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You'll never see it coming (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 161 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm not worried about this specific apocalypse, if only because there is literally nothing that can be done to prevent it nor stop it if it starts.

I'm far more worried about more localized, preventable, human-caused apocalypse like climate or nuclear war.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also, we won't see it coming and won't feel it happen. As far as deaths go, it's about as easy as it gets.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

on the bonus side takes Trump, Elon, Nigel and Tate with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, sure, but everything will cease to exist in a fraction of a second. Singling anyone or anything out seems kind of irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yea but still...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. Same energy as worrying about Earth being hit by a gamma ray burst - 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would be very glad if it was something only destructive to humans, and not the planet(s ecosystems).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The dowvotes signal a trend against misanthropy, which is the only logical conclusion.

Let me test this theory: We are a virus. An STD that is always lethal and should be eradicated for the planet's good.

But also let me quote Dostoyevsky to end my point positively:

“I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy. ... I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The dowvotes signal a trend against misanthropy, which is the only logical conclusion.

Thx, those are surpassingly comforting words, will use them as headcanon in such irl situations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Not all humans are bad and destructive, nor is the collective human race universally destructive. We have saved species from extinction and made great strides to protect ecosystems. Don't damn the lot of us for the crimes of the worst of us.