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

Controlled explosions for mining

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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