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		headmelted on Aug 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on r... “It probably gave the bicyclists cancer” I said this to someone who showed me one of these videos once and they basically told me to wise up and stop being paranoid. How about the whole world stops being a pack of idiots instead?

jacquesm on Aug 13, 2021 | [–]

Oh, we'll stop alright. But not in the way that you probably intended. Earth is a pretty good self-correcting system that acts with total disregard for pesky little organisms that are along for the ride.

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