Edit: I wanted to apologize after reading some of the comments. You raise some legitimate points, I realize that there is a subtle malthusian element to this chart and some of you feel like a burden already. Furthermore, you raise a good point about corporate pollution, oil companies, and how their footprint is much greater than average plebs like us.

That’s 100% valid and I don’t disagree with you at all. My “compromise” I guess would be that continue to apply pressure and protest against large corporations, but in terms of ourselves, just pick a few things you can cut down on yourself, it does not have to be everything on this list.

For example, I really prefer having animal products in my diet, but I am willing to live in a small apartment , car-free, and not go on vacation much in my adulthood. In the same way, you guys can pick what you are comfortable with in reducing and what you do not want to compromise on.

All of us have different standards of living and we are flexible on some things, and some things we are not flexible. That is alright, just consider changing what you are comfortable with, but please do not think you are a burden. Your presence and your life is valuable to me. I don’t like to demoralize people.

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    Exactly. They might as well suggest people to kill themselves to make less of a climate impact.

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      No, it means that people who want to have big families but don’t have one yet should chill the fuck out or adopt instead. I’ve got two friends with four kids, my ex colleague’s daughter was having her 11th, I know many people with three…

      There are too many humans on earth, just having less kids overall to let the population come down would make a huge difference.

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        I’ve only got two and it absolutely kicks my ass on a daily basis. I’ve got no idea why anyone would want more than two, let alone eleven. Absolute madness I tell ya!

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          I know!

          Over here we get child benefits so only the father works outside the house, the mother takes care of the family with help from her parents, but still…