Some of society's problems that concern you?

malmon wrote

For those of you still using Discord:

I'll forward this to my friends and enemies back in NationStates about it. Thank you for bringing this in even though I never use it.

7 days later

the growing number of authoritarian leaders worlwide is very worrying, specially in this age of nuclear weapons and apocalyptic climate change, something could go wrong very easily and i'd rather not think about the consequences

Tang wrote

the growing number of authoritarian leaders worlwide is very worrying, specially in this age of nuclear weapons and apocalyptic climate change, something could go wrong very easily and i'd rather not think about the consequences

Luckily, total war is bad for commerce, so nukes likely won't play a role in a real-life apocalypse. Climate change is very, very troublesome however. The time for immediate action was... about twenty years ago, now. It's rather telling that this is an expert's best-case scenario for a world just four degrees warmer on average.

Backlash wrote
Tang wrote

the growing number of authoritarian leaders worlwide is very worrying, specially in this age of nuclear weapons and apocalyptic climate change, something could go wrong very easily and i'd rather not think about the consequences

Luckily, total war is bad for commerce, so nukes likely won't play a role in a real-life apocalypse. Climate change is very, very troublesome however. The time for immediate action was... about twenty years ago, now. It's rather telling that this is an expert's best-case scenario for a world just four degrees warmer on average.

Try saying that to the world leaders about where to go no matter what model it shows in the near distant future, they won't even budge about their national immigration policies and would refuse to let anyone flee from climate change, whether they abide by Parisian Climate Accords or not. Even try saying that to the extremely rich they just would not care.
 
On top of that, I bet that some of our most popular crops like bread, beer, coffee, most forms of livestock and almost all fish due to increased acidity in the oceans are already at risk long before this. The sea levels would have already claimed some low-lying areas by then, including where the Internet sits on, in a vulnerable area. If nukes are not going to be used, then we still have to deal with space weather, in particular another Carrington event from our sun or another big rogue asteroid. Even a very slight change of what happens to Earth can definitely mess up our communications and societal order, especially the lengthy heat waves, increased tidal surge height, and stronger storms.
 
In fact, some countries e.g. Norway and China right now are not abiding the Climate Accords in secret, proven that treaties like this cannot be fully trusted. We had opted out already from the get-go since Trump's inauguration, and others might eventually follow suit, so there might be an anti-eco-revolution coming in case we are not "going green" in unison fast enough, meaning we all have to act Orwellian to do Paris' bidding. That is not going to happen; we are slowly turning into Venus 2.0.

Sigh. So apparently there's been another shooting here in the States, this time by an actual, factual incel who tore up a woman's yoga class.

Some places have it worse, but those places were torn apart by sudden transition to a capitalist economy, or imperialism from wealthy western countries. Events like this ought to be unheard of in the developed world.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/03/man-with-groping-history-opens-fire-tallahassee-yoga-class-killing-two-police-say/?utm_term=.5d8cae7abedb

Angel wrote

The hate on white males

Pro-tip: Purposely trying to piss people off wasn't a good way to make friends then, and it ain't now.

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Angel wrote

The hate on white males

Please stop trying to have a victim complex.

Backlash wrote
Tang wrote

the growing number of authoritarian leaders worlwide is very worrying, specially in this age of nuclear weapons and apocalyptic climate change, something could go wrong very easily and i'd rather not think about the consequences

Luckily, total war is bad for commerce, so nukes likely won't play a role in a real-life apocalypse. Climate change is very, very troublesome however. The time for immediate action was... about twenty years ago, now. It's rather telling that this is an expert's best-case scenario for a world just four degrees warmer on average.

jesus christ, how horrfying

Backlash wrote
Tang wrote

the growing number of authoritarian leaders worlwide is very worrying, specially in this age of nuclear weapons and apocalyptic climate change, something could go wrong very easily and i'd rather not think about the consequences

Luckily, total war is bad for commerce, so nukes likely won't play a role in a real-life apocalypse. Climate change is very, very troublesome however. The time for immediate action was... about twenty years ago, now. It's rather telling that this is an expert's best-case scenario for a world just four degrees warmer on average.

I wonder how that prediction about Antarctica would play out, given all the current international treaties that pretty much only allow settlement there for research purposes.

How triggered people get over politics. You can't even joke about politics without people getting upset sometimes. I see and hear complaints about "snowflakes" and how they get upset so easily, but just about anyone these days is pretty much a fucking snowflake with how easily triggered they are. You can't say anything bad about either side without it being made out as an attack against them or some stupid shit. Fuck, it's super frustrating. Too many cry babies in todays society.

9 days later

according to the new foreign minister of my country, climate change doesn't exist and it's just a marxist plot to spread communism, good thing i gave up on this dump a long time ago

6 days later

You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True
Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs. Experts say it’s part of the insurance industry playbook.

Health insurance companies can go deepthroat a shotgun.

https://www.propublica.org/article/you-snooze-you-lose-insurers-make-the-old-adage-literally-true

Methinks I'll move a bit north ... just a bit ... every decade.

Over the years I have read and watched a lot of apocalyptic fiction, so I put a lot of thought into developing a perfect plan which I can use once society collapses as resources get scarcer and living standards drop drastically:

[spoilers]Step 1: Die.[/spoilers]

This sounds like the whole EU Parliament issue about Article 13 is back on the spotlight and getting closer. I have to put this particular video up to see how serious this is becoming. EU citizens, this might be your last chance to deal with your representatives.