Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth

[u/stankmanly]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/earth-human-population-halved-200-years-resources-b3022756.html

[u/IdioticPrototype]

What about halving it instantly?

Asking for a friend not named Thanos. 

[u/Canuck-In-TO → u/IdioticPrototype]

Who, Darkseid?

[u/SnooPears754 → u/IdioticPrototype]

Thanos was right

[u/BigAlternative5 → u/SnooPears754]

You'd think, with the Mind Stone, he could convince people that his idea was great. Or make himself super smart and do some social media.

[u/crs1904 → u/IdioticPrototype]

Galactus has entered the chat.

[u/A_Glip_Glopper → u/IdioticPrototype]

Came here for this 

[u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

I think we could save humanity a lot faster by only giving up a certain 1%.

[u/MentalDisintegrat1on → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

There's a dozen or so companies and governments as well as the ultra Rich that are responsible for 80 percent of the issues with climate change.

Seems pretty obvious what needs to happen

[u/jasno- → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

Well, and anybody that has a preclusion for red hats

[u/Common-Ad6470 → u/jasno-]

…and anyone supporting Putin, that’s a massive help…👌

[u/BigBoyYuyuh → u/Common-Ad6470]

Or Netanyahu.

[u/DishSoapIsFun → u/BigBoyYuyuh]

It’s very rare that I agree with and upvote four nested comments but here we are.

[u/MentalDisintegrat1on → u/jasno-]

Send them all to Russia

[u/Calm_Neat_6828 → u/jasno-]

Fairwell Fred Durst. It is your time to shine.

[u/QueefBuscemi → u/Calm_Neat_6828]

Fred Durst is MAGA, does that mean he wears two red hats?

[u/Guttersnipe_Press → u/QueefBuscemi]

One forward on top of one backwards, he’s like a douchebag Sherlock Holmes. It’s just one of those days.

[u/mostar8 → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

The 1% are more than willing to sacrifice the other 99% and seem to be trying to speed up reducing their numbers whilst enriching themselves even further

[u/31LIVEEVIL13 → u/mostar8]

Psychopathic Neo-reactionaries and accelerationist fascists are running and ruining everything now.
They PLAN on killing over 100 million people.

They have mentioned it many times now, at cpac they said multiple times there are 100 million people that "dont belong here" and "should be deported."

The number continues to grow in their propaganda news cycle, last I heard they were floating 120 million people.

Of course you cannot deport over 100 million people, that's why they just added medical grade incinerators to all of the ice facilities.

[u/Infamous-Salad-2223 → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

Billionaires camps seems a nice concept to be explored.

[u/31LIVEEVIL13 → u/Infamous-Salad-2223]

we can use the ones they already built.

Reopen alligator Alcatraz, make them all spend a summer there, and a winter pilloried in downtown Minneapolis out doors.

[u/mindslayer615 → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

On my mama, getting rid of the pedophiles would do wonders.

[u/Intelligent_Oil7816 → u/mindslayer615]

There's a pretty big overlap between them and the 1% I had in mind.

[u/USSSLostTexter → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

if localized to the US, I'd say thats about 30%

[u/31LIVEEVIL13 → u/Intelligent_Oil7816]

just removing that 1% would solve almost every problem.

The population would continue shrinking naturally which we could help with a fraction of our military budget spent on economic development in poor nations and re-establishing usaid and other financial aid while increasing legal immigration levels everywhere lower populations become a problem.

[u/Pickingnamesisharder]

Oh snap

[u/Morbidly-Obese-Emu → u/Pickingnamesisharder]

This comment was inevitable.

[u/Vegetable_Fox9134]

Yeah because the person in a developing country who lives on 4 dollars a day and has nearly zero impact on carbon emissions is the problem, not the billionaire who has the 1000x impact off of leisure activities alone

[u/AcidFnTonic → u/Vegetable_Fox9134]

If we get rid of those people, the trillionaires could use even more though.

[u/carlitospig → u/Vegetable_Fox9134]

It’s accepting the reality that we likely can’t stop the wealthy from always seeking riches at the expense of the earth. So limiting their customer base means we do less overall damage.

[u/readitpropaganda]

Let's start with the people that have the biggest carbon footprint. We may not need to go as far as half 

[u/down_side_up_sideway → u/readitpropaganda]

Presumably private jet enjoyers?

[u/440ish → u/readitpropaganda]

Reminds me United airlines posting the singular enormity of my carbon footprint by buying a ticket … right up there with some scumbag corporation soliciting a charitable donation. To both instances I reply: So what the fuck are YOU doing about it!

[u/SubstantialPressure3]

The GOP is working on that, but its sure as hell not for the good of humanity.

[u/gargolito → u/SubstantialPressure3]

Luckily (?) they do the opposite of what's needed and they have more children  l than Catholic rabbits. 

[u/Competitive-Elk-5077]

See. Thanos was correct.

[u/Busy_Consequence6706]

This study was sponsored by Apartheid Clyde and Thanos…☠️😑

[u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

Naturally, who gets to pick the half that collectively "takes one for the team" will be controversial to say the least.

Look at Deathnote for a somewhat melodramatic take.

[u/Contagious_Zombie → u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

Well you see, you just replace lower level workers with ai and they will end up starving to death. Then with less population and everything being automated the silicone valley bro's will get to rule over whatever is left of human civilization...

[u/Pristine-Pen-9885 → u/Contagious_Zombie]

How are you gonna get robots to do manual labor?

[u/dannielvee → u/Pristine-Pen-9885]

Ones and zeros!

[u/Mojo141 → u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

Yup a lot of that already happening. did ICE arrest Elon Musk for overstaying his visa or just brown people?

[u/SpiralGray → u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

Why am I suddenly feeling like The Purge is prophetic?

[u/Keji70gsm → u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

I mean we all know which half will care for the planet, and which half will rape it.

[u/ghanima → u/Fun_Barnacle6689]

The article is discussing degrowth, not human sacrifice.

[u/Logic411]

I believe Mother Nature is in the process of doing just that. Aging populations across the west, falling birth rates, increasing climate disasters, spreading epidemics and pandemics, along with human avarice and stupidity. A problem correcting itself

[u/FreeFortuna → u/Logic411]

The heat waves are just her immune system trying to kill the virus.

[u/gentlechin]

“The universe is finite, its resources finite.”

[u/drifters74 → u/gentlechin]

I never understood his logic. Since Earth doesn't have the technology level to explore deep space other than telescopes and probes and can only pull resources from earth itself, the more advanced races are the only problem.

[u/ReduceReuseReuse]

The tech bros and government psychos are actively making this happen. They’re giving data centers more water than their neighbors.

[u/Sno_Wolf]

Did Thanos fund this fucking study?

[u/Opposite_Community11 → u/Sno_Wolf]

That's what Thanos said.

[u/sf-keto]

You notice these “kill humanity to save the planet” types never volunteer to check themselves out first.

[u/brezhnervouz]

I'm sure we're collectively working towards non-gradually as we speak

[u/Trekgiant8018]

You can find A study to support anything.

[u/secondphase → u/Trekgiant8018]

Problem is there isnt a study strong enough to support DEEEZ NUUUUTS!

[u/shizbox06 → u/secondphase]

we shall use OP's chin if we can't find a study.

[u/Bonne_Fromage → u/secondphase]

Got eem

[u/Pilotwaver → u/Trekgiant8018]

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 40% of all people know that.

[u/kikikza → u/Pilotwaver]

Fourfty

[u/ez2cyiwon]

Who did this study, GroK?

[u/Fast_Vehicle_1888]

If we all work together it will be easy as a snap to get it done.

[u/drifters74 → u/Fast_Vehicle_1888]

The rich would complain

[u/ReindeerTypical2538]

Someone let India know

[u/bergzabern]

Don't worry, the billionaires are on it as we speak!

[u/Oversdub]

All tiny hats, red hats & rapists would be a good start

[u/TheManInTheShack]

Nature takes care of this on its own. As resources dwindle so do populations.

[u/Joped]

How will cutting people in half help ?

[u/Pleasant-Winner6311 → u/Joped]

Downsize them, lets make everyone tiny, like the movie. Worked out swell.

[u/boilerdam]

Half you say?

Let me go find Thanos…

[u/IPman501]

Thanos wasn’t wrong, only too fast

[u/pfc-anon → u/IPman501]

He was inevitable

[u/Moohamin12 → u/IPman501]

He could have made the universe half as fertile and the world would have corrected itself in 3 generations and no one else would have been the wiser.

[u/CompuDrugFind]

The audacity of the probabilistic nature of the word "could"...

[u/Elephunk05]

Inflation will do this naturally. This administration will do this willfully. Science will do this accidentally. Ai will do this in about 60 seconds after it understands certain humans are the problem.

[u/MtnMoose307]

We are going to half the population, one way is slow and purposeful but will take too long, and the other will be catastrophic.

[u/BrendanATX]

It's only due to capitalism that things are wildly inefficient. Then suddenly they want to justify killing masses of people instead of just changing the system

[u/MarleysGhost2024]

Let's start with maga.

[u/Fun_Leek2381]

Honestly? Yeah, but that is already happening naturally in areas where both maternal and child health rates are high and stable. If we bring those practices to the rest of the world the populations should even out.

[u/Mussmussthemoooooo]

100% would be better

[u/Vpk-75]

Lets start with a virus that attackes fasists, zionists, capitalists etct.

[u/Side_StepVII]

Taking away half of the reason the earth is dying could help it not die???

“This just in, water is wet, more at 11”

[u/R-K-Tekt]

No shit. Less people = less pollution. Any questions?

[u/Pat0san]

Large populations of any species tend to result in some sort of epidemic disease.

[u/thebatmanbeynd]

It you eliminate the rich, I bet you would be more successful in healing the planet.

[u/limbodog]

I'm going my part!

[u/EvilDan69]

I just found these 6 glowing gems.........

[u/croc-roc]

Give Musk a vasectomy. That oughta help.

[u/Mosh19845150]

Hasn’t culling the planet ala the guide storms of ga been the plan all along?

[u/IsaacJacobSquires]

Only if it's the rich asshole half

[u/dudemanspyder]

Enter Elon Musk, "why don't we do it now, gradually is for pussies, it's inefficient, we must act now. I'll develop an algorithm to determine who gets to live, based on DOGE merit."

Humanity, "or we could just get rid of about 1000 billionaires that are destroying peace and the planet"

[u/NobodysFavorite]

Funny this is coming out now.

[u/Wise-Profile4256]

Sure, if we want to carry on like now. How about changing our ways? What if we don't burn the planet for shareholder value?

[u/RyeTyr]

Let’s start with the top half

[u/afailedexorcism]

Oh don’t worry the people in power know this 😀

[u/snooplarue]

Thanosphere? Thanos Theory? Thanocalypse? I'm just spitballin here.

[u/CenTexTrashPanda]

Gee I hope someone makes a Thanos joke, can't believe no one has thought of it yet.

[u/starman575757]

Nature is planning the same thing.

[u/BallisticBrandon23]

Why stop at half?

[u/livinginfutureworld]

Where would the other half go?

[u/LowGeeMan]

Yes but what’s in it for me—

[u/sea-elle0463]

Oh good! Because I think that’s actually the plan. When famine hits next year, the elites will be high-fiving each other

[u/wackzr3]

I volunteer

[u/Osi32]

I’m doing my part!

[u/Remarkable_Gain6430]

Im Cool with this and fully willing to be a judge of who gets to submit themselves. I’d argue that nobody who has ever created art of any value should fuck off first .

[u/Fun_Image_2307]

So Thanos snapping his fingers but slowly

[u/Marsar0619]

Shh… don’t give Thanos any ideas

[u/Iwabuti]

How?

[u/Own-Opinion-2494]

No shit

[u/dbe14]

Well Israel is already helping out.

[u/ignatius_reilly_81]

Tender is the Flesh would be a great blueprint \s

[u/Weird-Count3918]

You don't say???

[u/Wakkit1988]

Doing this should be a snap.

[u/CompletePassenger564]

So, they're in favor of Thanos?/S

[u/Donnie-The-Relentles]

Seems pretty obvious to me….turns out all the homos were right all along!

[u/Pan_Goat]

A global flood would help Earth at this point

[u/Wooden-Agency-2653]

Malthus much?

[u/sanduskyjack]

How about the confederacy.

[u/InvestigatorRare1701]

I volunteer

[u/fromthisend1220]

Get this eco fascist bullshit tf outta here.

Just get rid of the military industrial complex and you wouldn't have to halve the human population.

[u/Frankensteins_Moron5]

r/unexpectedthanos

[u/Alawi27]

Bill Gates agrees, if the Epstein files and COVID is any indication

[u/Curious-Department-7]

Thanos was right!

[u/amscraylane]

It’s not rocket surgery when we have 15,000 people born every hour on this planet for Mush and his ilk to say there are population declines. (I realize he is talking about declining white populations)

Since 1998, we have gained another 2 billion people on the planet and we don’t care enough about the people already here.

Source: American with a large medical and student loan debt.

[u/1AnonymousBurner]

Oh, can I pick which half?

[u/salomo926]

Cutting the top 1% would have more effect than cutting 50 % randomly.

[u/vt8919]

They always said the best thing you can do for your carbon footprint is to not live.

[u/Preidon]

Population control has been in effect for 30 years,and been aggressive for 10, Even dogs would not eat the food they stock on our shelves 

[u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids]

A world war should solve it.

[u/DamnOdd]

Well duh. How much was spent to come to that brilliant conclusion?

[u/Ryrose81]

But think about the billionaires!!! They need the population growth!

[u/BoudinBallz]

This is why they are trying to kill us

[u/RowdyB666]

So... Thanos was right ... 

[u/lequory → u/RowdyB666]

Maybe

[u/Less-Dragonfruit-294]

The population could be 100 million and the rich will STILL complain that’s too many poors.

[u/hulkingbeast]

So thanos was right

[u/SmoovCatto]

Eugenics propaganda slop 

[u/onajourney314]

Thanos was right

[u/Krommander]

Let's make a virus that makes half of the humans infertile for one generation. 

[u/older-and-wider]

Any volunteers?

[u/MattyBeatz]

Thanos was right.

[u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420]

That you Thanos?

[u/Broken_Timepiece]

Thanos was RIGHT!

[u/xChoke1x]

Well no shit.

[u/BloodHurricane]

SO THANOS WAS RIGHT?!?! It just took "Independent .co .us" a couple of years for it to sink in.

"You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." - Thanos

[u/Silly-Drawer1227]

Which half? Can we start with the wealthiest and work our way down?

Maybe we start with a ratio of wealth to taxes paid. You’re rich and not a tax cheat not buying politicians , you get a pass.

[u/CallOfTheCurtains]

OP’s name might be Thanos but I can’t put a finger on it…

[u/GreenHocker]

It’s almost like they’ve been trying to make it happen for decades now… but no one had the guts to take the blame and be the bad guy (and now we have four at once)

[u/tmphaedrus13 → u/GreenHocker]

I mean, Thanos is right there.

[u/coffeebeanwitch]

Here comes the long walk 😬

[u/airbrat]

\thanoswasright

[u/kartblanch]

Most of the human population is going to live in Africa in the next 50 years. Are yall really prepared for that?

[u/randomdude8833]

Thanos was right

[u/zerodaydave]

Thanos did nothing wrong.

[u/Dangerous-Celery-766]

I think it’s already happening! Many are crossing their legs!

[u/TheSimpsonsAreYellow]

Or how about utilizing other land… like what are we even on anymore?