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I would be curious to know what other completely normal things have actually radically changed.

I probably live in a much more different world than I imagine.

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I'd recommend: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life...

The bottom line is that many things might have already collapsed without us taking notice because nature is very complex and under studied. By the time things are bad enough for us to be directly impacted we're already way too far to do anything about it.

Remember when there were birds? Or.. what were they called.. frogs? oh yeah

Maybe I’m too young, but I have rarely ever seen a frog in the wild and birds have never seemed that abundant.

Where do you live? There is still wildlife in the midwest.

Where do you live, a densely populated urban area? Inside Bladerunner?

I live in an urban area, but my grandparents live out in a rural one on a lake and I have spent a lot of time there. I just asked them. There used to be a lot more frogs.

my father told me stories that included frogs and other fresh water creatures, as a regular everyday thing. In my lifetime, those are mostly gone. This is measurably true.

What? My yard is full of frogs every year. I'm sure it depends on where you live. Am I missing an inside joke here?

No joke, don't know why you think the luck of your special circumstance generalizes to the entire world.

See i.e. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-frog-and-toad-populations-...

Wow calm down there. That's why I asked!

yes, it depends on where you live. no joke

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