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It’s Definitive – The Gulf Stream Is Weakening (www.iflscience.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Gulf Stream plays a significant role in maintaining the climate of the US East Coast and Western Europe. "We conclude with a high degree of confidence that Gulf Stream transport has indeed slowed by about 4% in the past 40 years." The full study is Here

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a very religious person until my 20s, I have brought up this idea to multiple people lol. My depressed-ass brain was like, why tf don't we just rush to heaven instead?...

I can ASSURE you, the "it'll all be 100% fine when you're dead" has killed so many people's drives to be a good person.

The planet is fucked because this 40% of USA voters don't give one flying fuck about future generations.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember a case where a mother killed her two young kids because she wanted them to go to heaven. Her reasoning was that if they grew up and became sinners they would end up in hell. By murdering them before they knew what sin was she actually saved them. Thing is, if you believe in that shit then what she did really makes perfect sense.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s what I’ll ask christian mothers from now on.

“If you really love your children how come you didn’t smother them immediately after their baptism?”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A horrible, horrible mental image entered my mind: a priest dunking an infant into the baptismal font during a baptism ceremony and then proceeding smoothly to a requiem prayer as the infant drowns in holy water.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’ve drowned babies doing baptisms before.. if you look online you can find some CRAZY violent orthodox baptisms out of russia and the like. They dunk them babies like a goddamn basketball. Baby pulling mad g forces.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I would have wished my horrible mental image was just a figment of my imagination, lol! Reality is stranger than fiction, indeed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is literally why suicide was made a mortal sin. Early Christians were killing themselves to get to heaven and the clergy of the time made it a sin because dead Christians pay no tithes.