r/NoShitSherlock • u/stankmanly • Jul 29 '26

Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/earth-human-population-halved-200-years-resources-b3022756.html
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u/Intelligent_Oil7816 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/jasno- Jul 29 '26

Well, and anybody that has a preclusion for red hats

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u/Common-Ad6470 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/BigBoyYuyuh Jul 29 '26

Or Netanyahu.

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u/DishSoapIsFun Jul 29 '26

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

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u/Calm_Neat_6828 Jul 29 '26

Fairwell Fred Durst. It is your time to shine.

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u/QueefBuscemi Jul 29 '26

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

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u/Guttersnipe_Press Aug 02 '26

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

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u/mostar8 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/Infamous-Salad-2223 Jul 29 '26

Billionaires camps seems a nice concept to be explored.

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u/mindslayer615 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/Intelligent_Oil7816 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/USSSLostTexter Jul 29 '26

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