This feels like a great filter moment for our species.

I mean, her point was that black people aren’t going to go back to being slaves, so using cotton does make sense, but I would have been more direct instead of using an euphemism.

People don’t pick cotton anymore in the first place. Machines do it now and have been for over 50 years.

I’ve often wondered about who discovered arcane symbols/rituals.

Like, did some prehistoric guy just sit there drawing in the dirt until something happened?

In the US, at least, deforestation isn’t a concern. We have more trees now than when the settlers landed.

They’re a source, for sure, but they’re definitely not the largest source.

But the protestors are the terrorists, right?