Redditor invertedparadX wanted to warn people about all the things toxic to the human existence.
They asked:
"What do you believe is the greatest threat to humanity?"
I just have little faith in any of us.
So I can't help in the saving.
So help me understand...
So Dumb
"Lack of critical thinking. The rise of social media and political theatre is making society dumber and dumber." ~ bchamper
Giphyresistance...
"Bacterial resistance to antibiotics." ~ zygomelonm
"There are a couple of very important things the public can do. Take your entire course of antibiotics and don't quit when you feel better. Don't take a couple of random old antibiotics you have around the house when you get sick."
"Don't drag your kid to the doctor and insist they are given unneeded antibiotics. Doctors: don't overprescribe them." ~ StrLord_Who
Ad Abuse
"Greed/selfishness. It seems to motivate 99% of the problems we see in society." ~ Background-Company30
"Yeah and ads in general on YouTube. Google put ads in damn near every corner of YouTube; in videos, banner ads (both large ones on the website and in videos) videos that are ads themselves etc. They are abusing ads at this point." ~ Sea_Perspective6891
"I got 4, FOUR ads in a row yesterday. I couldn't skip the first two and was too busy to check if the other 2 could he skipped but it's just excessive. I spent more time on the ads than I did on the video itself." ~ CT-96
Hand to Mouth
"Pringles. One pop and you can not stop." ~ IT_Account
"ManagerI can't fit my hand inside a Pringle can. I have a huge amount of trouble fitting my hand inside of a Pringle can."
"I can get my hand like four inches into the can but then I have to tilt the can into my mouth but by that point a bunch of crumbs have accumulated at the bottom of the can so they all go spilling on my face." ~ Dodecahedonism_
Sounds about right so far.
Why are we so dumb?
Future of the Damned
"Ignorance, and more recently, the enshrining of ignorance as a valid and even popular state of being. We are damning our futures by allowing the lowest intellects and least self-aware to dictate what books are too crass, or what subjects too taboo." ~ ItsTtreasonThen
GiphyStupid...
"Our own stupidity and arrogance." ~ fotofiend
"Beat me to it! These were also BOTH my first thoughts! I believe, when these two are combined, this is known as Cognitive Dissonance?"
"Is that correct? When people are too prideful and arrogant to recognize/accept how ignorant they actually are." ~ Lutefiskaficionado
"You might be thinking of the Dunning Kruger effect. It has more to do with being too dumb to realize how ignorant you are, but there's usually at least a dash of arrogance in the mix as well." ~ CashOrReddit
"The Corporation"
"Greed/selfishness. It seems to motivate 99% of the problems we see in society." ~ jdoe10202021
"Actually, greed is mandatory and legally enforced, a CEO can get fired, and sued, for making any decision clearly counter to maximizing profit for company shareholders."
"There is a great documentary called 'The Corporation' that has some incredibly eye opening stories about this." ~ RookXPY
Drink Up
"Drinkable water shortage." ~ JollySpaceCowboy
"We are literally letting fresh water melt into the Ocean. If Money wasn't a problem we would be harvesting the melting ice caps already since it's all just fresh water." ~ Upper_Decision_5959
"Simply not true, we will never run out of drinkable water." ~ thrwhwhwh
Needs and Wants
"Consumer culture. Needless consumption destroys the environment. Collectively we need to take a more measured approach to this based on needs, not wants." ~ Scallywagstv2
GiphyWe can do better.
We have to.
But do we want to?
We'll find out.
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