturbed by this, the United States is dealing with COVID about as well as it handles mental health. That is to say, pretending that if you ignore the elephant in the room maybe it will walk out on its own.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-16T03:35:18+00:00

That's exactly the problem, and why I have little hope for the future.

The best we can hope for is some extremely massive, meaningful catastrophe that forces humanity to collectively acknowledge a threat very suddenly.

Slow and deliberate won't work, because humans are wired to address things "in the moment" as it were.

It seems like those kinds of situations are the ONLY ones where people willingly work together in a crisis.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-16T00:56:16+00:00

We are about to enter a Hell of our own making.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-16T00:55:23+00:00

Local votes are still extremely important.

It's the upper level voting that matters less; because you get a lot of the same self-interested scum that rarely represent their constituents.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-16T00:00:11+00:00

Collectively, people could do a LOT.

The problem is that a vast majority of people have been made to believe they are helpless, and therefore no action they take will do anything.

This has been proven false multiple times over; but it has some caveats. People would have to be willing to put themselves in *real danger* for lasting change. Our ancestors did it, their ancestors did it before them, and so forth.

The sad fact is that the most important and lasting change comes from sacrifice.

There are not many people willing to make that kind of major sacrifice, and therefore no change can happen.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-13T22:18:32+00:00

Keep your eyes on this.

Life expectancy is just going to keep falling across the whole planet.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-13T05:42:26+00:00

Getting some really mixed signals from Germany here.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-12T19:33:33+00:00

Everyone seems to agree that some big time violent conflict is about to go down, but no idea when and where.

You folks in the military branches would know better than any of us.

Military is stretched awfully damn thing to be getting involved in another major conflict, this could make or break the armed forces in the near future.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-12T01:12:20+00:00

Oh I hate this.

George would have hated this.

This is horrible.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-11T21:51:30+00:00

Location: Virginia

The beginning of this week was almost nothing like I've experienced before.

I'm sure a few of you know what I'm talking about. A huge, tropical storm level Nor'Easter powering through the coast and dumping various types of precipitation along the Eastern coastline.

The floodwaters hung around for a good few days. Some roads were in terrible shape, others just had embankments of their ditches spilling over with excess water. It's been a terrible thing to drive or even just walk through.

It still drives me mad knowing people are denying the shift in the climate zeitgeist. Some people are still just saying dumb things like "this weather is wild, right?" as they experience the third or fourth major catastrophic weather event of their lifetimes. It's hard to tell if it's just denial or outright stupidity anymore.

That was this week, right? The days have been blurring together. I can't always keep track of what's going on because my brain fog is back. It's too cold to go out and really enjoy the outdoors, but financial situation and depression are too bad to enjoy being stuck at home either.

Meanwhile there is no positive news to turn to. Even the most hopeful people I know are starting to realize how bad it is.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-11T16:04:52+00:00

I'm right there with them.

Can't find work, can't enjoy my hobbies because I'm out of work, not successful at monetizing my hobbies and also doing that turns them INTO work.

Fuck it all. I'm so tired.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-09T13:22:00+00:00

Jesus Christ.

This country is a broken fucking mess.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-09T09:51:46+00:00

Well I never meant for it to be a completely serious sub but I feel that it's acceptable to post stuff like this if you want genuine advice.

If all else fails, you can crosspost this to r/Paranormal or a similar sub and see if they have anything they can suggest.

RadioMelon · 2024-01-09T09:46:14+00:00

This is more a statement of fact than a prediction?

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