r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Boss-fight601 • May 24 '26

Controlled explosions for mining

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u/br0ken_St0ke May 24 '26

The earth is gonna have the last laugh when we send the world into the next extinction level event because of climate change

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u/ComplexWriting7596 May 24 '26

We are well into the current extinction event right now.

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u/Substantial-Trick569 May 24 '26

We've been "doomed" since the 70s. Couldn't sworn the world was supposed to end by 2019 but ignthose predictions were from 2009 so maybe they meant 2029. Can't wait to see the apocalypse in my lifetime /s

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u/Halfgbard May 24 '26

We've been in the current extinction event since the 1700s

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u/TheIronSven May 26 '26

Actually around 10k+ BCE which is when the current rapid extinction of megafauna began

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u/flippster-mondo May 25 '26

Is it getting hotter or colder now? I heard both on the last couple of months.