durruticore [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to doomer@hexbear.netEnglish · 17 days agoStudies suggest there might be up to a spoonful of microplastics in our brainarchive.todayexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkStudies suggest there might be up to a spoonful of microplastics in our brainarchive.todaydurruticore [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to doomer@hexbear.netEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCalmrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agoI’m legitimately concerned there’s a threshold for too many microplastics in the environment and that once we pass it life will become unsustainable.
minus-squareRobert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-217 days agoBut for a glorious moment in time there were mountains of funko pops and wrappers for packages that contained 3 small cookies in landfills.
minus-squareCalmrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoAnd lots of shareholder profits! Don’t forget what’s most important after all.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·17 days agomaybe human life, but bacteria are already appearing that can digest various kinds of plastics if they cant find better food. nature is healing.
minus-squareCalmrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoImagine if that’s all we ended up being in time. A brief flicker of immense plastic production and away into the dustbin of history.
minus-squareSphere [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days ago“Imagine,” you say, like that’s not the most likely possible outcome…
minus-squareCalmrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoTruly the darkest timeline.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days ago“death cultists die en masse”, most unexpected headline
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoImagine all the people, Leaving a common trace…
minus-squareLupineTroubles [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 days agoI don’t think ending life in earth is that easy, besides it would just incentive lifeforms that can break down plastic over time. It might become unsustainable for humanity however.
I’m legitimately concerned there’s a threshold for too many microplastics in the environment and that once we pass it life will become unsustainable.
But for a glorious moment in time there were mountains of funko pops and wrappers for packages that contained 3 small cookies in landfills.
And lots of shareholder profits! Don’t forget what’s most important after all.
maybe human life, but bacteria are already appearing that can digest various kinds of plastics if they cant find better food. nature is healing.
Imagine if that’s all we ended up being in time. A brief flicker of immense plastic production and away into the dustbin of history.
“Imagine,” you say, like that’s not the most likely possible outcome…
Truly the darkest timeline.
“death cultists die en masse”, most unexpected headline
Imagine all the people,
Leaving a common trace…
I don’t think ending life in earth is that easy, besides it would just incentive lifeforms that can break down plastic over time. It might become unsustainable for humanity however.