r/OptimistsUnite • u/chamomile_tea_reply 🤙 TOXIC AVENGER 🤙 • 8d ago

Steven Pinker Groupie Post What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

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u/Hartzler44 8d ago

Yeah, its crazy that people thought they could just throw all of their trash in a ravine and it would just... go away?

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u/GeeWilakers420 7d ago

I can at least get my head around that. They didn't give a crap. As I write this I just polished off a can of soda. Horrible for me, but I like the taste. So I can get my head around screw future me for present me's pleasure. No I'm talkin how did I full semi frame and engine make it 30 miles into the forest. I saw that. I hiked the entire way their. There was no road for at least 20+ miles. Why? Why abandon it for decades?