Hatandwatch [she/her, comrade/them]

Can’t vaccinate something that doesn’t exist.

Occam’s Razor. “Should we send politicians to jail–” “Yes” "–for climate crimes? "

What about the final step?

-harm actually increased

Kind of? I think it mostly lives outside of time iirc, but it’s been some…time, since I digested it all. It definitely originated in the future though, you find out in the Endymion books.

I love a scifi series called the Hyperion Cantos that has a supernatural creature called the Shrike that impales people on a “time tree” to steal their Entropy. It’s not at all adorable though.

(major death of the author tho, and the 3rd/4th book get pretty problematic)

They’re also fundamentally alien. Nobody talks about Steven’s cultural imperialism of their fascist traditions!

“I wonder what Yeti tastes like” - carnists, definitely

You don’t owe anyone anything ever. Emotional labor! Emotional labor!

Skub stacking destroys micro ecosystems

Adventure Time is post apocalyptic the same way humanity is the post apocalypse to the reign of dinosaurs.

Banksy

Ballsy

Millennials killed the room. Now we only have Adults on the Zoom!

Does it have Jeffrey Combs yet? In more than one role??

Thank you, this was helpfully thought-terminating.

I suppose if you magnify it so far, but that’s seems semantic ultimately.

Certainly a great deal of damage is the excess and inefficiency of global capitalism. With the tenants of central planning we wouldn’t need to exploit nearly as much land and resources if we consumed only as much as necessary. But if growth is an endless goal even under communism, why worry about conserving anything now? At some point growth has to be checked, or nature has to be sacrificed.

There’s also an argument to be made of over correcting or too much deliberation. If we’re always focused on conserving an ecosystem at a chosen level, won’t it ultimately stagnate? At what point does the Earth just become a global zoo? When do we pull back and allow systems to change like they always have?

Yes that’s exactly right. Not all invasive species are a result of human fuckery (speaking outside of the scope of this particular article) and is literally natural. Extinction is natural. Ecosystem upheaval is natural. Why is your human ego and feelings for one species important here?

And you don’t even understand the irony. Sure on a macro level rock stacking is likely inconsequential most times, but you have no consideration to the micro ecosystems you’re upheaving because they’re out of sight. How many bacteria have you caused to go extinct? Lmao I don’t even care that badly about rock stacking I just thought it was a silly insult.

Life on Earth existed for hundreds of millions of years before human industrialisation, why are we so necessary to it’s continuation? Why isn’t withdrawing to a certain extent an option? Sounds like you’re arguing for the contradiction of infinite growth like a good capitalist.

Very colonizer-brained. We certainly can delineate ourselves to a certain degree. At what scope have we tried leaving well enough alone for nature to run its course? Human “wisdom” has caused untold damage, what makes you so certain that same wisdom is what’s best?

And this isn’t a call for humanity to stop progressing or anything(though maybe…) just that well intentioned conservation seems short sighted and self serving. I’m not convinced our intervention is what will halt the decay.