Any Collapse-Aware people around here?

Submitted by xlllxJackxlllx t3_10opcdf in baltimore

If you are wondering what I am talking about you can find plenty of info here: r/collapse

I don't know anyone in my neighborhood who is paying attention to this topic.

Have you noticed how few fireflies there are nowadays? Or how insect smeared windshields are no longer a thing (except when the 17yr cicadas emerge.) We would have snow on the the ground for weeks at a time back in the 70s/80s

It would be nice to connect w/ ppl who are also aware. Just for the sake of networking, if nothing else.

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MaxipadMassacre t1_j6hq2hj wrote

I would recommend weening yourself off the schizo conspiracies instead.

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Accurate-Lecture7473 t1_j6icrik wrote

Fireflies live in grass. You’re not going to see them downtown or in rowhome neighborhoods.

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xlllxJackxlllx OP t1_j6kzozi wrote

I grew up in this city, and I grew up w/ lots of fireflies.

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MD_Weedman t1_j6ho0yt wrote

You will probably do better with posts like these if you try deeper in Trump country. Still tons of fireflies in these parts, and bugs on our windshields. Not so much in the winter though, give it a few months.

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xlllxJackxlllx OP t1_j6hz9gn wrote

Collapse-aware people are usually pretty left-leaning. We have spent our lives worrying about the climate, as well as social issues. The scientists, economists, environmentalists, and billionaires who recognize collapse is coming don't think it is a conspiracy theory.

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MD_Weedman t1_j6icu4b wrote

I'm a scientist, have been one for so long that I'm about to retire. In over 30 years as one I've never once heard another scientist mention it or anything like it.

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No_name_Johnson t1_j6ju288 wrote

Climate change is happening, yes - and that is going to lead to A) warmer winters, like we're having now and B) changes in habitat/wildlife. I think if humanity does absolutely nothing to combat climate change it could lead to collapse. If your argument is 'this could happen if we don't do enough' then you need to reword how you say it. If your argument is 'this will happen and y'all need to be prepared' then I can't help you and you need to be relegated to r/conspiracy.

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BlarghMachine t1_j6pjcoq wrote

Hold onto this comment. Genuinely. We are losing species to this - namely birds and pollinators (not just bees, bats too), natural disasters are getting worse and more frequent. We are currently projected to have the an unlivable planet by 2040 from those that researched this extensively for decades. This matches the projection that Exxon and shell’’s own scientists - as well as MIT - calculated using their own data. We’re projected to have an inability to reliably grow for even sooner. Not to mention the rise of fascism, the global pandemic that continues w 4000 deaths a week in the US alone, no mitigations, and no transmission stopping vaccine anywhere/worsening variants, and supply chain issues stemming from all these sources as well as a majority unwell and increasingly disabled workforce.

The reality of it feels like fear mongering because so much of it is oppressive to continued existence and hard to accept, but time will prove that we are headed toward societal and climate collapse.

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InkedVeggie t1_j6j8jhr wrote

Check out places like Cylburn Arboretum, Natural History Museum, Oregon Ridge. They put on a lot of programs on this topic, so it's a good way to network with like minded individuals. They usually cost less than $10 to attend.

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Purple_Box3317 t1_j6gir7w wrote

Ecosystems change all the time. There are also no dinosaurs roaming around Pratt st. I’m not saying these changes are good, but maybe I’d suggest just talking to someone who doesn’t fit the category of “aware” to maybe challenge you on some of your ideas. We’ve become so silo’d as a world. We reject anyone who has a dissenting opinion as a lunatic or racist or a Marxist or insert the cause Du jour here-phobia. This topic could be interesting to a lot of people, not just ones that are going to blindly agree with you.

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xlllxJackxlllx OP t1_j6l06j9 wrote

I would like to think that I have met all of your challenges.

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BlarghMachine t1_j6pjlw5 wrote

Regardless of change it’s so interesting that human arrogance believes these changes will benefit, sustain, or even spare us. The most realistic assumption is that we are being rejected, due to the damage we created, to reach equilibrium and start anew. Humans aren’t forever. Nothing is.

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