Me: Cars
Religion. So many of today’s issues stem from the magical thinking inherent in religion.
Amen
Advertising.
The only correct answer in this thread.
It’s the biggest industry in the world by a very large margin and the most destructive one on a global scale.
Some level of advertising is surely okay, right?
If I open a bakery and put a sign out front that says “Baked good for sale!” I don’t think anyone would complain but that IS advertising.
This begs the question: What level of advertising is okay?
This begs the question
Nope. It just raises the question.
A level that does’t require selling people’s data
So far crypto currencies. So far they seem to expend a huge amount of electricity and used mostly for speculation.
24 hour news networks.
News used to just be the news when there was a half hour of local, half hour of national twice per night with a morning show for fluff, weather, and brief news updates. 24 hour news needed to fill the whole 24 hours and also pay for itself by getting eyeballs on advertisers. That’s when all of the sensationalist stuff started taking over.
Slavery. Even after banning it pretty much everywhere, people still find ways to treat others as disposable property.
Head on! Apply directly to the forehead
https://youtu.be/Is3icfcbmbsNever actually did anything and never actually claimed to. Most people assumed it was a headache relief but the company never said that. They just said to put the shit on your forehead
Religion
Disposable vapes come to mind, although the real answer is probably some extremely depraved torture device.
Social media year over year shows it was a mistake.
Lead pipes.
Leaded gasoline has to be worse.
Lead pipes are fine. Step 1: Install. Step 2: ignore one generation of aggressive residents. Step 3: never touch the pipes again
Teflon
PFAS
Asbestos
Either leaded gasoline or pfas
Leaded gasoline is an Amazing answer. Fuck. Take my UpDoot.
industrialization.
it’s caused unfathomable damage to us, our planet, and the organisms we share our world with.
it’s also saved just as many as it’s harmed, but there is an upper limit when our planet dies and we all die with it.
Market speculation or quarterly profits.
The 40+ hour work week.
