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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] NegativeInf 163 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Well, that's a great way to get a really bad infection.

Flood waters contain everything from sewage to dead animals to parasites.

[–] riodoro1 83 points 2 months ago

Man, he’s a college student, he probably eats worse.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rafts of fire ants are also a sure way to liven things up

[–] NegativeInf 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fire ants rafting is a sure sign there is no god. At least not a benevolent, personal one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Edit: The downvotes are making me wonder how many people didn't get past the first sentence before skipping the rest.

God is God to all living things, fire ants included. And did He not say, 'Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.' (Genesis 9:3). And lo, the fire ants rejoiced, and partook of his great bounty (college students sitting in flood waters), and were fruitful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what the fire ant commandments are, and how many burning bushes were involved

[–] NegativeInf 1 points 2 months ago

Kill, consume, multiply, conquer. As they follow the goddess of cancer.

[–] Maggoty 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At first I read that as dead animals and peasants.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Bring out your dead!

[–] [email protected] 135 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Jesus, that’s the basest of bacterial soups he’s basting in. That’s sewage and corpse water.

Necrotizing fasciitis isn’t a single bacteria. It’s a bacteria gone wild such that the tissue dies under the stress of it. This guy’s feet and junk are in that mess.

Horrifying outcomes may happen.

[–] Professorozone 29 points 2 months ago

It's ok. He has his beer.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Psh, you wouldn't be saying that if you saw the 2-day-old, cold, left out pizza he ate just before the pic was taken!

[–] Breezy 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And it was only slight wet, nothing a few paper towel couldnt dry up.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The box was floating still and keeping it on top of the water so it’s totally fine

[–] grff 81 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit this dude needs to get out of that water

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

"It's just dirt!"

[–] jaybone 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Microbiology is optional at North Carolina State University.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

What is he watching