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1. Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 01:00:38 JST Patricia Aas

   Guy on podcast: twice as many Americans, compared to the global population, believe that The Apocalypse will happen in their lifetime.

   … that explains a lot, actually

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 01:00:37 JST Patricia Aas

     in reply to

     An American guy at a tech conference told me to my face that the only way to fix the climate was for the whole of humanity to fall to their knees and repent.

     I stared at him gobsmacked thinking he must’ve been messing with me, but no. This quite prominent guy was not only serious, he felt perfectly comfortable saying it to another adult.

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 01:00:38 JST Patricia Aas

     in reply to

     “About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’”

     - Why fix the climate when we won’t live long enough to regret it?

     I just can’t. Why the hell is what these people believe my problem???

     https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/08/about-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-believe-humanity-is-living-in-the-end-times/

     Aral Balkan repeated this.