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Humanity making progress like it always does (mbin.grits.dev)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is about how the death of the insects is a precursor to the death of the rest of us. In the 90’s, there were a lot more bugs in the world, and it was very noticeable on road trips. They’re all gone now.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I was outside, next to a park on a lake, and I mentioned to someone the lack of ambient bugs. He was insistent that there were bugs around somewhere but it took me several minutes to locate ONE and it was the only one I could find.

No dragonflies, ladybugs, bees, wasps, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers... I couldn't even see any ants, flies, or mosquitos. The one I found looked similar to a gnat. It's spring here. There should be bugs.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is probably because newer cars are more aerodynamic and the bugs just fly over

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That's a very small part of it. Most of it is that we're destroying our surrounding ecosystem with multiple different pressures.