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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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I never hear people talk about the animals that are likely dying of a heat stroke (self.collapse)

submitted 1 year ago by SlothMama to c/[email protected]

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Sorry for the poor title, but even when people talk about climate change, and know it's hotter for them, people don't actually seem to talk about the impact on the rest of the biosphere.

I can't tell if it's not thought about, or just not discussed as much because it is not 'relevant' to their lives.

I can barely function outside for a few minutes without being drenched in sweat, and some of it is probably poor health and not being used to it, but I can tell sl with certainty that I can't survive outside in this heat, and I'm living as a result of a trick or technology.

The animals though? Some of them are straight up fubbernucked. There will be mass animals die offs and people won't even notice.

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[–] TokenBoomer 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don’t care about homeless people, why would they care about animals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty sure many think about the animals but not about th homeless because homeless people have sometimes unforgiving reasons while animals are animals.

[–] TokenBoomer 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans are animals.

[–] SlothMama 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved Battlefield Earth when they called us 'man animals'.

Me too man, me too.

[–] TokenBoomer 1 points 1 year ago

The 80’s were dope.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The vast majority of poor people is born into poverty and homo sapiens is an animal species.

The real reason is that we humans are a very egocentric animal species with little thought to other humans and even less thought to other species.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just saw a post about baby big cats who died of heat stroke after being the first of their kind in their state in over 70 years

[–] SlothMama 2 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine told me about this just today.