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[–] DarkMessiah 391 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

“Whatever happened with the ozone layer panic, if scientists are so smart?”

We listened to the scientists, and the problem went away.

[–] [email protected] 123 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Didn't go away, just stopped getting worse at an alarming rate.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't the hole above Australia close again?

[–] Mr_Fish 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As a kiwi, the amount of sunburn I get every summer would imply it hasn't.

[–] Mog_fanatic 81 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but I'm pretty sure that's just cause the sun is upside down over there or something.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

I thought it was Australia that's upside down, and New Zealand doesn't actually exist?

[–] then_three_more 89 points 8 months ago

It's the same as people using the example of the Y2K bug being a non event. Yeah, because globally trillions of dollars were spent fixing it before it became an event.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

thanks for the tldr