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[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

The problem with climate change is that people expect it to be a series of major events with catastrophic results all at once. The reality is a “boiling frog” scenario where the groundwork slowly gets built up over time until it’s too late by the time catastrophe hits.

In many ways it reminds me of those videos simulating the titanic sinking in real time.