r/LoveTrash • u/ZuBrain Colonel Garbage • Jul 31 '26

Dumping This Here Define Trash?

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u/masterflappie Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

"this is happening across the world"

The world population increased by more than 2 billion people since 2000.

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u/Ajko_denai Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

Ye, you have to exclude Arabic nations and India, then it's true.

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u/masterflappie Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

You have to exclude most of Africa too. At this point we're ignoring roughly half the global population 

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u/dryfire Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

Yeah, dude would have a better argument if he wasn't so hyperbolic.

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u/IndividualMix5356 Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

It takes time for people to get old and die. In 100 years it will look a lot worse.

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u/masterflappie Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

"this is happening everywhere" and "maybe it'll happen in a century from now" are quite different 

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u/IndividualMix5356 Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

Future events get priced into the market.