and then the guy on the radio said, "...mass extinction event 250million years ago, before the one that took out the dinosaurs." and the lady goes, "BEFORE the dinosaurs?" and he goes, "yes, long before the dinosaurs." and the lady goes, "huh." and i was like, huh.
a mass extinction event long before the dinosaurs? who knew? okay, you probably knew. (according to wikipedia... in the past 540 million years there have been five major events when over 50% of animal species died.) this guy on the radio went on to say how these mass extinction events happen in cycles and we could very well be on the tip edge of one now, and THEN, i was like, YES.
see, this is what i have been saying. global warming, climate change, whatever you want to call it. i've been SAYING it's just natural, SAYING it's just the circle of life of the planet. i am certain there's nothing we can do to stop it. i am equally certain we are exacerbating it, sure. but we're like the fly on the hippo. the hippo can feel us, and we may make a diff on our little tiny part of the hippo, but damn. it's a fucking hippo, if you get me here.
so, sure. i drive a civic. i recycle. i shop at the farmers market. i'm all about doing my part. but i am not deceiving myself. i know my part is tiny and ineffectual, and more about making myself feel better than making any difference for the planet.
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