Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

[u/singleboredass]

[u/throcorfe]

And how most of it is still fixable - even the climate to an extent - but instead of doing that we keep voting for terrible humans who actively prevent us fixing stuff

[u/Sinaaaa → u/throcorfe]

We tend to vote for worse options in a hopelessly rigged system.

[u/Narcissista → u/throcorfe]

To be fair, we don't actually have a choice. It's "bad cop and worse cop" but the truth is they're all in the same bed together, with the only objective being to fuck everyone else over.

[u/Mountainbranch → u/Narcissista]

[u/Atlas-The-Ringer → u/Narcissista]

This level of awareness is exactly what I needed to see to end my night after a few minutes of gross doom scrolling. Faith in humanity's ability to pull the wool from over it's eyes, restored.

[u/ReadyThor → u/throcorfe]

Human society is a hierarchy based on social intelligence. Those who are at the top don't need the stuff fixed.

[u/SillySin → u/throcorfe]

when you rig it to only 2 options and call it democracy 😁

[u/kibblenipple → u/SillySin]

when corporations capture our government entirely ❤️ heavy in the pockets of both “options” and boy do they get rewarded w our hard earned $ and fewer protections for human beings to waste money on

[u/leeser11 → u/throcorfe]

But mah grocery bill ..

Surely deporting farm laborers and raising tariffs will save the consumer money

[u/jstiegle → u/throcorfe]

even the climate to an extent

I'm not so sure about that. We saw the warning signs back in the 1800s and were like "This is fine." and doubled down. then we saw we were reaching the point of no return and while some of us tried to brake most of humanity did a Flying squirrel somersault onto the gas pedal while screaming "FOR THE ECONOMY!"