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Jedi Guy

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15. And this is why I'm glad my wife and I don't have kids.

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 05:24 PM

Dec 2018

The world is going to hell in a handbasket, and climate change, terrifyingly, is just one facet of the coming disruption. The next few decades are not going to be much fun.

I'm with you. I have no desire to live in a Mad Max hellscape. I've played the Fallout games, and the Metro games, and plenty of other post-apocalyptic games. It makes for interesting fiction, but it's somewhat chilling when you realize just how close we are to that being our reality, rather than an entertaining fiction. How many close calls have we had with nuclear weapons?

I'll be 40 next year, and at this point, I'm just grateful that I had 40 good years before the rollercoaster ride to the Thunderdome really cranks up.

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David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon [View all] Equinox Moon Dec 2018 OP

has somebody told Trump about this? CTyankee Dec 2018 #1

Never thought I would be happy about no grandkids.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #4

Same here. Duppers Dec 2018 #17

David A. is one of the most respected leaders in conservation that there is now a days and folks ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #2

With our failure to be good stewards to the planet, Submariner Dec 2018 #3

We will never hit 10 Billion... Moostache Dec 2018 #7

As much as I'd like to argue Charlotte Little Dec 2018 #8

I totally Delphinus Dec 2018 #14

And this is why I'm glad my wife and I don't have kids. Jedi Guy Dec 2018 #15

Planet is past limits now dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #16

republican lies about climate chaos are profoundly dangerous Achilleaze Dec 2018 #5

in 2000, Al Gore lost the overall electoral college vote in a rigged and illegal election.... olddad56 Dec 2018 #6

When I was in my 40s, Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #9

Go vegan, BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #10

Or even better, you could not have kids. The_jackalope Dec 2018 #12

Huge difference between vegetarian and vegan BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #13

Huge difference in not procreating at all Duppers Dec 2018 #18

I know BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #20

A 70x difference? The_jackalope Dec 2018 #31

I am vegan and childless. Quemado Dec 2018 #28

Then you are a far better person than I. The_jackalope Dec 2018 #32

Your forebears ate much, much less animal products athena Dec 2018 #35

Am I the only one who is fed up with sanctimonious vegans ? Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #21

You sound like a republican. BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #22

You're new here, but try hard not to judge people you don't know. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #23

According to you BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #24

It's unfortunate that you took that so personally. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #26

You sound like you don't Haggis at all. marble falls Dec 2018 #38

Isn't it interesting, athena Dec 2018 #34

It is quite interesting BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #37

Even Politically -Far right is on the rise in many parts of the world. 'Jew' is used as a slur in Le Gaucher Dec 2018 #11

We indeed are. Duppers Dec 2018 #19

Agree, sorry to say. Overwhelming but reality. appalachiablue Dec 2018 #27

Well said. This rise of the noisy Far-Right, attacks appalachiablue Dec 2018 #25

If we are facing climate-change armageddon True Dough Dec 2018 #29

Well great. underpants Dec 2018 #30

Isn't it? Seriously depressing. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2018 #33

Thank goodness I have BBC World News channel Jimbo S Dec 2018 #36