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77 points

We’re so fucked lol.

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I’m going to be a dad in a few weeks. 🥲 (Feel free to dunk on me with the inevitable 'why?'s, and ‘did you live under a rock?’ I can’t feel any worse anymore anyway 🤗)

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I chose not to have kids. You can have my carbon offset.

Individual guilt for systemic problems plays well to the elites (ultra-wealthy). Unless you’re a billionaire. Then I want my offset back.

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14 points

I also don’t have kids so have my carbon offset as well

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20 points

Mine is 7 months old now. I felt the same. Just wait, you’ll likely feel that it was the best thing you ever did. Your kid may be the one to drive some positive change. Just do the best you can and give yourself some grace.

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10 points

Yes everyone should use this logic. Your kid might be the one, have 10 to increase your odds!

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14 points

Good luck to you and yours. I sincerely hope we’re wrong about how bad we think it’s going to get in the next 50 years.

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2 points

You wrote hope but that message can go either way

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Human problems have human solutions.

Renewables are already cheaper than fossil fuels, it just takes time for the economics to shake out.

Plenty of jobs in a clean economy as well.

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…it just takes time…

Yeah, that’s the thing the scientists are saying we’re running out of though.

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7 points

I thought you said you are going to be dead in a few weeks. Then I reread it, and still pretty much think the same.

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13 points

Meh, humanity is getting what it deserves. We literally did this to ourselves.

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26 points

*Corporations and billionaires did this

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**With a large amount of consent from the governed.

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We deserve it.

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