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[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I also appreciate the restoration of our ozone layer. I remember there was a time (when above a certain latitude at least) my skin would fucking burn in less than 5 minutes under direct sun, it's a lot better now but it seems weird we all just kind of collectively forgot about that time when we all nearly ended the world to such a degree that we could feel it outside, then we all reversed course and fixed it mostly.

I wonder if we would be more motivated to fix our current issues if they caused skin burns.

[-] FriskyDingo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

This is a great point on how regulation can work and how we, as a society, need to do better celebrating our accomplishments.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The weird thing is that it worked too well. Like Y2K, it was fixed so it became a nothing burger. Now everyone thinks it was an overreaction and don’t want to keep fixing things.

I remember people talking about not curing covid as fast because then people wouldn’t take the next pandemic as seriously.

[-] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

The holes in the ozone layer were over the poles. You never experienced it.

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