u/iamnogenius

This has always been in short supply, especially for politicians

Yeah we're saved ! Thank you kind person ! 😄 It would be funny if it was not how a lot of people actually think unfortunately

You're far from being the oldest virgin in this sub I'd say. It's not too late but it gets gradually harder the older you get

That's true but to some extent considering the distance and amount of resources of the galaxy, mastering interstellar travel would put the concerns about not being sustainable faaaaar away in the future.

Now don't get me wrong it's precisely this mindset that put us in the situation we're in now but it would (I think) be good to have.

I also don't think that it's a good strategy though. And I'm not even sure the colonization of Mars is thought as a real endeavor to not depend on Earth anytime soon anyway. So it would just mean that after Earth collapses and is not able to deliver supplies to Mars anymore they'll be doomed (and even worse for them as the whole planet is not habitable as the Earth on the first place as you said).

I really like your 'hidden' meaning of this phrase and the fact that people most likely rush for the second interpretation probably shows how fucked we are because it does not even occur to them that there might be another explanation.

Totally. And it made me realize that this probably mean that he's not the type of personality that I would admire the most. Ozzie on the other hand seems like a genuinely nice guy.

This made me laugh more than it should have 😂

To be honest the instructions were not that clear.

They did try to shorten the length by using Spee instead of Speed though. That makes it really hard to understand, I'd prefer if they didn't do that

Yes I feel like that at times. You'd like to share that for once you're feeling good but there's no one to do it with. I'm wondering if in the end it can desensitize you to 'good' feelings as there's basically no difference compared to when you have a negative mood.

That's exactly what I fear will happen if I get there. But I'm also wondering what will happen at my wedding (not that I will ever get one): she'd better have some friends because I won't be bringing much of them lol

It's like they have a head start of people they can reach out to and somehow we didn't get on the list when this was defined

And as it's the only experience we ever had, we don't have any other comparison point and explore a lot of alternate scenario for how it could have played out. I have regular dreams of various situations involving the only girl I somewhat felt close to and me falling in love in different ways. I'm not even sure she remembers I exist lol

In your case living close by even now seems like even more of a recipe to never move on (not meant in a bad way btw).

The human being wants to live in comfort. The more is available, the more we want. This includes preparing for the future and keeping some stuff for the bad days.

I think when we started to stop being nomads is when it took a turn for the worst. While we were nomads it meant there was a limit to what we could accumulate but with a fixed settlement we could hoard more and more.

From there there's no real stopping to the accumulation, and the more accumulation there is the more opportunities there are for people to figure out even more powerful ways to gather things.

And there can never be enough preparation so people keep accumulating. It's not necessarily bad but as others said, it can't be sustained if we're several billions.

Hence the collapse for lack of realization that there's such a thing as 'enough'.

That's exactly what I'm struggling with. Like what does it take for people to want to do things with you ? If 'amazing person' is not enough to get that then what ? You have to be a 'amazing super duper extra cool guy' ? Most likely they're just being polite but then what do we have to change ??

Yeah it's really scary at first I thought I was reading my life description 😅

This is very relatable. I feel like whenever you have to interact with people you have to put a mask of positiveness and 'oh that's interesting'-ness so that you don't appear as a cynical uninterested brat. But man is this exhausting.

I mean if in any relationship you have to pretend 24h/day that you're positive then it must be exhausting and if at some point you can let out your pessimistic self and it's okay then why bother in the first place putting this happy facade ?

That's something I don't get.

Yeah but amazing technology is on the way, which will surely allow us to have infinite energy for free and then it will be used to cure cancer, and also get rid of poverty and... Oh nevermind we're dead

Yeah I'm not desilusional though and I know that it has a veeery small impact but I can think of individual actions that can surely contribute a lot to the +8. So I'd rather do the very little I can to prevent the +8 scenario.

I totally agree with you that in the end it will probably account for nothing though

I totally second that. The alternative to say 'I give up' kinda assumes that you don't care at all about the situation. But +3 or +8 degrees is clearly not the same and you'll live through it anyway. So what's the point ? The point is to avoid facing +8 degrees no matter how small your contribution

That's some productive way to turn frustration into something else. Nicely done

Rejecting a person just because they have a medical condition is wrong to me

I'm curious about this one. I totally understand why it is wrong to reject a person having a medical condition for a job for example (because it's not linked to one's ability to do something in general) but I wouldn't know how to justify the fact that it's wrong for personal liking. I mean would you also say it's wrong for someone to dislike someone that is overweight/wear glasses/is redhead/etc just for that (I'd say probably yes)? It is a matter of personal preference right ?

I'd love to have some ideas on how to justify that because I'm probably just missing something obvious.

Joke's on you I love waiting endlessly in the bed wondering if I will ever find somebody that you just tolerate me. I'm gonna go cry in a corner now don't mind me

Wait do you mean I'll actually have to change my lifestyle for collapse to not happen ? Isn't it enough of other people do it and I can just keep on living as I want ? That would be much easier.

I got rid of compilation errors by uninstalling the compiler. Works wonders

We'll just build the seawalls a bit higher right boys ? That should compensate. This and a little air conditioning and we'll be just fiiiiine.