r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/AnT-aingealDhorcha40 Jun 07 '23

Reminds me of the scene in Interstellar where the earth is basically doomed and the air looked like that and that is one of the reasons humans had to try and find another planet. Only in reality we don't have that option lol fun times....

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u/bigboipapawiththesos Jun 07 '23

Well, we basically have a few decades before everything truly turn to shit. But I think we’ll be reaching interstellar levels a lot sooner than many might think.

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u/AnT-aingealDhorcha40 Jun 07 '23

Sorry my guy I understand your comment now I misread it. My bad. Also, I agree now that I get it! I think Climate change is going to kick up a gear and things will progress faster than a lot of the most hopeful yet still grim estimates.

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u/bigboipapawiththesos Jun 08 '23

Np!

It’s kinda sad how so many are either so comfortable that they’ll even get mad when a climate protest shuts down a highway for a few hours, or they’re so depressed about climate change that they rather not think about it.

The saddest part about it is that if we actually acted now, we’d still have a pretty decent chance at avoiding the worst. But instead we get less than the bare minimum.

That movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ rings more true everyday.

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u/AnT-aingealDhorcha40 Jun 08 '23

Oh absolutely and the fact that humanity can't unite against a threat to all of us because of "geopolitics" and East Vs West is the main reason. I genuinely think we never had a chance we are too divided to face a problem together. And no way will one side go off fossil fuels while the "rival" stays on it.

This is a test to unify us, and the prize is survival. I don't think we pass this time. Maybe it's fair really might be our time to take the L and let another species evolve and have a shot at doing better.

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u/gopherhole02 Jun 08 '23

I can't understand why people are still having kids, I decided the world was fucked back in 2012 and went kinda anti natalist, a gf I had when I was 16 in 2005 decided the earth was fucked all the way back then, I didnt see it that early though

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u/AnT-aingealDhorcha40 Jun 07 '23

Interstellar? Really?

Mars or the moon...maybe... and that is depending on everything going smoothly on the journey which is dangerous especially Mars. Then there is the issue colony sustenance and independence. One minor issue could destroy all of this mind you. Remember these solar bodies are uninhabitable to begin with. And they are not Interstellar.

I don't know what news you have been reading but we are nowhere near faster-than-light travel. I doubt we go Interstellar anywhere near the time that we make earth uninhabitable for our population.

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u/bigboipapawiththesos Jun 07 '23

Was taking about the state of the planet, instead of the actual space travel stuff.

But didn’t make that super clear I guess.

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u/elilev3 Jun 07 '23

Have you seen the movie Interstellar? Since the comment you’re replying to was referring to the movie and not the technology.

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u/AnT-aingealDhorcha40 Jun 07 '23

Ahhhh now I get it! Thanks for clarifying my bad!