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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by smrtinsert on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:19PM (#36742163)
Forget where I saw this, but we won't "save the planet", it will save itself by getting rid of us.
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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by leeoniya on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:20PM (#36742178)
George Carlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c&themeRefresh=1

i will say that saving (preserving) the planet for your children is still a form of "saving" it. english's lack of nuance here is unfortunate, but also makes for some hilarious puns :D

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by tw04 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:43PM (#36742313)
Tool made a song about it back in 1996:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tool/nema.html

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