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[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 53 points 2 months ago

I am also unsure if the world is ending. The last generation of humans may already be alive. They may already be adults with college degrees. Mad Max is fine to watch on screen, but would be a horrifying reality to live in.

I do not want to subject people to the upcoming WW3.

[-] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

Humanity is going to survive, perhaps in small isolated pockets that never reach the potential capitalism squandered.

That being said, if I were to have a kid I’d be taking on the burden of finding a way to set them up for a good life. I don’t see a good life in near to mid term future for anyone not extremely lucky in birth circumstance.

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

teahc your children to find water by smell like an antelope

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

The world is closer to ended than ending. More than half of complex macroscopic life is already dead or replaced by monoculture/livestock. Today's fossil record would lbe considered post extinction event to future alien paleontologists.

This is my reasoning too.

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

The last generation of humans may already be alive

Would you mind elaborating?

[-] kittin@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

Some of you are alright don’t come to earth tomorrow

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

dion't buy any green bananas

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

The end of human civilization may be occurring within our lifetime. So children born today may be fighting in wars over water or killed in nuclear attacks twenty years from now. They may not be able to survive these events. Meaning, they won't have children of their own.

If the damage is severe enough, the human population might bottleneck to where we won't have enough genetic diversity to repopulate the earth. Sort of like how cheetahs are going extinct because they're all born with the same genetic disorder and there aren't any cheetahs without it.

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