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Please remain calm.

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Please remain calm.

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MetroExodus2033@reddit

I’m just trying to live my best life until it all collapses around us. And by “best life,” I’m not climbing Everest naked or riding a whale through the ocean. I mean I’m sitting on my couch eating potato chips, and playing Elden Ring.
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t4tulip@reddit

I’m getting an art degree for this reason, fuck it
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

I’ve got two. Lmao
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t4tulip@reddit

BRETHREN
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SUBRE@reddit

I’ve been travelling a lot, visiting a lot of costal places around the world
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Cobrawine66@reddit

Isn't this what has helped us get to this point?
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SUBRE@reddit

You’re 100% correct, but I’m gonna enjoy life while I can cuz the only way this will change is through drastic systemic changes.
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Cobrawine66@reddit

That's what the other people said too.
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Creative-Picture-196@reddit

lol
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baconraygun@reddit

I was playing with the NOAA sea level rise function the other day, and planned at least 3 trips to state parks that will become State Ocean soon enough.
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DynastyZealot@reddit

Same. Seeing everything one last time is saddening, but I do enjoy teaching my family about how it was in the beforetimes.
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Lyaid@reddit

Same. I was determined to visit Venice now before the damage got any worse. It was truly beautiful and I’m so grateful and happy I got to see it, but it was honestly a chilling experience to witness the water bubbling up through the floor grates in St. Marc Square.
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alaskadronelife@reddit

Me but playing TLOU2 for the 4th time.
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LTPRW420@reddit

TLOU is a GOAT video game series, so insanely good, especially for apocalypse truthers like us.
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CobblerLiving4629@reddit

How is it for non-gamers? I couldn’t use a real gaming controller for the life of me, but I do enjoy playing Civilization (no coincidence that game stops at 2050)
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-Psychonautics-@reddit

Despite what others have said, the gameplay is brain-dead easy. It is my favorite game of all time, and it is very polished and approachable gameplay-wise. The AI enemies are very easy to deal with, as the mechanics don’t change much throughout the game. It’s the only game I’ve ever beaten on the hardest possible difficulty, using mostly bricks and bottles the whole time. It’s really about the story.
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LTPRW420@reddit

Oh it would be hard, even on the easiest setting for a non-gamer. It’s suppose to be the post apocalypse, so resources are extremely scarce in the game.
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CobblerLiving4629@reddit

Rats. I really loved the HBO series and assume the original games were even better. I’ll have to give it a shot.
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phish_phace@reddit

Yeah, def throw it on easy mode!
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LTPRW420@reddit

I play on the hardest difficulty where resources are very scarce, so there’s situations where I’ll have like four bullets left and six enemies running at me the same time and all you can do is run, it’s unbelievably intense.
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intergalactictactoe@reddit

Just set it on easy mode. Zero shame in that. You can always turn up the difficulty if you find it not challenging enough to keep you engaged. You'll still have the story and the gorgeous apocalyptic scenery to enjoy.
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

Dude. Thatisthemostdepressinggameintheentirefuckinguniversewhy??
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jonnyinternet@reddit

Me, but I'm naked doing this
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bokehbaka@reddit

Am I doing it wrong if I'm play Fallout 4? It's not a great distraction from the end tbh
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TokenfromSP@reddit

Both of those are great games. We are getting some 🔥 rpgs the second half of 2023 too!
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merlore8@reddit

I'm playing project zomboid. You do whatever makes you happy!
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notislant@reddit

Lol two apocalypse games before the apocalypse!
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The_MeganReed@reddit

make it 3, im on rimworld
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Mint_Julius@reddit

Best zombie apocalypse survival game ever
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free_dialectics@reddit

I wish we would get a zombie apocalypse IRL, would definitely speed things up a bit.
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PuddlesIsHere@reddit

U and me both!
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zkJdThL2py3tFjt@reddit

ZombiU, FTW!
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Sad_Cabinet_6349@reddit

I just started playing the original fallout game on steam today!
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Pxnoo@reddit

Check out The Long Dark
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pm_dm@reddit

Or combine the two, and play the Fallout 4 Frost mod.
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quietlumber@reddit

I find New Vegas and the heat of the Mojave is a better reminder of the current situation:)
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tordek885@reddit

Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter
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TipsyTafel815@reddit

Nuclear winter wonderland 🎅❄️☢️
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Sirspeedy77@reddit

4d experience - VR headset, New Vegas and open windows and turn on oscillating fans! I'm in.
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Fr33_Lax@reddit

I'm running through rage 2 again, post apocalyptic is something to dream about at least.
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Brigadier_Beavers@reddit

Play in VR and then youre basically practicing for retirement.
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run_free_orla_kitty@reddit

Omg, lol, great idea!
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Emotional-Catch-2883@reddit

Look at it this way, its good practice for what's probably coming.
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designer_of_drugs@reddit

WTF - why did no one tell me riding a whale through the ocean was an option?
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

Only a select few are worthy of this knowledge!
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visitprattville@reddit

Wearing an Elden ring.
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whim-bird@reddit

Same. Don't have much but am in relative peace with the simple life. I miss Elden Ring. Trying my hand at RDR2 because the only noticeable 'tech' is the telegraph lines in the country. Saint Denis is the only place in the game with smoke stacks. Takes place in 1899.
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baconraygun@reddit

I love the fact that you can just wander and set up camp any place you please. Now everyone wants a permit and a $40 nightly fee.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

I finished RDR2 for the first time right before I began playing Elden Ring. I loved blasting up trains while wearing legendary gator skin attire and a pig mask. Lol
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Agent0mega@reddit

Finished the last two seasons of The Walking Dead and started the new series Dead City. New York in ruins is oddly comforting.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

Is Dead City good?
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Agent0mega@reddit

I only watched the first two episodes out of six, so I can't say yet. So far the plot is plausible, there's plenty of Nicotero gore and general "ruined city" doom porn, so I am enjoying it.
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Dr_Henry-Killinger@reddit

Aw man I love Elden Ring like at least we got to experience the height of videogames before it all goes down. Shadows of Erdtree can’t come soon enough. Can’t wait for Armored Core 6 either.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

Are those DLCs? I’m new to Elden Ring so I don’t know if it has DLCs yet.
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fsalese@reddit

Half-Life Black Mesa is def bucket list material.
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LTPRW420@reddit

I got high af last week and bought Pikmin 4, the game honestly slaps, this year has been amazing for video games. All I keep thinking is that all this shit will be gone someday, possibly soon, so enjoy it while it’s here.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

It’s been a great couple of years for games. People complaint a lot on the gaming subs, but I play to a of great stuff. Especially some AA and indie publishers. Lots of material for the oncoming collapse!
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BadAsBroccoli@reddit

Just our luck, the electricity will be the first to go, due to A/C overload.
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grayspiral@reddit

Board games! Card games! Books! Without even trying, my partner and I have enough of each to enjoy the entirety of an apocalypse.
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Shilo788@reddit

I play with friends near my camp up north. They are old time Mainers and can play cards and board games for hours. Simple pleasures. I have nothing but four chairs and a folding table to sit at in the middle of a small cabin and a couple solar lanterns or my coleman but we have fun. They put aside the cards last night to shell fresh peas for dinner and slice radishes while I grilled chops. Took some measures for future cabinets and critiqued my fishing tackle for good measure. No body was on the phone but we are older country folk so this is normal. I laugh cause we are seniors but still get in the truck and explore the dirt roads, they know all the good spots and their idea of a good road is pretty edgy. If gas gets tight, I guess I will go back to horses as I rode and drove for decades until my 60s. Just stick with small draft instead of my big boys I logged with. My daughter would go crazy up here without her global network. But it's a different time for her.
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Evil_Mini_Cake@reddit

Make sure you have a generator and lots of fuel. How much solar coverage would you need to keep playing?
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

The question is why you are not living your best life instead of wasting your energy on playing computer games? There is still a lot of amazing stuff to see out there before it all goes. This is the doomer attitude that is being upvoted so much here and is so popular. Go out and enjoy because it's still all out there.
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AtitanReddit@reddit

You: "Why don't you guys just stop being so poor and travel to see the world" It's this out of touch mentality that got everyone in this mess in the first place.
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lowplaces10@reddit

It's only a waste of energy playing computer games, to people who think it's a waste of energy playing computer games. There isn't a big bag of Meaning and Value. You go out and enjoy yourself iff that is what you value. In the end, the gamer and explorer will rot in the ground with absolute biological equality.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

> In the end, the gamer and explorer will rot in the ground with absolute biological equality. Yes, but the explorer will not be the one dooming or acting as if we are already living in the Fallout game universe because the world maybe collapsing but is by far not yet collapsed and one should make use of it. You can still game in a silo but you will NOT be able to experience the amazing nature that is still around you for long. In this sense, gaming is an absolutely ridiculous waste of energy now because it is conducive to constant dooming.
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SlashYG9@reddit

How can so much absurdity be packed into such a short paragraph?
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

It's pure logic, dear. Sorry to disturb your depressive bubble.
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Dr_Henry-Killinger@reddit

You might want to look up how to make logical arguments because you’re confusing logic with logical fallacy.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

Ayn thing that disturbs my bubble is a logical fallacy.
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Dr_Henry-Killinger@reddit

You use the like the ten most popular logical fallacies as your main form of argument lol. You’re not breaking open any bubbles just proving how cloudy your own is.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

Funny how you attack my "logical fallacies" yet you keep silent on the entire sub of collapse dooming away into infinity based on a very troubled user base projections of their own problems in life.
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Dr_Henry-Killinger@reddit

Verbose.
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SlashYG9@reddit

Classic example of mistaking opinion for fact.
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mountainbrewer@reddit

You assume that people value the same thing. Or that there is a hierarchy in enjoyment.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

Logically if the nature won't be there soon but computer games will, the nature should be enjoyed first and it's the nature - not computer games - that is wired directly to our genes to make us well and comforted.
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mountainbrewer@reddit

I understand the logic. It makes sense to me. People are not logical. I have some friends who simply do not like being outdoors. Period. People doing what they want with the time they have is not doomerism. Being logically suboptimal is also not a problem. People are different. Let them be different.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

I'm letting everybody be anything they want. All I'm saying the doomerism here has its origins in the psyches of the majority of users here who refuse to face their own shadows and just externalize their depressions.
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blueberrykindness@reddit

I know explorers that are terribly anxious and depressed and gamers who are… well, the gamers are also terribly anxious and depressed.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

Well said!
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JohnConnor7@reddit

There's people out there you know?
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

Dude, it was a joke. You can’t be reading a paragraph from a random stranger’s comment and then acting like you know what you’re talking about. Lol
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SauerMetal@reddit

I’ll be starting Red Dead 2 this weekend.
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AlcestInADream@reddit

It's a beautiful experience, take your time exploring and taking in the beautiful landscapes :)
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whim-bird@reddit

The first time I found a pickable plant, I swooned. Now it's all I do in RDR2...for now.
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ccnmncc@reddit

This reminds me of my first Easter egg hunt as a child. I was two. All the other kids were older, including my six year old sister. I toddled over to a beautiful cerulean egg lying in the grass just for me. I sat down with it, peeled it and ate it on the spot, my empty basket tossed aside, my mother and sister yelling at me to stop and go find more. I was perfectly happy with my one egg, and it was delicious.
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whim-bird@reddit

That's how I get through life. Treat everything as a wonderful mystery when I can. Especially paths through woods! Easter eggs! The color blue! The sky! Ants! Dusk! Dawn! etc!
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Tumbleweed_Chaser69@reddit

have u tried rdr1? u can also pick up plants and do a lot of cool things in the game- also theres a zombie campaign if u get undead nightmare wth it
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whim-bird@reddit

I'm sick of zombies SO much. Same with werewolves. There better not be either of those in RDR2.
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Kind-Camp6834@reddit

Enjoy! Playing this atm, for I think the 5th time. Beautiful game in every sense. Arthur’s feelings towards the “civilized” world really resonate, especially now.
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space_manatee@reddit

I started this and got hooked and then diablo came out..put...:(
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KerouacsGirlfriend@reddit

Ah ha ha! Same here. “Go out and enjoy yourself!” my friends say. My brother in Christ, this couch *is* my enjoyment.
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MetropolisPt31@reddit

Mario Kart for me. I LOVE Mario Kart. OG since '92.
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HandjobOfVecna@reddit

> I mean I’m sitting on my couch eating potato chips and playing Elden Ring. If I did not need money for food and housing, this is what I would be doing all my waking hours (except different games).
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SettingGreen@reddit

I’m spending every day looking for jobs and stressing out about not having a career and I’m wondering “why?” “Why even bother?”
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Lifesabeach6789@reddit

I play Euchre online. Obsessively. It helps take my mind off things.
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Emotional-Catch-2883@reddit

Nothing wrong with that. Only I'm going to (I hope) be playing Starfield.
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LTPRW420@reddit

I have PS5 fuuuck, sucks we can’t play Starfield.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

I want to play that too. I hope it doesn’t suck!
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batmanineurope@reddit

\*brought to you by capitalism
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slurpyderper99@reddit

That’s right baby! Pursue what makes you feel good, fuck everything else. Embrace nihilism and hedonism
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WeaselStink@reddit

This man knows how to party.
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Tyranid_Swarmlord@reddit

Saem. In the Phillipines, contemplating on waiting for the temporary ban o 5.56 or 7.62 x 39 to being lifted or bite the bullet(lmao) and buy the Sig MpX AR9. Though game-wise, get an Oculus QUest 2 or 3. Super worth.
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ZenApe@reddit

I've climbed mountains and swam with whales. Elden Ring is better.
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MetroExodus2033@reddit

I think I’m addicted to the game. Lol.
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Relevant-Goose-3494@reddit

I have bought a ton of games last couple months and haven’t played like any. Bought off the Microsoft store. Should have bought physical copies but that store is so convenient.
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Sad_Elevator8883@reddit

We really need to enjoy the little things like you said.
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Ultima_RatioRegum@reddit

Samuel Delaney put it best: Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.
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KratosvsZeusManvsGod@reddit

you know how spartans lived in fear of their slaves revolting and destroying their empire but then greece showed up
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Zen_Bonsai@reddit

Hopefully we get to see what akeins look like on the way out!
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Don't get me started. There aren't any aliens. It's a distraction tactic.
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TentacularSneeze@reddit

Can’t be a distraction if no one is paying attention, which they aren’t.
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Highly_Embarrassed@reddit

The governments of the world and elites are sly. They cause a problem and come up with a "solution" to fix said problem. I'm scared to think what they are going to do to make people believe in aliens...
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

\*Pulls a Deus Ex and genetically engineers fake aliens\*
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dadburn@reddit

I wish there was something we could do. That’s what keeps me up at night which causes me to do less than if I had been able to just surrender to the tides and sleep better. I still want to enjoy the end, end thought it may be. Gotta remember, one foot in front of the next. Regardless of the outcome.
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Existentialcrisis25@reddit

I recently cut my hair. I'm going to get my first tattoo. I am starting to do all the things on my bucket list. At this rate I know our time isn't long and I'm going to make the most of this time.
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splodgenessabounds@reddit

R.E.M. [It's The Of The World As We Know It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY)
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rekuliam6942@reddit

Yes, *as we know it*
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splodgenessabounds@reddit

The world that gave me and you and countless others sustenance cannot sustain the demands placed on it.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

Then we either decrease the demands or increase the ability and/or supply
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splodgenessabounds@reddit

We've been increasing supply for decades, all of it beyond the planet's ability to renew those resources we plunder.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

I didn’t say we should use those did I?
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splodgenessabounds@reddit

We are, that's the point.
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LordTurtleDove@reddit

Time I had some time alone... to off myself. Hopefully I won't have to stick around for the shitshow.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

Please don’t do that, you are not a burden and deserve to be here. Please don’t do that
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LordTurtleDove@reddit

It's not about being a burden. It's about not wanting to suffer. Life during and after the collapse will be very difficult. People have every right to choose when they want to go. Please learn to respect their decisions.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

It’s also about mental health and whether or not someone is able to make that decision. It would probably be different in this situation however
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pls_pls_me@reddit

[Try Not to Breathe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokyGRQP0no)
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whim-bird@reddit

I'm going to walk around in the fires, dueling tornados, flamboyantly massive hypercanes, and haboobs saying this peacefully with my arms out-spread while people run around in a raging panic. It'll be funny.
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whim-bird@reddit

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5\_EVbRk\_4&ab\_channel=Channel4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5_EVbRk_4&ab_channel=Channel4) I'll be wearing a dressing gown like Manny from "Black Books"
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AllknowingKelly@reddit

About damn time.
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Bugscuttle999@reddit

Why must I remain calm?
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dumnezero@reddit

It's less blurry
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Bugscuttle999@reddit

Thank you. Good advice.
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KeyArmadillo5933@reddit

“Hey, what can you say? We were overdue But it'll be over soon, just wait Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum”
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DudeManThing1983@reddit

Yes! We are FUUUUUCKED!
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SoloFlighter@reddit

So long and thanks for all the fish!
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rekuliam6942@reddit

You should hear what the lettuce has to say about that though
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MiddleGuidance7003@reddit

Am I the only one who actually looks forward to the end? Like the collapse of society, humans becoming less in numbers, nature reclaiming what belongs to it etc? Surely I can’t be the only one?
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

I don't look forward to it, however it's a punishment we deserve. Unfortunately there will be those in the poorer global south who suffer that didn't deserve this.
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MiddleGuidance7003@reddit

I wouldn’t see it as a punishment more of a cause for our actions - and without a doubt there will be people who tried to live in tandem with nature giving and taking only what they need who don’t deserve it. But a large majority of us do. Unless we’d be okay with no cities, no transport, no plastics the list goes on. Electric vehicles are all good until you look at the amount of cobalt you need to mine to make one battery. It’s just more pollution in another part of the world that us in the west cannot see. (Mainly cause it’s mined in Africa) but ya know 🤷🏼‍♂️ humans will be humans and considering 50% of the world population doesn’t have the capacity for self reflection im honestly not surprised. It’s just crazy at the this point to continue on the path we are on. It benefits no one apart from the majorly wealthy really and even then it doesn’t matter. No one has a spine anymore to stand for something, everyone just cares about their own survival rather than the survival of us all. A ticking time bomb that I can’t wait to see - the fall of modern humanity.
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roblewk@reddit

The end has arrived, or September, whichever comes first. If September wins, we get to ignore this for 9 months. Well, aside from random weather stories from Australia.
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

If September wins, then we all float down here.
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Eatpineapplenow@reddit

I dunno, man. It seems it got some serious traction in the news and SoMe
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massiveboner911@reddit

Meanwhile they expect you to drive through that to go to work
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

How long will it be before a car company produces the fire-proof truck? It'll be made of PFAS soaked asbestos, but you'll still be able to go to work.
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsF5nmwAp3s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsF5nmwAp3s)
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Sharra_Blackfire@reddit

> It'll be made of PFAS soaked asbestos I ugly laughed
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/15c1cac/who_needs_to_worry_about_wildfires_now_suck_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2 I did the meme
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

I've just had an idea for my next meme
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

SS. The end has arrived. Good job I have been vegan for a decade, haven't driven a car for 3 years and shop at a local waste free store, otherwise this could have happened about 30 seconds sooner. Related to collapse because fire makes it difficult to vote for a politician who pretends to do something.
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FillThisEmptyCup@reddit

Assuming it wasn’t sarcasm, how do you manage the car thing? I mostly ride bike, but I still have to kepl my car around for various purposes.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

I live in an inner city in South West England. There are good cycle lanes, bus routes and two train stations. Lots of nearby shops, the doctor's surgery is on my road and a dentist too. Work is about a 20 minute walk.
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BobMonroeFanClub@reddit

You have a DENTIST??
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Yep. My employer pays a private insurance for staff to have free dental care and eye care, you know the luxury parts of the body not covered by the NHS that you use for such frivolous activities such as eating and seeing. It costs £25 a month for them and I pay £12.50 a month. It also includes my wife's eye and dental care too.
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manicpixiedreamsqrll@reddit

You mean your teeth aren’t just luxury bones?? **cries in American**
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

Let them eat Jell-O.
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BobMonroeFanClub@reddit

Ah that explains it. I'm also in the SW and our dentist has just gone 100% private. Won't even see my kids who have been going there since they were babies. Birmingham is the closest NHS dentist I have found.
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JohnnyMnemo@reddit

Aren't Drs refusing to take NHS just the expected response? What's their incentive for taking it at all? The US has similar problems with our closest service to the NHS, Medicaid. While it's publicly funded some Drs just refuse to take it as an insurance because it pays them so much less than if they take private. I suppose taking Medicaid/NHS could be a pre-requisite for accepting public loans for their college...
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baconraygun@reddit

Its such a scam out here, there's one doctor/dentist who takes medicaid, and they keep quitting, so everyone's appointments get cancelled, it takes 6mos to get a new one, they get overloaded and quit, everyone gets their care even further behind...
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Birmingham? Fuck. Brush those teeth every fucking hour dude.
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BobMonroeFanClub@reddit

Exactly why I have a brush and paste by every sink in the house. See a brush? Use it. These teeth got to last another 50 years kids.
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

Next you're going to tell me an actual physician too...
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IRockIntoMordor@reddit

*shocked American noises* Public transport that works??
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

Next you're going to tell me Leprechauns.
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MeenScreen@reddit

In Scotland, where I live, public transport is good. But I do not believe that is the case for the whole of the UK.
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Bigginge61@reddit

Outside of the main citified and large towns public transport is virtually non existent.
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WarGamerJon@reddit

Yeah basically if you live in a city you are sorted , in most towns it’s easy to go to nearest city but gets variably harder to go elsewhere and even then it’s only if you live in the centre of a town. Trains only really useful if your destination is on the same line , because once you start messing with changing trains the cost and time involves start to sky rocket. Geography can make it weird - I can drive to work and it’ll take 15 minutes tops , but if I caught a bus then it’d take nearly an hour due to needing 2 buses and it’d cost me £8 a day with the current capped fares. Or if I want it to be cheaper I can get one bus but that involves a 30 mins walk to a different stop , then 30 mins travelling. And if o find I need any shopping after work then tough luck because it’s not like you ask the bus to idle outside Sainsbury’s whilst you pop in.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

One does not simply take public transportation
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wakeupwill@reddit

It's amazing what you can achieve when you don't build your country around the car.
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Louis_lousta@reddit

Brighton?
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Iwantmoretime@reddit

Our cargo e bike has been an absolute game changer. We use it for things we used to take a car, like grocery shopping. Close enough to bike to, but now we have the carrying capacity.
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Bigginge61@reddit

I’m Vegan not for the fate of humanity but for knowing no animal will suffer pain fear and a brutal death on my behalf. I feel in the little time I may have left it’s the least I can do…
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fedeita80@reddit

I am a farmer and I grow legumes and cereals. You can't imagine how many animals get killed by combine harvesters when it is harvest time. All kinds of birds, small mammals and insects get killed as they are too slow to escape. Makes me sad every time
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5A704C1N@reddit

There was a report that came out years ago stating this but it was eventually debunked and retracted by the author. Lots of anti-vegan activists still cite it (even though the bulk of farming exists to prop up animal agriculture). Interesting to hear your antidote as the other side of the argument says that small animals are quick to scurry sensing danger when harvest is near. I sometimes wonder what the actual truth here is, although i still side with causing the least harm.
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fedeita80@reddit

I am not anti vegan. I grow organic farro, lentils and fava for human consumption. Have no idea about studies but it definately is true that lots of creatures die during harvest
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SettingGreen@reddit

That’s because the system was designed around maximizing harvest amounts and profit not really with animals or the ecosystem in mind. That’s not your fault, obviously, but if the systems weren’t designed around strictly profit I’m sure we could design ways to minimize the harm done.
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fedeita80@reddit

Yes, definately I agree. I tend to stop if and when I see a nest, say, and shoo the mother bird away but most people couldn't care less
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SettingGreen@reddit

Nice, there's only so much you can do and you did more than most probably would lol I learned mowing fields for a federal job that starting from the middle and working your way out gives animals warning and pushed them out instead of in, not sure that can work for fields of crop though
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verstohlen@reddit

I feel your pain. I was going to say, I used a paper straw once a few years ago. I mean, I thought about using one. Well okay, I used a plastic one. Guilty as charged. I still think about that day though sometimes, what if.. what if I had used a paper straw instead? It still haunts me to this day, as I gaze out towards the horizon at sunset, the smoky haze of perpetual wildfires turning the orange sunset into a fiery angry red. I cannot help but think, this is my fault.
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SmoothMoose420@reddit

Ya none of that matters. Never did
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Probably true, but at least I don't feel guilty.
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SmoothMoose420@reddit

Why would you? Did you invent any if these systems? Do you maintain these systems? No They made it a culture war. And we all lost
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endadaroad@reddit

Don't worry. This life is only a test. If it were a real life, they would tell us where to go and what to do.
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PianistRough1926@reddit

So…. are you going for a juicy burger to celebrate the end?
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EudoxiaPrade@reddit

When it’s truly the end, eating a cow burger won’t creTe demand for more cow burgers. I don’t think we are quite there yet.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Got a Moving Mountains burger to eat tonight!
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Myth_of_Progress@reddit

>The end has arrived [Cheer up!](https://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/mayan-bar.jpg) ​ >**Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis - Britt Wray** > >The world has ended for many people, many times before. Where are the Mesopotamians? The Mayans? The Easter Islanders? It is certainly too late for them. The endings are ongoing and they occur at different scales. Thinking of what we’re faced with as one big punctuated ending for our species doesn’t only abandon the future, it forsakes the past. As Robert Jay Lifton writes, “Hiroshima was an ‘end of the world’…And yet the world still exists. Precisely in this end-of-the-world quality lies both its threat and its potential wisdom.” We learn from each apocalypse and sensitize ourselves to do better at preventing our worst fears going forward. Fittingly, the Greek root for “apocalypse” means to reveal, lay bare, unveil, or disclose.
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android151@reddit

What happened now?
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satyrcan@reddit

>this could have happened about 30 seconds sooner Grossly overestimating your impact but I hear you.
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RefrigeratorJumpy783@reddit

30 seconds? You've got a big head about your planetary impact.
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dumnezero@reddit

>otherwise this could have happened about 30 seconds sooner. Yeah, but how could you have lived with yourself to see it?
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dumpfist@reddit

*cognitive dissonance*
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dumnezero@reddit

Cognitive dissonance is the pain of those contradicting ideas and sentiments. The problem arises from how people solve cognitive dissonance, and there are several strategies. The one which I find most disturbing is called "compartmentalization" or as I call it *split mind*.
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TheFlabbs@reddit

I feel like nobody is making a problem out of the fact that we’re all going to work in 100 degree weather with public transit often having no air-conditioning It feels increasingly unnatural and inhumane lately, much more than it usually does. Is this really our life? Stuffing ourselves in to heat pockets like sardines to barely get by? When is enough enough?
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Taqueria_Style@reddit

They're going for maximum despair so they can impose Stockholm syndrome, isolate you from everyone, take everything, and claim they're your "family". If they're anything like my workplace. Here's a hint. Buck them on anything or fail to produce at maximum for three weeks and see how much they're your "family".
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zzzcrumbsclub@reddit

When your lifeless sack you call a body is laying on the floor, out of the way of the shareholders.
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T1B2V3@reddit

did you mean feudal lords ?
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zzzcrumbsclub@reddit

Feudal lords ain't got shit on these guys.
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okaythisisalot@reddit

Ugh so true.
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speedspectator@reddit

I have so much anxiety over the environment. It literally keeps me up at night. Reddit is the only place I tell anyone about it. Everyone in my life is just going on with life as usual, making plans as usual. I try to bring it up as a topic of discussion and get brushed off. Maybe they are freaking out too, and no one is saying anything because there isn’t much to do anymore except enjoy life while we can. When I was younger I had an inkling of hope that the world governments and other powers that be would get it together and help change things around, when there was still time. I contributed in all the small ways an individual could. Seeing how COVID just made these companies and governments worse/greedier, I feel hopeless and stuck.
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Rare-Imagination1224@reddit

Same. All of it
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T1B2V3@reddit

you got that funny feeling ?
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

I feel you. I went through that last summer. If it's any consolation, after you accept our fate you can make funny memes about it and enjoy some gallows humour.
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run_free_orla_kitty@reddit

Haha this. Thanks for making this post, it made me literally lol. If I'd seen this maybe a couple or a few years ago, perhaps I would've been depressed. But now I've entered a kind of "fuck it, lol" and "yolo" phase of acceptance about the state of the world and climate change. Speedspectator, this post about the psychology of people dealing with climate change might help: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/climate-crisis-fear-psychology.
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ciaobaby2022@reddit

"We can live beside the ocean, leave the fire behind, swim out past the breakers...watch the world die."
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corusame@reddit

I'll be playing Armored Core 6 next month. It's set in a post apocalyptic and desolate wasteland. Nice to see whats in store for us, besides the 10 meter tall mechs that is.
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BadAsBroccoli@reddit

It's "we will not save you", not "we cannot save you"...
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deinoswyrd@reddit

No, it's "we cannot save you" it's from a bmth song.
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BadAsBroccoli@reddit

My apologies, didn't realize those were lyrics, mine was rich people's intentions.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

True. Although it's far far too late to do anything.
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bountyhunterfromhell@reddit

What's funny is that all the stupid security guards and mercenaries protecting rich people are going to be left behind out of the bunkers or the safest places
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Muzz27@reddit

This reminds me of a piece I read a few years back: https://www.popsci.com/environment/douglas-rushkoff-survival-of-the-richest/ *Why do you think they’re gonna protect you after your money is worthless?” Rushkoff remembers asking his billionaire desert hosts of their private security forces. From there, the men began grasping at straws. “At that point, it was shock collars and guard dogs and combinations to the safes,”*
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FindingLostTime@reddit

Look they have bills to pay.
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ghetto_engine@reddit

this is so fucked up. the world is ending but im still working to pay my bills.
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bountyhunterfromhell@reddit

Yeah, we're really good peasants
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19inchrails@reddit

You still gotta exist. My cynical misanthropy doesn't have the best cash flow on its own. But maybe there's a market for a cheap George Carlin impersonator.
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T1B2V3@reddit

George Carlin was great
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Astrosaurus42@reddit

How cheap we talking?
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Emotional-Catch-2883@reddit

If we had any sense, we would all be told to go home and spend the rest of our time with our families. If I didn't feel like I owed the people around me, I would have walked out of my job by now. The 1% got their money, got their jets, get their mansions, got their yachts, what do they still need us for?
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zzzcrumbsclub@reddit

Spending time at home with their family is what your boss owner is doing.
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turbospeedsc@reddit

To clean, cook, upkeep them up to the last second.
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coopers_recorder@reddit

Won’t change until a large enough group is pushed toward, or decides to try, alternative options. Which will already be far past the too late stage.
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LaughWhileItAllEnds@reddit

You threaten violence against your fellows, you lose your humanity. No sympathy.
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bountyhunterfromhell@reddit

Nah, they probably they do it for fun, enjoying how millions will die because of their actions,
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PushyTom@reddit

Maybe dispose of the rich people and take the bunkers?
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Cyberspace667@reddit

Ha, luckily the security guards and mercenaries will *never* think of that!
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losthalo7@reddit

Macchiavelli warned against the dangers of relying on mercenary troops.
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VeeandtheCat@reddit

I think if I was security with the gun, I know who would be in the bunker
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RoninTarget@reddit

Fortunately for security people, rich are too self-centered to think of that.
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PersiusAlloy@reddit

>left behind out of the bunkers or the safest places Nothing a little home made Thermite couldn't fix.
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dumnezero@reddit

The term is "expendable"
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_PurpleSweetz@reddit

Expendable *and* tactical
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Absolute-Nobody0079@reddit

Let it happen by yesterday
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daytonakarl@reddit

They say the band on the Titanic was playing as the ship sank What will you be listening to as the end arrives "sooner than expected"?
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gggirl98@reddit

This will definitely effect the trout population
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LordTurtleDove@reddit

I picked a shitty time to get into fly fishing. 😂
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faithOver@reddit

How do I know things are getting serious? Serenity is starting to set in. When events get so dire, it becomes a confirmation signal. It will be different for every individual, but 2023 was my signal. Between the Antarctic ice, the Northern Hemisphere Ocean Temperatures, and vast portions of our land base on fire at once, this year was the inflection point for me. Were not making it back. Were not going to pivot. Were not going to act. Were not going to shift culture. I really do believe now the conversation about “stopping climate change” are platitudes at best, and make belief in reality. I think we committed to a inhospitable version of the future.
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Lost_Fun7095@reddit

The end? Relax, it’s just the opening act. We got one helluva ride ahead, you won’t want to miss a moment
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Zaynara@reddit

i've lived in new york for most of my 40 years, never seen smoke from forest fires change the color of the sun at mid day before, but it was a new, interesting experience! May you live in interesting times.
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baconraygun@reddit

I've lived in some part of the PNW for most of my 40+ years, and I saw the smoke change the color of sun at midday ~10 years ago. It has, horrifically enough, become a "normal" thing for me now.
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WileyCoyote7@reddit

<Attention Signal> This is the *USE* of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area, in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities, have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. This IS an emergency, this *ISN’T* a test. We now return you to your regular programming.
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baconraygun@reddit

"And now a word from our sponsor - Riley's Auto parts!"
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StoopSign@reddit

My calmness comes in pill form and lil dropper bottle form. Keeps me nice and even if I make sure to have just enough uppers to not get drowsy. I dunno what level of collapse you're at but that's where I am
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PreciselyWrong@reddit

Could this affect the economy negatively?
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Bigginge61@reddit

Think of Wall Street… As long as they ring their shitty little bell every night clapping sng grinning like demented seals “everything is fine”.
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HumanityHasFailedUs@reddit

Please don’t insult pinnipeds like that.
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Bigginge61@reddit

You are right seal are beautiful intelligent and noble creatures….
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meggachaddd@reddit

Won't anyone think of the GDP!!!
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endadaroad@reddit

Maybe I'll go volunteer at the hospital, they aren't making enough money. That should help.
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MaximinusDrax@reddit

Well, the fires are happening outside, so according to some noble laureate it couldn't affect the GDP by more than 10% (since 90% of economic activity takes place indoors)
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Iwantmoretime@reddit

We will need all WFH employees to return to the office full time as there are no wild fires to impact productivity inside the office.
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noomanoomayeah@reddit

The ever increasing shareholder value can take it.
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anonymousn00b@reddit

Great song. Bad implications.
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s0cks_nz@reddit

The song this quote is taken from is pretty damn cool. Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve
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stupid_little_bug@reddit

An absolute fucking banger. Feels very fitting for these apocalyptic times, hey?
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MeembakkerijEngelBV@reddit

Alot of extreme metalbands scream about collapse related topics, if you need a few let me know <3
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Mr_Cripter@reddit

Please share a few with the class
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Gryphon0468@reddit

The Amity Affliction - Pittsburgh
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Rex-Cheese@reddit

Let the ocean take me
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HaloSlippin@reddit

Tool - Descending Definitely not screamy but still good and collapse related.
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fairly_z@reddit

Some of my favorite extreme bands rn Darko US Enterprise Earth To The Grave Alpha Wolf Brand of Sacrifice Also two classics that should be required listening, As Blood Runs Black’s Allegiance album and just everything by All Shall Perish.
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MeembakkerijEngelBV@reddit

I'll make a post and a longer list but for now: After the burial - collapse Fit for an autopsy - black mammoth (/entire the great collapse album) The acacia strain - the lucid dream
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DaperDandle@reddit

Check out, All Shall Perish - "There is No Business to be Done on a Dead Planet"
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fairly_z@reddit

Every song by ASP actually. Their three albums should be required listening
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_PurpleSweetz@reddit

Fuck yeah deathcore
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apainintheaspartame@reddit

Check out the band Periphery. Like half of their music always, in my opinion somewhat inevitable in today's world, are lyrically themed around the spiritual aspect of a horribly disconnected human race. But finding connection in that lament, it's just a great spectrum of collapse related music.
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HeadbuttWarlock@reddit

I knew my people were in this sub. I freaking love Periphery. Prayer Position and Marigold are two of my favorites of theirs.
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CNCTEMA@reddit

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. "petrodragonic apocalypse" and "infest the rats nest" are both about the consequences of destroying the earths ecosystems
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BigFatDoobieDawg@reddit

Infest the Rat's Nest is my all time favorite album. Metal isn't even their focus. They just kind of tried it and made an absolute masterpiece. imo.
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tinycuz1@reddit

The Devil Wears Prada has made two zombie themed EPs, but a lot of the lyrics in said EPs are about the end of civilization and collapse in general. Definitely worth checking out
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tinycuz1@reddit

Additionally, I would offer you two Meshuggah songs: Future Breed Machine and New Millenium Cyanide Christ. They both are about the future of humanity and collapse/technology taking over.
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designsalt@reddit

The entire of the album A Flash Flood of Colour by Enter Shikari
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buart@reddit

Parkway Drive - Dark Days
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Geenuus@reddit

Lagwagon - Hang
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hellfire_sama@reddit

Cradle of Filth - Suffer our dominion "The ability to sustain life on earth is shrinking in perfect unison with rising population. Soon, half of all species will be lost to climate change and ecological collapse due to human activity. Thus we either reduce our race voluntarily or nature will do it for us, and she will be fucking brutal"
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jatowi@reddit

Wastage, seven billion reasons why, ecocide, miserable summer and nearly every other song by To The Grave treat this topic
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SychoNot@reddit

“Fatal”-Year of the Knife (so good) “All Hope is Gone”-Slipknot “The Product is You”-Incendiary
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nukasev@reddit

Cattle decapitation - pretty much all of their discography, especially the latest three albums
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BeetsBy_Schrute@reddit

Nightmare by Polaris released yesterday. All about collapse. https://youtu.be/v_XhxONGEJc The chorus: We’re living in a nightmare. A pre apocalyptic wasteland. Is there no one who can save us if we refuse to save ourselves? Our best intentions paved our path to hell.
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HaloSlippin@reddit

That Polaris song is so fucking good. I’ve listened to it like 6 times this morning. That break down after “somebody kick the chair and fucking wake me up” gives me chills. Thank you so much for this recommendation. Been going through a tough time lately and music is such an awesome release.
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BeetsBy_Schrute@reddit

You’re very welcome. It’s helping me too. Also been going through a dark time. Keep your head up and reach to those around you or on here for a shoulder. And give Polraris’s first album The Mortal Coil a listen. A perfect album with their follow up The Death of Me also being great. If you haven’t heard The Dark Pool by Thornhill, also a 10/10 album front to back. And my favorite band Invent, Anímate put out a 10/10 album with Heavener this year. Hope things improve and get better, my friend
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LittleMissMothra@reddit

Not metal buts it's an amazing song, Carbon by VNV Nation "I can't see this all as progress How did we come this far? When we see ourselves as deities Claiming nature for ourselves By our actions we betray The instincts in our race By our blindness and stupidity We kill everything"
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ListenToKyuss@reddit

The entire discography of King Gizzard and the Lizard wizard. If you want to stay in the metal lane, the albums 'Infest the Rat's nest' and 'Petrodragonic Apocalyps' would be perfect. Also the song 'Gaia' from the Omnium Gatherum album is great
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peantbuterjelly@reddit

Gojira- Amazonia
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WigginTwin@reddit

Damn, you weren't kidding. This song GOES HARD.
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s0cks_nz@reddit

Very much. Also the butterflies in your chest song.
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Gryphon0468@reddit

Amazing song.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

The whole EP is brilliant. Their best work imo.
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ImperfectDice@reddit

I literally just commented that they would make great lyrics too. I'll have to check this out thanks lmao
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greatunknownpub@reddit

Just saw them play last week, fantastic show.
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CozySweaterWeather@reddit

Save us - Atreyu is also a collapse related banger
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mmofrki@reddit

The Cataclysm is upon us. I will now use focus instead of mana for some reason.
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deinoswyrd@reddit

Ah yes, bring me the horizon.
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logri@reddit

Just think about how many generations of people lived without even knowing what the Fermi Paradox or a Great Filter was. We get to see first hand as we ram our planet headfirst into that wall.
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Eatpineapplenow@reddit

pretty sure this is not it. Could have been avoided relatively easy
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RoninTarget@reddit

Eh, the lead pipe theory of Roman Empire collapse would argue otherwise. Lead toxicity was well known in ancient Rome, but, making pipes to transport drinking water around out of toxic waste was cheaper, and more profitable for already rich owners of silver mines.
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_SeaOfTroubles@reddit

So there’s definitely no need to save up for retirement, I guess
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

I stopped my retirement contributions years ago
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ImperfectDice@reddit

These would make great lyrics
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

It's from Parasite Eve by Bring Me The Horizon.
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WigginTwin@reddit

Oh, thank god. I've been waiting. I'm glad I was born in 1986 to see this all go down at a nice middle-ish age. I've kicked all my substance addictions and worked out all my ego bullshit. Now I have a perfectly clear view of the present. I'm fucking stoked. LET'S GO!!!
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Get back on those addictions bud.
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Mr_Cripter@reddit

It's my fault, I forgot to separate the waste recycling last Tuesday.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

No, no, no, I am responsible. I put the heating on for a few hours in January. I'm sorry everyone.
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TastelessMaybe@reddit

It’s okay, the aliens are here you save us. Didn’t you get the memo?
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Kumacyin@reddit

i think you misread the memo, the aliens are here to save the earth... *from* us
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awpod1@reddit

No no it’s my fault, my husband insists that he can’t sleep unless the house is at least 71 degrees at night in the summer. We tried installing solar panels to compensate but there has been no sun because of all of the wild fire smoke.
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pls_pls_me@reddit

Only 20 more years until those solar panels pay for themselves and its carbon budget. You did the right thing!
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BeetsBy_Schrute@reddit

Wait until you find out that about 93% of everything that gets put into recycling bins still goes to landfills anyway.
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Mr_Cripter@reddit

Or that all recycled plastic only gets recycled once or twice before becoming useless, so all plastic recycling is a scam.
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killerqueen1010@reddit

Or that black plastic can't be recycled, and that most microplastics in the atmosphere are a direct result of the recycling process.
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BeetsBy_Schrute@reddit

Which then still goes to a landfill in the end
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LittleMissMothra@reddit

Or gets shipped to another continent to become someone else's problem
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TheHistorian2@reddit

You monster!
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SeveralDrunkRaccoons@reddit

Please shelter in place.
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obeythegiant@reddit

Never thought I would see Bring Me The Horizon used as a meme caption on r/collapse lol.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Surprised it's taken this long. Ollie Sykes is a doomer. He might even be on this sub.
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SettingGreen@reddit

Sup Ollie
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Malcolm_Morin@reddit

This is the moment you've been waiting for. Don't call it a warning. ***This is a war.***
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Resource-Flat@reddit

I am trying to have a t-break and this ain’t helping
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Thestartofending@reddit

The end has just started.
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futurefirestorm@reddit

The only good thing is timing. The process can take years or even decades and we will suffer through bad and terrible times but there will also be ok times. Life will be much different than today but there will still be good times especially at the beginning of the Collapse.
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Iwantmoretime@reddit

This has been my line of thought. We (my family) will make the most of what we have. We will always be able to find moments of joy and happiness even if all we have is each other's companionship.
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KerouacsGirlfriend@reddit

That sounds like a song lyric and now my brain won’t stop singing it over and over.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

It is. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GbiB9BBs_qk&feature=share
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KerouacsGirlfriend@reddit

Lol THANK YOU.
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LTlurkerFTredditor@reddit

Is that Canada? These days, much of the world looks like a special effect from a 1990s disaster movie.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Dixie fire in Cali
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Iwantmoretime@reddit

Life boats are for oligarchs and oil Barron's first. Please form an orderly line and if there is room AND you have an ability to serve those first class passengers, maybe you can be saved
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MattR9590@reddit

I actually like this. Now ones coming to save any of us so enjoy however much time you have left to the best of your ability.
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josh11ch@reddit

Are we there yet?
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LittleMissMothra@reddit

Don't make me turn this car around!
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moonlitmistral@reddit

we get there when we get there.
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Lady_MoMer@reddit

I listen to that song, really loud, every time I'm in public. I LOVE that song. What a funny coincidence. Gotta make memes for Fall Into Sleep and The Vengeful One now. They've got the same message. I take full advantage of every opportunity I get to play these for everyone to hear. 😁😁 because they need to hear it
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al-lat@reddit

That sub is cringe
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Dude, you commented on the wrong sub.
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RedRocksHigh@reddit

Almost as cringe as ecosystem collapse. 😎🫰
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RadioMelon@reddit

There's a lot I wish I could have done before we got to this point. But honestly? I realize there are a ton of other people with regrets and missed opportunities so I'm not the only one.
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SpaceHorse75@reddit

It’s going to be awful but it brings me some comfort to know it will be even worse for the idiots who are having 6 kids and believing in a Republican Jesus.
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Asiatore@reddit

I didn’t know god was playing Project Wingman.
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DocFGeek@reddit

Not everyone gets to see the apocalypse happen in real time. Live a life of being the prettiest flower on the last burning branch of the tree of all life on Earth. 🔥🔥✌️😌🌺🤙🔥🔥
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zwojka_zieloneczka@reddit

BMTH?
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Yarp. Parasite Eve from Post Human Survival Horror. Absolute banger of an EP
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zwojka_zieloneczka@reddit

🖤✨
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thesourpop@reddit

Go to work tomorrow! Pay your bills! Keep consuming!
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jpkmets@reddit

They Live was a documentary on the down low
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CobblerLiving4629@reddit

Of all the casual fridays, today is one I’m really looking forward to.
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Ferrus90@reddit

Which of the fires is that? Come to think of it we should probably start naming them to make it easier in the fut... oh yeah nevermind
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

The Dixie fire.
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Ferrus90@reddit

Thanks
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

Also, how fucked are we when we have to ask? There are so many.
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rekuliam6942@reddit

Exactly, same with hurricanes and mass shootings
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Last_Jury5098@reddit

What is crazy to me is the recent polarization when it comes to the potential future of our civilization. On one hand there are the increasingly worrying climate developments. And on the other hand there are things like the development of AI and now possibly super conductors at room temperature and pressure. Potential positive and potential negative factors are both becoming more and more extreme. As if we are heading for some sort of (anti?) climax.
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_PurpleSweetz@reddit

We’re a movie for aliens
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EHainesReddit@reddit

"Parasite Eve" by BMTH, its a jam.
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Bellybutton_fluffjar@reddit (OP)

The whole EP is a banger.
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Danielwols@reddit

🥳🥳🥳🥳
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BillazeitfaGates@reddit

😍
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FlowerDance2557@reddit

Wait it’s friday already? My unemployed ass thought it was tuesday.
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Slight-Ad5043@reddit

This is the climate war before the great reset. It's the age of Aquarius
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collapse-ModTeam@reddit

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alaskadronelife@reddit

Where’s my fire slide??
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jigsaw153@reddit

Pour yourself a long whiskey, sit back and remember the good times.....
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StatementBot@reddit

The following submission statement was provided by /u/Bellybutton_fluffjar: --- SS. The end has arrived. Good job I have been vegan for a decade, haven't driven a car for 3 years and shop at a local waste free store, otherwise this could have happened about 30 seconds sooner. Related to collapse because fire makes it difficult to vote for a politician who pretends to do something. --- Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/15bp7jf/please_remain_calm/jtrr99q/
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wadejohn@reddit

Give me all your money:-p
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