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> ours seems to be climate collapse. It used to be nuclear war Except climate collapse is actually happening already, gradually. There were escalating tension
by dwroberts 7mo ago
> ours seems to be climate collapse. It used to be nuclear war
Except climate collapse is actually happening already, gradually.
There were escalating tensions during the Cold War, but it wasn’t like there were actual nukes being dropped in slow motion
- zeroonetwothree 7mo agoCollapse by definition is not gradual
- dwroberts 7mo agoGo watch a big chimney stack being demolished. It hangs around in the air for a long time, before it is suddenly gone. But it’s definitely collapsing the whole time.
- unethical_ban 7mo agoThis is really avoiding the obvious point being made. Here's a other analogy to avoid your criticism: if a plane runs out of gas midair, it doesn't immediately crash, but it's going to.
- jmye 7mo agoAhh, good, parsing words. I can tell you have a lot of useful and interesting things to say. So tired of people trying to pass off pseudointellectual pedanticism as useful or additive insight.
- JKCalhoun 7mo ago"Gradually, then suddenly.” (Feels like a Hemingway quote fits rather nicely here.)