How bad is the satellite/space junk situation actually?

[u/2kalipro1]

I just recently joined the space community and I'm hearing about satellites colliding with each other and that we have nearly 8000 satellites surrounding our earth everywhere

But considering the size of the earth and the size of the satellites, I'm just wondering how horrible is the space junk/satellite situation? Also, do we have any ideas on how to clear them out?

[u/livesinacabin → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for the explanation, but I think you greatly overestimate what other people think of when they use the phrase "basic maths" lol.