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[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Get ready for this headline every year.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We already have it. Every year, we hit a new record in "hottest day of the year".

[–] spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eventually they'll start reporting deaths instead of temps

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Covid showed that humanity doesn't really gives a shit about deaths either

[–] Ronno@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a bit harsh, isn’t it? We had widespread lockdowns and other big measures. If we didn’t care, we wouldn’t have had those

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

We also had millions of people throwing the most embarrassing tantrums over covering their disgusting faces with a piece of cloth for a while. And those big measures weren't big enough it turned out. As a whole, I rate the humanity's response to a pandemic as "meh".

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Tbf, they could have done something about covid. Not really a point in humanity's favor. But there's extremely little, really, that the average person can do about environmental collapse. I think it's natural that they just become accustomed to seeing the big numbers and gradually tune them out. Could be assholery. Could be helplessness transmuted into despairing apathy. But they're eventually going to stop reporting the deaths too.

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or, put another way, this is the coldest summer in the entire remainder of your life.

[–] Thadrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Long term, yes

Short term probably not, as it fluctuates year to year