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MacAttack2015 t1_ixxmw6i wrote

Reply to comment by bbhhteqwr in Scientists have discovered that plastic pollution in Antarctica is as bad as everywhere else on the planet. Most of the microfibres were found in air samples, meaning that Antarctic animals and seabirds could very well be breathing them in. by Wagamaga

Makes sense, but yikes. Guess I’ll talk to the husband about buying from different brands then.

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luckyhedron t1_ixxtpyr wrote

It is consumption altogether that is the problem. The writing on the wall that everyone refuses to see, the truth that always gets you labeled a doomsday cultist and a cynic, is that we are FUCKED. Your purchases at the grocery store do nothing to stop these things from being minted and then thrown in the dirt whether its bought up or not. This planet will cease to support life within your children or grandchildren's lifespans, and it will not recover until basically the face of the earth is remade through geological processes. And you can thank your grandparents for setting this all in motion. More people, does not mean more good in the world. The best thing any of us could do at this point is just die at a scale that is completely incomprehensible to any of us, and absolutely nobody is gonna vote 'yes' on that on a referendum, it's just human nature to not wanna die.

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dwarfstar2054 t1_iy84sw2 wrote

It’s not just the grandparents. It’s capitalism. People go to the grocery store and they’re detached from the realities of what it takes to produce that product. It’s also propaganda. For decades they’ve said all you have to do is recycle and problem solved. Even though that’s not true and most people don’t anyways. There’s multiple angles to this. People have been set in their ways for decades and a lot don’t know any better or care to.

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