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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How many different ways can I tell you guys that a doomsday clock is the most ludicrous and flatly ineffective tool for communicating the stresses we're facing in the 21st century? Do you need me to send you a telegram? Maybe a passenger pigeon? I can have it written in the sky by a biplane if that'll help. Maybe in another language? Hieroglyphics perhaps?

My dude, I studied this. I have two graduate degrees in these subjects. I'm no stranger to the very real problems we're facing as a global species, and in fact I've dedicated my entire career to fighting environmental degradation, often at the expense of my family, my finances, and my health.

A DOOMSDAY CLOCK IS STUPID AND HASN'T HELPED ME OR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AT ANY POINT IN OUR ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS.

God fucking damn y'all are dense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah the clock is stupid, lol, but we should prepare for collapse by 2030, 2050 at the latest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Whatever the fuck you do in the comfort of your own basement is your business, chief.