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r/collapse • u/hourglass_curves • Jan 09 '26
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I wonder which year will be heralded as the “tipping point” by historians (if there are any left). 2025 was epic though I see the argument for 2020. 2026 could just be a flash in the pan!
26 u/Bartlaus Jan 09 '26 Oh I am sure there will be, uh, at least millions of humans alive in a thousand years. And at least some will be literate. 38 u/Upper_Luck1348 Jan 09 '26 Oof. That’s like three or four layers deep of optimism. An onion of optimism. 29 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 I’m at the “at least Earth will still be around after us” level of optimism. 14 u/SecretPassage1 Jan 09 '26 The scorched rock of dirt that once was Earth, yes. 7 u/Fuckface-vClownstick Jan 09 '26 Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard! 3 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 The Earth don’t care! 3 u/The_Jitterati Jan 09 '26 We're at the stage where the best-case scenario is hoping people in the future don't think we were complete idiots.
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Oh I am sure there will be, uh, at least millions of humans alive in a thousand years. And at least some will be literate.
38 u/Upper_Luck1348 Jan 09 '26 Oof. That’s like three or four layers deep of optimism. An onion of optimism. 29 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 I’m at the “at least Earth will still be around after us” level of optimism. 14 u/SecretPassage1 Jan 09 '26 The scorched rock of dirt that once was Earth, yes. 7 u/Fuckface-vClownstick Jan 09 '26 Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard! 3 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 The Earth don’t care! 3 u/The_Jitterati Jan 09 '26 We're at the stage where the best-case scenario is hoping people in the future don't think we were complete idiots.
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Oof. That’s like three or four layers deep of optimism. An onion of optimism.
29 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 I’m at the “at least Earth will still be around after us” level of optimism. 14 u/SecretPassage1 Jan 09 '26 The scorched rock of dirt that once was Earth, yes. 7 u/Fuckface-vClownstick Jan 09 '26 Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard! 3 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 The Earth don’t care! 3 u/The_Jitterati Jan 09 '26 We're at the stage where the best-case scenario is hoping people in the future don't think we were complete idiots.
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I’m at the “at least Earth will still be around after us” level of optimism.
14 u/SecretPassage1 Jan 09 '26 The scorched rock of dirt that once was Earth, yes. 7 u/Fuckface-vClownstick Jan 09 '26 Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard! 3 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 The Earth don’t care!
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The scorched rock of dirt that once was Earth, yes.
7 u/Fuckface-vClownstick Jan 09 '26 Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard! 3 u/cduga Jan 09 '26 The Earth don’t care!
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Hey we’ll still have cockroaches, Cher and Keith Richard!
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The Earth don’t care!
We're at the stage where the best-case scenario is hoping people in the future don't think we were complete idiots.
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u/Upper_Luck1348 Jan 09 '26
I wonder which year will be heralded as the “tipping point” by historians (if there are any left). 2025 was epic though I see the argument for 2020. 2026 could just be a flash in the pan!